Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The M1 will close for five weeks, from 12 July to 17 August, for a checkup and repairs, TL, the Lausanne public transport company has confirmed to newspaper 24 Heures. Some 800 metres of rail will be replaced and security rails repaired, with the project covering two summers and costing CHF2.2 million, reports TSR. The M1 system carried 11.2 million passengers in 2009, but its quietest period is in summer, when University of Lausanne and EPFL students use it less. Buses will be used by TL during the time the M1 is closed.
One ticket fits all at Mobilis
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Canton Vaud’s common transportation agreement, Mobilis, which allows passengers to use multiple forms of public transport with a single ticket, is to be extended end 2010, Lausanne newspaper 24 Heures reports 1 December.
Mobilis currently joins five separate transport companies – tl, MBC, CFF, LEB, CarPostal – over almost 870km of railway lines, bus routes and metros. But most of the canton is not covered by the Mobilis agreement. This will change in December 2010 when additional agreements and technical solutions will extend network coverage by almost 80 percent throughout the canton.
Lausanne road closures ®GoogleMaps
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – As of Monday a new headache for drivers in Lausanne.
La rue du Grand-Chêne, near the train station, will be closed during two months starting Monday 23 February and public transport around the area will also be affected.
