Baselland Transport AG (BLT) is a Swiss

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...

operator in the cantons of Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt,

Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...

and in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. The BLT was founded in 1974, and is owned by the Canton of Basel-Land, located to the south of the city. It transports some 48 million passengers per year, using a fleet of 64

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

es and 100

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

s over a network of of bus routes and of tram routes. The BLT jointly operates the Basel tram network with

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB) is a public transport operator in the Switzerland, Swiss city of Basel, and is wholly owned by canton of Basel-Stadt, which consists of city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen. The BVB was f ...

(BVB), owned by the canton of Basel-Stadt. Whilst the BVB owns and operates the inner-city network, the BLT owns the infrastructure for five longer suburban routes and operates four of these itself, leaving the fifth to the BVB to operate. All the BLT routes operate over BVB infrastructure in the inner-city. Both are part of the integrated fare network

Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz The Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz, also known by its initialisation TNW, is a Swiss public transport tariff network covering the whole of the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, together with parts of the cantons of Aargau, Jura and Sol ...

(TNW), which in itself is part of the three countries-integrated fare network triregio. It also owns and operates the

Waldenburg railway The Waldenburg railway (german: Waldenburgerbahn; WB) is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The long. single-track line runs from Liestal, the capital of the canton, to Waldenburg, with stops in ...

. The BLT's suburban routes include the long international route 10, which connects Basel with

Rodersdorf Rodersdorf is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, on the border to Alsace, France. History Rodersdorf is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Ratolsdorf''. In 1349 it was mentioned as ''Roderstorff'' ...

in the canton of Solothurn, passing through the French commune of Leymen en route.

History

BLT was formed in 1974, through the joining together of four tram and railway companies. These were: * Birsigtalbahn (BTB) * Birseckbahn (BEB) * Trambahn Basel-Aesch (TBA) * Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn (BUeB)

Information

*Bus Network: 115.940 km *Tram Network 65.162 km *Railway network: *Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Buses, 100 trams *Passenger figures (2002): 39,782,620 *Gauge: 1000mm (trams), 750mm (Waldenburg railway) *Depots: Hüslimatt, Dreispitz

Rail and tram lines

Baselland Transport owns five railway lines over which it operates five tram services:

Buslines

*37

Bottmingen Bottmingen (Swiss German: ''Bottmige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. History Bottmingen is first mentioned in 1246 as ''Bothmingen''. Geography Bottmingen has an area, , of . Of this ...

- Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - Ulmenweg - Aeschenplatz (Bottmingen- Jakobsberg was operated by BVB from 2001) *47 Bottmingen - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - St. Jakob -

Muttenz Muttenz is a municipality with a population of approximately 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Arlesheim and next to the city of Basel. History Under the Roman Empire a hamlet called Montetum e ...

*59 Bottmingen - Oberwil *60

Biel-Benken Biel-Benken (Swiss German: ''Biel-Bängge'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as ''Beinkon''. It was also known as ''Benken maior'' to distin ...

- Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle *61 Allschwil - Binningen - Oberwil - Hüslimatt *63 Dornach -

Münchenstein Münchenstein ( Swiss German: ''Minggestai'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. Historical records Münchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Kekingen''. In 1270, it was ment ...

- Muttenz *64 Bahnhof St. Johann - Bachgraben - Allschwil - Oberwil -

Therwil Therwil ( Swiss German: ''Därwyl'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Therwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24. ...

- Reinach - Dornach - Arlesheim Dorf *65 Dornach - Aesch -

Pfeffingen Pfeffingen (Swiss German: ''Pfäffige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Pfeffingen is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Fefingen''. Geography Pfeffingen has an area, , of . Of t ...

*66 Local Bus of Dornach *91 Waldenburg -

Reigoldswil Reigoldswil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Reigoldswil is first mentioned in 1152 as ''Rigoltswilre''. Geography Reigoldswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.2 ...

Bretzwil Bretzwil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Bretzwil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Braswilere''. In 1247 it was mentioned as ''Brezwilr''. Geography Bretzwil has an area, ...

*92

Hölstein Hölstein is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Hölstein is first mentioned around 1101-03 as ''Hulestein''. Geography Hölstein has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.3% i ...

- Bennwil *93 Lampenberg Dorf - Ramlinsburg - Talhaus *106 Sissach - Nusshof - Wintersingen *107 Böckten - Sissach -

Eptingen Eptingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Waldenburg (district), Waldenburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Eptingen is first mentioned in 1145 as ''Ebittingen''. ...

*108 Sissach - Buckten - Känerkinden *109 Rümlingen - Häfelfingen

Rolling stock

;Power cars *Be 4/6 101–108 (1971–1972), ex BEB *Be 4/6 109–115 (1975–1976) *Be 4/6 ex BVB Be 4/6 (1972) *:Numbers: 123, 133, 135, 136, 141, 143, 158 (ex 623, 633, 635, 636, 641, 643, 658) *Be 4/6 201–266 (1978–1981), from 1999 only: 213, 224–230, 258, 260–266 (16 vehicles.) *Be 4/8 201–212, 214–223, 231–257, 259 (rebuilt from above with low floor sections 1987–1999, 50 vehicles.) ;Trailers *B 1301–1303, ex VBZ B 799–801 (1973) *B 1304–1305, ex BVB B 1404, 1408 (1948) *B 1316–1322, ex BVB B 1416–1422 (1961)

Notes

References

External links

BLT homepage

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