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R9 (RER Vaud)
The R9 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Fribourg, respectively. Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service. The service was previously known as the S9. Operations The R9 operates every hour between and , using the Lausanne–Bern line between Lausanne and , and the Palézieux–Lyss line between Palézieux and . The R9 runs as an express between Lausanne and Palézieux, stopping only at . The S40 and S40 make local stops, combining with the R8, R9 and the InterRegio The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi ... 15 for service roughly every 15 fifteen minutes. North of Palézieux, the R8 pairs with the R9 for half-hourly service to . Between Payerne an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern S-Bahn
The Bern S-Bahn (; ) is an S-Bahn commuter rail network focused on Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. The network is roughly coterminous with Bern's urban agglomeration. Its services connect with those of Lucerne S-Bahn, RER Fribourg, RER Vaud and transN. With approximately 9 million train kilometres per year, the Bern S-Bahn is the second-largest S-Bahn in Switzerland. It handles around 100,000 passengers daily (175,000 on weekdays), and thus carries the majority of the agglomeration's regional public transport traffic. Operations The Bern S-Bahn Bern is operated, under a joint commission from the Canton of Bern, its neighbouring cantons and the Federal Government, by the following railway companies: * BLS AG (BLS); * Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Upon the timetable change on 12 December 2004, the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) withdrew from its previous involvement in the operation of the Bern S-Bahn, but also took over all of the long-distance services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation and the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons. It is the largest rail and transport company of Switzerland; it operates on most standard gauge lines of the Rail transport in Switzerland, Swiss railway network. It also heavily collaborates with most other transport companies of the country, such as the BLS AG, BLS, one of its main competitors, or (SOB), to provide fully integrated public transport timetable, timetables with Clock-face scheduling, cyclic schedules. SBB was ranked first among national Rail transport in Europe, European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for its intensity of use, quality of service, and safety rating. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palézieux–Lyss Railway
The Palézieux–Lyss railway is a single-track standard-gauge line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in Romandy. The section south of Kerzers is sometimes considered to form one of two lines that intersect at Payerne station and are referred to in French as the ''Ligne de la Broye'' (Broye line) or in German as the ''Broyelinien'' (Broye lines) or ''Broyetallinien'' (Broye valley lines). The Palézieux–Lyss railway includes the ''Broye longitudinal'' ( Palézieux–Payerne–Murten–Kerzers). The Fribourg–Yverdon railway is considered to form the ''Broye transversal'' ( Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–). The lines are named after the Broye river, which passes through the cantons of Vaud and Fribourg, crossing the cantonal border ten times in total. History The line was opened in two stages: * 12 June 1876: Murten–Kerzers–Lyss, * 25 August 1876: Murten–Palézieux The line between Palézieux and Fräschels was owned by the Western Swiss Railways (''Chemins de fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne–Bern Railway
The Lausanne–Bern railway is a mainline railway in Switzerland. The first part of the line was opened in 1860 and the original line was completed on 4 September 1862. The line was built by the Swiss Central Railway and the Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern Railway, which were taken over by the Swiss Federal Railways on its establishment in 1902. History The Canton of Fribourg delayed the construction of the line from Bern to Lausanne in a bid to have it run through the city of Fribourg rather than on flatter land further west; in 1857 the Swiss government, the canton of Vaud and the West Switzerland Company gave in, allowing construction to commence on the line. On 2 July 1860, the line opened from Bern to the northern end of the 352 metre-long Grandfey Viaduct being built over the Saane river in Balliswil, near Fribourg. The Bern–Thörishaus section was built by the ''Swiss Central Railway'' and the Thörishaus–Ballenwil section by the Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne–Geneva Railway
The Lausanne–Geneva railway is a double-track main railway line in Switzerland. It is an important for passenger transport and is the most frequented railway in Romandy. It serves as an approach from Geneva to the Simplon Railway and the line to Bern and Zürich. History Opening The origins of the railway stretch back to 1855, when the West Switzerland Company (''Compagnie de l’Ouest Suisse'', OS) opened the Morges–Renens section as part of the Jura Foot Railway. The extension to Lausanne was completed in 1856. In March 1858, the Lyon-Geneva Railway (''Chemin de fer Lyon-Genève'', LG) opened the line between the two cities and this work included the opening of the section between Geneva-Cornavin and the depot of ''La Châtelaine''. A month later, the OS opened its extension to Versoix in two stages. The gap was closed in June of the same year, when the Geneva–Versoix Railway (''Chemin de fer Genève–Versoix'', GV) joined the two cities. In 1949, the section b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RER Vaud
RER Vaud () is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is centered on Lausanne and began operating in December 2004. Lines the network consists of the following lines: * : – (– ) * : Grandson – Lausanne (– Cully) * : – Lausanne – (– ) * : / Vallorbe – Lausanne – Aigle (– St-Maurice) * : – Lausanne – * : Allaman – Lausanne – Palézieux (– ) * : – , called the Vine Train () * : Palézieux – (– ) * : Lausanne – * : Vallorbe – Le Brassus (rush hour) All lines except the R7 and R8 serve Lausanne, which serves as the main hub of the network. History With the December 2022 timetable change the RER Vaud network was substantially reorganized: On 10 December 2023, all RER Vaud lines were renamed as "R" and a number, instead of "S." References External links * {{Urban public transport in Switzerland Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour. Vaud is the third-largest Swiss canton by population and fourth by size. It is located in Romandy, the partially French-speaking western part of the country, and borders the canton of canton of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and Canton of Bern, Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of canton of Geneva, Geneva to the south-west, and France to the west. The geography of the canton includes all three natural regions of Switzerland: the Jura Mountains, the Swiss Plateau, and the Swiss Alps, (Swiss) Alps. It also includes some of the largest lakes of the country: Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg. History On the shores of Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat significant traces of prehistoric settlements have been unearthed. The canton of Fribourg joined the Swiss Confederation in 1481. The area is made up of lands acquired by the capital Fribourg. The present extent was reached in 1803 when Murten (Morat) was acquired. The canton of Fribourg joined the separatist league of Catholic cantons in 1846 ( Sonderbund). The following year, its troops surrendered to the federal army. Geography The canton is bounded to the west by Lake Neuchâtel, to the west and the south by the canton of Vaud, and to the east by the canton of Bern. The canton includes two enclaves with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InterRegio
The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi-fast long-distance trains with more stops and usually lower prices than more upscale long-distance trains such as the InterCity (IC). Denmark The InterRegio system was also introduced to the Danish railways in the early 1990s and became an alternative to the InterCity services, with no seat reservation required. However, unlike other countries, InterRegio trains in Denmark only operates on Fridays and Sundays, to support the heavy flow of passengers that travel on those days. These InterRegio services also have fewer stops than the InterCity services, which goes against the original InterRegio concept of long-distance trains with more local stops. There are no specific rules for the composition for these trains, and both old and new mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R8 (RER Vaud)
The R8 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of Vaud. Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service. The service was previously known as the S8. Operations The R8 operates every hour between and , using the Lausanne–Geneva line between Allaman and , the Lausanne–Bern line between Lausanne and , and the Palézieux–Lyss line between Palézieux and Payerne. The R8 runs as an express between Lausanne and Palézieux, stopping only at . The S40 and S41 make local stops, combining with the R8, R9 and the InterRegio The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi ... 15 for service roughly every 15 fifteen minutes. North of Palézieux, the R9 pairs with the R8 for half-hourly se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R5 (RER Vaud)
The R5 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of Vaud. Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ..., the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service. The service was previously known as the S5. Operations The R5 operates every hour between and , using the Lausanne–Geneva and Lausanne–Bern lines. It makes all local stops. It is paired with the R6, providing half-hourly service between the two cities. History RER Vaud introduced the S5 designation with the December 2015 timetable change, replacing the S11, which had operated between Lausanne and , just south of Grandson. The new S5 operated from Grandson via Lausanne to , on the Lausanne–Bern line. With the Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R6 (RER Vaud)
The R6 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of Vaud. On weekdays, rush-hour services continue from Palézieux to , in Fribourg. Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service. The service was previously known as the S6. Operations The R6 operates every hour between and , using the Lausanne–Geneva line between Allaman and and the Lausanne–Bern line between Lausanne and , via . The R6 runs as an express between and . It is paired with the R5 between Allaman and Palézieux, providing half-hourly service between the two cities. Between Lausanne and Palézieux the R5 and R6 are joined by the R9, and InterRegio The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi ... 15; combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
