Baselland Transport AG (BLT) is a

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operator in the cantons of

Basel-Land Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...

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Solothurn , neighboring_municipalities = Bellach, Biberist, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Langendorf, Rüttenen, Zuchwil , twintowns = Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland) Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; ...

and in

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. 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

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es and 100

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s over a network of of bus routes and of tram routes. The BLT jointly operates the Basel tram network with Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (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 (TNW), which in itself is part of the three countries-integrated fare network triregio. It also owns and operates the Waldenburg railway. The BLT's suburban routes include the long international route 10, which connects Basel with Rodersdorf in the canton of Solothurn, passing through the

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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 - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - Ulmenweg - Aeschenplatz (Bottmingen- Jakobsberg was operated by BVB from 2001) *47 Bottmingen - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - St. Jakob - Muttenz *59 Bottmingen - Oberwil *60 Biel-Benken - Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle *61 Allschwil - Binningen - Oberwil - Hüslimatt *63 Dornach - Münchenstein - Muttenz *64 Bahnhof St. Johann - Bachgraben - Allschwil - Oberwil - Therwil - Reinach - Dornach -

Arlesheim Arlesheim is a town and a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Its cathedral chapter seat, bishop's residence and cathedral (1681 / 1761) are listed as a heritage site of national significanc ...

Dorf *65 Dornach - Aesch - Pfeffingen *66 Local Bus of Dornach *91 Waldenburg - Reigoldswil - Bretzwil *92 Hölstein - Bennwil *93 Lampenberg Dorf - Ramlinsburg - Talhaus *106 Sissach - Nusshof -

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Böckten Böckten is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Böckten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.7% is forested. Of the rest o ...

- Sissach - Eptingen *108 Sissach -

Buckten Buckten is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Buckten is first mentioned in 1266 as ''Butuchon''. Geography Buckten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.7% is used for agricult ...

Känerkinden Känerkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Känerkinden is first mentioned in 1359 as ''Kennichingen''. Geography Känerkinden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.2% i ...

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Rümlingen Rümlingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Rümlingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Rumelikon''. Geography Rümlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 47.4% is used for ...

Häfelfingen Häfelfingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Häfelfingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Hevelingen''. Geography Häfelfingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.6% is ...

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)

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External links

BLT homepage

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