The S6 is a railway service of
RER Vaud
RER Vaud (french: Réseau express régional vaudois) is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is centered on Lausanne and began operating in December 2004.
History
With the December 2022 timetable change the RER Vaud networ ...
that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
. On weekdays, rush-hour services continue from Palézieux to , in
Fribourg
, Location of , Location of ()
() or , ; or , ; gsw, label=Swiss German, Frybùrg ; it, Friburgo or ; rm, Friburg. is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), ...
.
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...
, the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service.
Operations
The S6 operates every hour between and , using the
Lausanne–Geneva line between Allaman and and the
Lausanne–Bern line between Lausanne and , via . The S4 runs as an express between and . It is paired with the
S5 between Allaman and Palézieux, providing half-hourly service between the two cities. Between Lausanne and Palézieux the S5 and S6 are joined by the
S9, and
InterRegio 15; combined there is service over the line roughly every 15 minutes. Northeast of Palézieux, the S4 operates to Romont during weekday rush-hour only. It is the only stopping service for and .
History
RER Vaud introduced the S6 designation with the December 2020 timetable change, replacing the
S5, which was re-routed east of Lausanne to serve . The RER Vaud lines will be substantially reorganized in the December 2022 timetable change, with the S4 becoming the S6, and the former S6's local schedule being taken over by the S5, which will also be extended to .
The RER Vaud lines were substantially reorganized for the December 2022 timetable change. The "new" S6 was a renaming of the former
S4, making local stops between Lausanne and Palézieux.
References
External links
* 2023 timetable
Allaman–Lausannean
Lausanne–Romont
{{RER Vaud
RER Vaud lines
Transport in the canton of Fribourg
Transport in the canton of Vaud