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Owner | Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Vaud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.leb.ch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | narrow gauge commuter rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 November 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Track length | 23.6 km (14.7 mi) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 1500 V DC [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum incline | 6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lausanne–Bercher line is a metre gauge railway line in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The line connects the city of Lausanne with Bercher via Echallens, and is 23.6 km (14.7 mi) long. It is owned and operated by the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). [1]
After an initial test train ran between Lausanne-Chauderon station and Prilly-Chasseur on 3 October 1873, the first section of line came into service from Lausanne to Cheseaux on 4 November. The line through to Échallens opened in June 1874. Under a legally separate entity, the route to Bercher was completed and opened on 28 November 1889.
At the Lausanne end of the line, developments came later. Chauderon station was moved underground and the original station razed in 1995. Trains continued to terminate at Chauderon until 2000, when an extension to Lausanne-Flon station opened, permitting interchange with the Lausanne Métro.
Together, the railway company, the canton, and the city of Lausanne have plans to upgrade the line to permit more frequent trains. Building of a new double track tunnel between Chauderon and Montétan stations is expected to take place by 2022, permitting up to 8 trains to run per hour in each direction on the urban section as far as Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne. [2]
The Lausanne Métro system is a two-line urban rail transport system in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. Around a quarter of the system has been used for urban rail transport since 1877, when the route between the city centre and Ouchy opened as Switzerland's first public funicular railway. The network is owned by two distinct companies and operated by a third.
Lausanne-Flon is a railway and metro station in the Flon district of central Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the hub of the Lausanne Metro system. The station's initial building was also the first in the city to use electricity. A station rebuilding project was the subject of a design competition held in 1988.
Lausanne-Chauderon railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Montétan railway station was a railway station in the municipality of Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). In 2021 it was closed due to the construction of a tunnel, replacing the on-street section of the railway
Union-Prilly railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Prilly, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Prilly-Chasseur railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Prilly, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Cery-Fleur-de-Lys railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Prilly, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Jouxtens-Mézery railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Jouxtens-Mézery, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Romanel-sur-Lausanne railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Romanel-sur-Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Vernand-Camarès railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). Although located in Lausanne, Vernand-Camarès and neighboring Bel-Air LEB are part of the Vernand exclave, some distance from the city itself.
Bel-Air LEB railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). Although located in Lausanne, Bel-Air LEB and neighboring Vernand-Camarès are part of the Vernand exclave, some distance from the city itself.
Cheseaux railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Les Ripes railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Étagnières, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Etagnières railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Étagnières, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Assens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Assens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Echallens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Échallens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB). The depot for the LEB is located at the station and approximately half all trains from Lausanne-Flon terminate here.
Sur Roche railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Échallens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Grésaley railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Échallens, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Sugnens railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Montilliez, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is located on the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
Bercher railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bercher, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the northern terminus of the 1,000 mm Lausanne–Bercher line of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Échallens-Bercher (LEB).
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