Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz

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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 Solothurn. [1]

Canton of Jura Canton of Switzerland

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Canton of Solothurn Canton of Switzerland

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The TNW network offers various kinds of tickets, from single tickets to annual season tickets, which are valid on the buses, trams and trains of the operators that are members of the network. Tickets are only valid within the TNW area, and prices are based on zones, with 48 zones covering the whole of the TNW area. [2] [3]

One section of Baselland Transport's tram line 10 crosses through France, and this section of the route is included in the TNW network. However this does not apply to the extension of Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe's tram line 8 to Weil am Rhein in Germany. Instead, the TNW is itself a member of the triregio integrated fares network, which also covers the adjoining areas of France and Germany. [3] [4]

Baselland Transport (BLT) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Basel. The BLT was founded in 1974, and is owned by the canton of Basel-Land, which contains the area surrounding the inner city. It transports some 48 million passengers per year, using a fleet of 64 buses and 100 trams over a network of 165 kilometres (103 mi) of bus routes and 65 kilometres (40 mi) of tram routes.

Line 10 (BLT)

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Operators

The operators which make up the network are: [5]

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe transport company

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB) is a public transport operator in the 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 founded in 1895, and became a self-governing public corporation on 1 January 2006. It transports 132 million passengers per year, an average of roughly 360,000 a day. It operates 128 motor trams and 74 trailers on 9 tram routes, as well as 99 buses on a total of 13 bus routes. These are kept operating by 1200 employees.

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References

  1. ↑ "Organisation" (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Tickets & Preise" [Tickets & Prices] (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  3. 1 2 "Liniennetz TNW" [Line network TNW] (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  4. ↑ "Drei Länder, ein Netz. So weit, so grenzenlos" [Three countries, a net. So far, so limitless.] (in German). triregio. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Verkersunternehmen" [Transport companies] (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-01-28.


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