Trolleybuses in Lausanne
An NAW trolleybus and trailer in Lausanne.
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| Locale | Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
| Open | 2 October 1932 | ||
| Status | Open | ||
| Routes | 10 | ||
| Operator(s) | Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL) | ||
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| Electrification | 600 V DC | ||
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| Website | Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL) (French) | ||
The Lausanne trolleybus system (French: Réseau de trolleybus de Lausanne) forms part of the public transport network of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The system has been in operation since 1932 and is the third-oldest surviving trolleybus system in the world, after those of Shanghai and Philadelphia.
Today, the system is the largest in Switzerland; it is supplemented by the Lausanne Metro, and by various conventional bus routes.
The system is operated by Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL) – formerly Tramways Lausannois – and comprises 10 trolleybus lines, serving not only Lausanne, but also the neighbouring municipalities of Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lutry, Paudex, Prilly, Pully and Renens. Following some line closures, the system no longer serves Cugy, Epalinges and Froideville.
Opened on 2 October 1932, the Lausanne system was only the second trolleybus system to open in Switzerland, preceded by the rural Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system. That line closed earlier in 1932. The Lausanne system was therefore the country's only trolleybus system at the time of its opening, and it retained this distinction until the opening of the Winterthur trolleybus system, in 1938.
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