Lausanne railway station

Platforms5Tracks10Train operatorsConnectionsTransports publics de la région lausannoise buses^[1]ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationFare zone11 (mobilis)^[2]HistoryOpened5 May 1856 (1856-05-05)RebuiltPassengers2018102,500 per working day^[3]

Services

Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Genève-Cornavin Terminus EuroCity Sion towards Milano Centrale Genève-Cornavin towards Geneva Airport IC 1 Fribourg/Freiburg towards St. Gallen Terminus IC 5 Yverdon-les-Bains towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Morges towards Geneva Airport IR 15 Palézieux towards Lucerne IR 90 Vevey towards Brig Renens VD towards Annemasse or Geneva Airport RE33 Vevey towards St-Maurice Renens VD Terminus RegioExpress Limited service Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Prilly-Malley towards Grandson R1 Pully towards Cully R2 Renens VD towards Vallorbe R3 Pully towards St-Maurice Prilly-Malley towards Le Brassus or Vallorbe R4 Prilly-Malley towards Allaman R5 Pully-Nord towards Palézieux R6 Pully-Nord towards Romont Terminus R9 Puidoux towards Kerzers Preceding station TGV Lyria Following station Vallorbe towards Paris-Lyon Paris to Lausanne Terminus Genève-Cornavin towards Paris-Lyon Preceding station Lausanne Métro Following station Grancy towards Ouchy-Olympique M2 transfer at Lausanne-Gare Lausanne-Flon towards Croisettes

Location

Lausanne railway station (French: Gare de Lausanne) is the main intercity and regional railway station for the city of Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. It is often known as Lausanne CFF to distinguish it from others in the town.

Description

Lausanne is a through station, which sits at the junction of the Simplon, Lausanne–Bern, and Lausanne–Geneva railway lines.^[4] Due to this, express passenger trains are available to a wide variety of destinations across the country.

Passenger trains are primarily run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), with additional international trains run by companies from neighbouring France (TGV Lyria).

There is also a network of local services from Lausanne, primarily as part of the RER Vaud, and platforms for line 2 of the Lausanne Métro. The metro station, Lausanne-Gare, was opened on 27 October 2008.^[5]

Passenger facilities include Bureau de change, left luggage and lost property offices.^[6]

Developments

Significant improvements are planned for the station by 2020. A third subway is to be constructed for platform access, along with longer platforms to allow larger trains.^[7] A new tunnel is also to be built for the Lausanne Métro directly underneath the Renens (West) end of the main line station, with new métro platforms directly connected to the subway, removing the need for some métro passengers to cross the square in front of the station.^[7]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change,^[update] the following services call at Lausanne:^[8]

• TGV Lyria: six trains per day to Paris-Lyon via either Vallorbe or Genève-Cornavin.
• EuroCity: four trains per day between Genève-Cornavin and Milano Centrale, with one train continuing from Milano Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia.
• InterCity: hourly service to Geneva Airport and St. Gallen and half-hourly service to Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• Geneva Airport–Bern–Zürich HB–St. Gallen
• Geneva Airport/Lausanne–Biel/Bienne–Zürich HB (–St. Gallen/Rorschach)
• InterRegio:
• Geneva Airport–Bern–Luzern
• Geneva Airport–Lausanne–Brig
  • half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
  • hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
• RegioExpress:
  • half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and Vevey, and hourly service from Vevey to St-Maurice. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport.
  • single daily round-trip between Renens VD and St-Maurice.
• RER Vaud:
  • R1 / R2: half-hourly service to Grandson and to Cully on weekdays.
  • R3 / R4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service between Vallorbe and Aigle; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.
  • R5 / R6: half-hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont.
  • R9: hourly service to Kerzers.

Gallery

• 
  Lausanne station from Place de la Gare
• 
  Lausanne station, looking East.
• 
  View under overall canopy (and a Swiss railway clock), looking East.
• 
  Lausanne Metro Line m2 platforms & coach

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

External links

• Lausanne railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Lausanne)