Lausanne-Flon train station
The Lausanne-Flon train station is an underground terminus of the Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) in the city center of the Vaudois capital Lausanne , near the Place de Flon . It is also the starting point of the m1 line of the Métro Lausanne to Renens station and the stop of the m2 , the only subway line in Switzerland .
history
Flon had been the starting point for the Lausanne – Ouchy (LO) cogwheel railway, which was closed for the Metro in 2006 and connected Flon with the SBB train station and the Ouchy district on Lake Geneva since 1877 . Between Flon and Gare CFF , the LO operated parallel to the Ouchy track, a second track on which a shuttle service took place.
In 1991, what was then the Sud-Ouest Lausannois tram to Renens was opened, which connects Lausanne with the university district of EPFL and UNIL . The light rail line is now operated as line m1 of the Métro Lausanne.
In 2000, the LEB was extended underground from Place Chauderon to Flon - this project was already in place at the time of the LEB planning, but for more than a hundred years a temporary solution was enough.
In 2008 the m2 line of Métro Lausanne was opened. It is the only subway in Switzerland and an extension of the LO to Epalinges .
traffic
railroad
Métro Lausanne
- m1: Lausanne-Flon - EPFL - Renens CFF
- m2: Epalinges-Croisettes - Sallaz - Flon - Gare CFF - Ouchy
See also
Web links
- Le Flon, c'est le coeur de ma ville! (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '14.2 " N , 6 ° 37' 48.9" E ; CH1903: 537,967 / 152466