Transports en commun de Neuchâtel and environs

Transports publics du Littoral Neuchâtelois

Basic information
Company headquarters	Neuchâtel
Reference year	2007
Board	Laurent Lavanchy
Operations management	Jean-Michel Germanier
Transport network	Subscription network Onde Verte
Employee	209 ( FTE )
Lines
Gauge	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
tram	1
Trolleybus	4th
bus	8th
Other lines	3 mountain railways
number of vehicles
Tram cars	6 railcars 4 control cars
Trolleybuses	36
Omnibuses	28
other vehicles	6 mountain railway cars
statistics
Passengers	17.7 million per year
Mileage	3.176 million km per year
Residents in the catchment area	0.078 million
Length of line network
Tram lines	8.9 km
Trolleybus routes	25.7 km
Bus routes	43.8 km

The Compagnie des Transports publics du Littoral Neuchâtelois , abbreviated TN , officially Compagnie des Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs , was the transport company for the Swiss city of Neuchâtel and the surrounding area on Lake Neuchâtel . The original name of the company was Compagnie des Tramways de Neuchâtel . On May 23, 2012, the company merged with TRN SA to form Transports Publics Neuchâtelois SA . The new company appears under the logo transN and has the official initials TRN .

history

The transport company was created in 1901 from a merger of the Régional Neuchâtel – Cortaillod – Boudry ( NCB ) company founded in 1892 with the Neuchâtel – Saint-Blaise ( NSB ) tramway founded in 1893 .

business

tram

Trolleybus

Bus

In addition to the tram and the trolleybus, the participants operated eight bus routes in the city and agglomeration:

5b	Cortaillod -Areuse
9	Place Pury – Denis-de-Rougemont
9b	Place Pury – Rue Matille
10	Gare CFF-Bôle
11	Place Pury – Piscines
S.	Place Pury – Savagnier (Cernier)
B.	Saint-Aubin- Boudry
P	Perreux-Hôpital-Boudry

The TN carried around 6.1 million passengers annually on their bus routes, consuming 700,000 liters of diesel, which corresponds to emissions of around 1900 tons of carbon dioxide . The regional bus routes in the canton of Neuchâtel , on the other hand, were operated by Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois (TRN) and Postauto Schweiz AG .

Funiculars

Because the difference in altitude between the city center by the lake and the high-altitude districts is around 200 meters, the participants also maintained the three funicular railways Ecluse – Plan, La Coudre – Chaumont and “Fun'ambule” (Gare – Université). The latter belongs to the city of Neuchâtel and was only managed by the TN.