Lausanne railway station

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.

Lausanne
Central pass-through railway station
The main (north) entrance to the station in 2011
Location	Place de la Gare 5a Lausanne Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′0.4254″N 6°37′44.7450″E
Elevation	447 m (1,467 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lausanne–Bern line Lausanne-Geneva line Simplon line
Platforms	5
Tracks	10
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways TGV Lyria
Connections	Transports publics de la région lausannoise buses[1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	11 (mobilis)[2]
History
Opened	5 May 1856
Rebuilt	1911–1916 (total reconstruction) 1992–1996
Passengers
2018	102,500 per working day[3]
Services
Preceding station EuroCity Following station Genève-Cornavin Terminus Geneva to Milan Sion towards Milano Centrale Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Genève-Cornavin towards Geneva Airport InterCity IC 1 Fribourg towards St. Gallen Terminus InterCity IC 5 Yverdon-les-Bains towards St. Gallen Morges towards Geneva Airport InterRegio IR 15 Palézieux towards Lucerne InterRegio IR 90 Vevey towards Brig Renens VD towards Annemasse RegioExpress Vevey towards St-Maurice Renens VD Terminus RegioExpress Limited service Cully towards St-Maurice Preceding station RER Vaud Following station Prilly-Malley towards Grandson S1 Terminus Prilly-Malley towards Vallorbe S2 Pully towards Aigle, Bex or St-Maurice Prilly-Malley towards Allaman S3 Terminus Renens VD towards Allaman S4 Pully-Nord towards Palézieux or Romont Prilly-Malley towards Grandson S5 Pully towards Aigle, Bex or St-Maurice Terminus S6 Pully-Nord towards Palézieux S9 Puidoux towards Kerzers Renens VD towards Le Brassus via Vallorbe S22 Terminus 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

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 2020 timetable change, 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 half-hourly service to Zürich Hauptbahnhof and St. Gallen.
• InterRegio:
  • half-hourly service between Geneva Airport and Brig.
  • hourly service between Geneva Airport and Lucerne.
• RegioExpress:
  • half-hourly service to Annemasse and hourly service to St-Maurice.
  • single daily round-trip between Renens VD and St-Maurice.
• RER Vaud:
  • S1: hourly service to Grandson.
  • S2/S5: half-hourly service to Aigle and hourly service to Vallorbe; limited service from Aigle to St-Maurice.
  • S3: hourly service to Allaman.
  • S4: hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont.
  • S6: hourly service to Palézieux.
  • S9: hourly service to Kerzers.
  • S22: rush-hour service to Le Brassus via Vallorbe.

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

1. "Plan de réseau schématique" (PDF) (in French). tl. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "Plan de zones tarifaires" (PDF). Mobilis Vaud. December 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
4. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
5. Schwandl, Robert. "Lausanne". urbanrail.
6. "Lausanne Train Station: Gare de Lausanne CFF Station, Schedule Information from Rail Europe". Rail Europe, Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
7. "Métros 2025" (PDF). Canton of Vaud. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
8. "Départ: Gare de Lausanne" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

External links

Media related to Lausanne railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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