Consumer use of Lake Geneva boats on the rise Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Thonon-Lausanne CGN (Compagnie Générale de Navigation) boats are now accepting season tickets for the Evian-Lausanne route, the company announced Tuesday 23 February, as part of its new prices and schedules for 2010. An annual pass on the Thonon-Lausanne line, increasingly used […]
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Traffic alert: A1 autoroute, Gland-Nyon, closed Wednesday night
Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The A1 autoroute will be closed between Nyon and Gland Wednesday night 17 February on the lake side of the road, heading towards Lausanne, from 21:00-05:00. Roadworks which have been going on since late January to repair a damaged bridge joint will be finished on the lake side by 18 […]
A1 autoroute third lanes cut accidents
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss national highway department says that the first month of a Swiss experiment near Lausanne has been successful. Eight months of road works led to the opening in mid-January of emergency lanes to traffic at peak times on the A1 autoroute between Morges and Lausanne. The accident rate in 2009 […]
Swiss winter weekend and sports report, 29 January
Switzerland winter holidays traffic jam areas, times Jura in its winter glory Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The main news this weekend: expect snow! That sounds good, but it promises to come with something less welcome, the potential for major traffic problems. The Swiss federal government has issued its annual end-January winter holidays traffic predictions, so […]
Swiss transport police given 2011 green light
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss transport police, who will have the right to make provisional arrests, will become part of the CFF rail system starting in 2011. The Federal Council Wednesday 27 January approved legislation drawn up by a parliamentary transport commission which will create two security systems for public transport companies. The transport police, […]