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M2

Lausanne’s M2, world’s steepest metro, a success

27/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The M2, the underground metro system in Lausanne and the only fully driverless in the country, is celebrating its second anniversary with a positive balance sheet. The success of Lausanne’s M2 Metro is clear, 24 million tickets were sold in the last 12 months which represents an increase of 3 million […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: automatic trains, Lausanne, M2, metro, public transport, undergound metro, Underground

Lausanne travel, sheer pleasure!

15/05/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Last night I attended a talk in Lausanne on climate change and sustainability given by Lynette Thorstensen to Executives International at the Palace Hotel. Anyone who has ever gone to the hotel from the train station knows you either hike three blocks or so steeply uphill (and do NOT wear heels, sheer hell on uphill […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Geneva, GenevaLunch travel guide, Lausanne, M2, metro, Mobilis, train

Quart d’heure Vaudois now passé in Lausanne

19/09/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The famous quart d’heure Vaudois that allows people to be 15 minutes late without being impolie, is dead in Lausanne. The arrival of the new M2 metro line has just killed good excuses about traffic holdups.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Lausanne metro, M2, Swiss underground, travel

Lausanne gets green light for M2: first Swiss metro

15/09/2008 by Ellen Wallace

The M2 metro is expected to have a major impact on Lausanne travel habits.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: M2, metro, travel

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