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 […]
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Thonon-Lausanne boats now take Evian season pass
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 […]
Hilly Lausanne dreams of third Metro underground line
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The director of Lausanne’s Metro underground system has told Swiss television TSR that a third metro line between the central train station and Blécherette, at the top of the hilly city, is under consideration. The new line would go from the Place du Flon through the St-Roch district, the Palais de […]
Lausanne travel, sheer pleasure!
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 […]
Lausanne gets green light for M2: first Swiss metro
The M2 metro is expected to have a major impact on Lausanne travel habits.