Baselland Transport AG (BLT) is a Swiss public transport operator in the cantons of

Basel-Land Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (; german: Kanton Basel-Landschaft ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Champagna; french: Canton de Bâle-Campagne; it, Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming ...

Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (german: Kanton ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Citad; french: Canton de Bâle-Ville; it, Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as t ...

, Solothurn and in France. The BLT was founded in 1974, and is owned by the Canton of Basel-Land, located to the south of the city. It transports some 48 million passengers per year, using a fleet of 64

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

es and 100 trams over a network of of bus routes and of tram routes. The BLT jointly operates the Basel tram network with

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Basel, and is wholly owned by canton of Basel-Stadt, which consists of city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen. The BVB was founded in 189 ...

(BVB), owned by the

canton of Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (german: Kanton ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Citad; french: Canton de Bâle-Ville; it, Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as t ...

. Whilst the BVB owns and operates the inner-city network, the BLT owns the infrastructure for five longer suburban routes and operates four of these itself, leaving the fifth to the BVB to operate. All the BLT routes operate over BVB infrastructure in the inner-city. Both are part of the integrated fare network

Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz The Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz, also known by its initialisation TNW, is a Swiss public transport tariff network covering the whole of the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, together with parts of the cantons of Aargau, Jura and Solo ...

(TNW), which in itself is part of the three countries-integrated fare network triregio. It also owns and operates the

Waldenburg railway The Waldenburg railway (german: Waldenburgerbahn; WB) is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The long. single-track line runs from Liestal, the capital of the canton, to Waldenburg, with stops in Bu ...

. The BLT's suburban routes include the long international route 10, which connects Basel with

Rodersdorf Rodersdorf is a municipality in the district of Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, on the border to Alsace, France. History Rodersdorf is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Ratolsdorf''. In 1349 it was mentioned as ''Roderstorff''. ...

in the

canton of Solothurn The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (german: Kanton Solothurn rm, Chantun Soloturn french: Canton de Soleure; it, Canton Soletta) is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn. His ...

, passing through the

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

commune of Leymen en route.

History

BLT was formed in 1974, through the joining together of four tram and railway companies. These were: * Birsigtalbahn (BTB) * Birseckbahn (BEB) * Trambahn Basel-Aesch (TBA) * Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn (BUeB)

Information

*Bus Network: 115.940 km *Tram Network 65.162 km *Railway network: *Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Buses, 100 trams *Passenger figures (2002): 39,782,620 *Gauge: 1000mm (trams), 750mm (Waldenburg railway) *Depots: Hüslimatt, Dreispitz

Rail and tram lines

Baselland Transport owns five railway lines over which it operates five tram services:

Buslines

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Bottmingen Bottmingen (Swiss German: ''Bottmige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. History Bottmingen is first mentioned in 1246 as ''Bothmingen''. Geography Bottmingen has an area, , of . Of th ...

- Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - Ulmenweg - Aeschenplatz (Bottmingen- Jakobsberg was operated by BVB from 2001) *47 Bottmingen - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - St. Jakob - Muttenz *59 Bottmingen - Oberwil *60

Biel-Benken Biel-Benken (Swiss German: ''Biel-Bängge'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Benken is first mentioned in 1259 as ''Beinkon''. It was also known as ''Benken maior'' to distin ...

- Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle *61

Allschwil , neighboring_municipalities= Baselland (BL), Binningen, Buschwiller (FR-68), Hégenheim (FR-68), Neuwiller (FR-68), Oberwil, Saint-Louis (FR-68), Schönenbuch , twintowns = Pfullendorf (Germany), Blaj (Romania) } Allschwil () is a town ...

Binningen Binningen may refer to: * Binningen, Switzerland * Binningen, Rhineland-Palatinate * Bining Bining (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Bininge'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. ...

- Oberwil - Hüslimatt *63

Dornach : ''Dornach is also a quarter of the French city of Mulhouse and the Scots name for Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands, and Dòrnach is the Gaelic name for Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands.'' Dornach (Swiss German: ''Dornech'') is a municipali ...

Münchenstein Münchenstein (Swiss German: ''Minggestai'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. Historical records Münchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Kekingen''. In 1270, it was mentio ...

- Muttenz *64 Bahnhof St. Johann - Bachgraben -

- Oberwil -

Therwil Therwil (Swiss German: ''Därwyl'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Therwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 24.6% ...

- Reinach - Dornach -

Arlesheim Arlesheim is a town and a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Its cathedral chapter seat, bishop's residence and cathedral (1681 / 1761) are listed as a heritage site of national significance. ...

Dorf *65 Dornach - Aesch -

Pfeffingen Pfeffingen (Swiss German: ''Pfäffige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Pfeffingen is first mentioned in 1156 as ''Fefingen''. Geography Pfeffingen has an area, , of . Of ...

*66 Local Bus of Dornach *91 Waldenburg -

Reigoldswil Reigoldswil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Reigoldswil is first mentioned in 1152 as ''Rigoltswilre''. Geography Reigoldswil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 46.2% ...

Bretzwil Bretzwil is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Bretzwil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Braswilere''. In 1247 it was mentioned as ''Brezwilr''. Geography Bretzwil has an area, ...

*92 Hölstein - Bennwil *93

Lampenberg Lampenberg is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Lampenberg is first mentioned in 1226 as ''Lampenberc''. Geography Lampenberg has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.6% is ...

Dorf -

Ramlinsburg Ramlinsburg is a municipality in the district of Liestal in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Ramlinsburg is first mentioned in 1367 as ''Remlisperg''. It was located near the Bubendorf courthouse and belonged to the Sallan ...

- Talhaus *106

Sissach Sissach () is a municipality and the capital of the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. History Sissach is first mentioned around 1225-26 as ''Sissaho''. Geography Sissach has an area, of . Of this area, (28.2%) ...

Nusshof Nusshof is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Nusshof is first mentioned in 1504 as ''der hof by dem Nussbom''. Geography Nusshof has an area, , of . Of this area, or 56.4% is used ...

Wintersingen Wintersingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Wintersingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 57.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 34.5% is forested. Of the ...

*107

Böckten Böckten is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Böckten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 43.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 41.7% is forested. Of the rest of ...

- Sissach - Eptingen *108 Sissach -

Buckten Buckten is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Buckten is first mentioned in 1266 as ''Butuchon''. Geography Buckten has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.7% is used for agricult ...

Känerkinden Känerkinden is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Känerkinden is first mentioned in 1359 as ''Kennichingen''. Geography Känerkinden has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.2% is ...

*109 Rümlingen -

Häfelfingen Häfelfingen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Häfelfingen is first mentioned in 1358 as ''Hevelingen''. Geography Häfelfingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 58.6% is u ...

Rolling stock

;Power cars *Be 4/6 101–108 (1971–1972), ex BEB *Be 4/6 109–115 (1975–1976) *Be 4/6 ex BVB Be 4/6 (1972) *:Numbers: 123, 133, 135, 136, 141, 143, 158 (ex 623, 633, 635, 636, 641, 643, 658) *Be 4/6 201–266 (1978–1981), from 1999 only: 213, 224–230, 258, 260–266 (16 vehicles.) *Be 4/8 201–212, 214–223, 231–257, 259 (rebuilt from above with low floor sections 1987–1999, 50 vehicles.) ;Trailers *B 1301–1303, ex VBZ B 799–801 (1973) *B 1304–1305, ex BVB B 1404, 1408 (1948) *B 1316–1322, ex BVB B 1416–1422 (1961)

Notes

References

External links

BLT homepage

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