The R1 is a railway service of
RER Vaud
RER Vaud (french: Réseau express régional vaudois) is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is centered on Lausanne and began operating in December 2004.
History
With the December 2022 timetable change the RER Vaud network ...
that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms b ...
. On weekdays, the line also runs between Lausanne and .
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...
, the national railway company of Switzerland, operates the service. The service was previously known as the S1.
Operations
The R1 operates every hour between and , using the southern portion of the
Jura Foot Line
The Jura Foot Line (french: ligne du Pied-du-Jura, german: Jurafusslinie) or Jura South Foot Line, is a railway line in Switzerland. It runs from Olten along the foot of the southern Jura range through Solothurn, Grenchen, Biel/Bienne, Neuchâte ...
. It is paired with the
R2 (which does not make all local stops), providing half-hourly service between the two cities. On weekdays both the S1 and S2 operate between Lausanne and . The
R3 and
R4 also operate between and Cully, raising the service frequency to every 15 minutes.
History
The S1 was one of the six original lines of the RER Vaud, then called the Vaud Express Network (french: Réseau express vaudois, REV), when that system was established in December 2004. It ran hourly between and . With the December 2015 timetable change, the northern and southern termini of the S1 changed to Grandson and Lausanne, respectively. The RER Vaud lines were substantially reorganized for the December 2022 timetable change. The S1 was extended from Lausanne to Cully on weekdays. On 10 December 2023, all RER Vaud lines were renamed as "R" and a number, instead of "S."
References
External links
* 2024 timetable
Grandson–Lausannean
Lausanne–Cully
{{RER Vaud
RER Vaud lines
Transport in the canton of Vaud