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Geneva Public Transport (french: Transports publics genevois, TPG) operates most of the public transportation system in
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Geneva Public Transport (french: Transports publics genevois, TPG) operates most of the public transportation system in canton of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...
, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, including the city of Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ...
. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy
Lancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
History
Lancy is first mentioned in 1097 as ''Lanciaco'' meaning "fearless".
Geography
Lancy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 5.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or ...
.
The TPG operates tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s, trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...
es and 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 for the canton of Geneva and also serves some regions in neighbouring France. Local rail services are provided by the '' CFF'' (Swiss Federal Railways) and the SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
, and passenger ferries across the lake by the ''Mouettes Genevoises Navigation
''Mouettes Genevoises Navigation'' is a private water bus operator in Geneva, Switzerland, operating four lines across the western end of Lake Geneva. A member of the integrated Unireso
Unireso is the umbrella organization for a common tariff s ...
''. The TPG shares a common fare system (Unireso
Unireso is the umbrella organization for a common tariff system for a network of various modes of public transportation in and around Geneva, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and ...
) with these services and some in neighbouring France so that a single ticket can be used for any public transport within its zones and times of validity.
Timeline
The TPG is the successor organization to the ''Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques'' (Geneva Electric Tramway Company), or CGTE, which operated trams throughout the canton and parts of neighbouring France from 1900 until 1 January 1977.Box, Roland (March–April 2008). "A Short History of the Genève System". ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 278, pp. 26-35. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452. In December 2003, the TPG began road-testing a , double-articulated, mega-trolleybus manufactured byHess Hess or Heß may refer to:
* Hess (surname), also ''Heß'' in German, people with the surname Hess
* Hess, Oklahoma, a community in the United States
* Hess Educational Organization, the largest private provider of English instruction in the Re ...
and Vossloh Kiepe
Kiepe Electric GmbH (formerly Vossloh Kiepe) is a German manufacturer of electrical traction equipment for trams, trolleybuses other road and rail transport vehicles, as well as air-conditioning and heating systems, and conveyor device components. ...
.''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 254 (March–April 2004), p. 48. ISSN 0266-7452. The bus can carry 150 passengers. It entered passenger service in January 2004 on line 10 to the airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
. This vehicle was created by adding a middle section to a trolleybus that was originally a single-articulated, vehicle. In 2005–06, TPG purchased ten all-new double-articulated trolleybuses from Hess Hess or Heß may refer to:
* Hess (surname), also ''Heß'' in German, people with the surname Hess
* Hess, Oklahoma, a community in the United States
* Hess Educational Organization, the largest private provider of English instruction in the Re ...
, length , and they are numbered 781-790. As of late 2006, TPG's fleet included 92 trolleybuses, all articulated (of which eleven were double-articulated).''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 271 (January–February 2007), p. 22.
As of 27 April 2008, the TPG network includes 6 tramway routes, 38 cantonal bus routes, 15 intercantonal (Canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital c ...
) and international (France) bus routes and 12 nighttime bus routes.
In December 2010, Line 18 opened, from Avanchet to Coutance; it was extended as far as CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Gene ...
in May 2011, closed in December 2011 and replaced by Line 14. In December 2012, the tramway was again split into line 14 (Meyrin-Gravière – P+R Bernex) and line 18 (CERN – Carouge).
Tramway Cornavin - Onex - Bernex (TCOB)
Construction started in November 2008 and finished in December 2011. Line 14 originally ran from P+R Bernex to Meyrin-Gravière or CERN, but has since then been split into Line 14 (P+R Bernex – Meyrin-Gravière) and Line 18 (Carouge – CERN) in December 2012.See also
*Trams in Geneva
The Geneva tramway network (french: Réseau tramway de Genève) is a network of tramways forming the core element of the public transport system in Geneva, Switzerland. It is operated by '' Transports Publics Genevois'' (TPG), and is supplemented ...
*Trolleybuses in Geneva
The Geneva trolleybus system (french: Réseau trolleybus de Genève) forms part of the public transport network in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the second largest trolleybus system in Switzerland, after the Lausanne system.
Opened in 1942, th ...
*Buses in Geneva
The Geneva bus network is a network of buses forming the core element of the public transport system in Geneva, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern ...
References
External links
* *Unofficial Fan website
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