Renens VD railway station is a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

and

metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...

station in

Renens Renens ( ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest Lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, a ...

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 ...

, Switzerland, west of the city of

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

. It is served by trains of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) on the

Lausanne–Geneva railway The Lausanne–Geneva railway is a double-track main railway line in Switzerland. It is an important for passenger transport and is the most frequented railway in Romandy. It serves as an approach from Geneva to the Simplon Railway and the line t ...

and the M1 metro line in

(also called TSOL). It is one of the termini of the

Lausanne Metro , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR- ...

system.

Layout and connections

Renens VD has three

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s and one

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. A single island platform serves the

with two tracks ( 61–62) which terminate at the station. The remaining platforms serve five main-line tracks (Nos. 1–5).

Transports publics de la région lausannoise Transports publics de la région lausannoise, often abbreviated simply to TL, are the main operator of public transport in Lausanne and the wider agglomeration. As of 2012, TL operates a network of 10 trolleybus routes, 25 conventional bus route ...

operates bus services from the station.

Services

the following services call at Renens VD: *

RegioExpress RegioExpress (RE) is a fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as TILO, BLS, tpf, transN, THURBO or RhB). It is comparable to the Regional-Express in Germany ...

: ** half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between and , and hourly service from Vevey to . On weekends, hourly service to . ** single daily round-trip to St-Maurice. *

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 ...

: ** / : half-hourly service between and or on weekdays. ** / : half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service between and ; hourly service to ; hourly service to on weekdays. ** / : half-hourly service between and ; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to .

Gallery

File:LausanneGenf7.jpg file:Renens-Gare-postcard-of-building-opened-1908.jpg, reception building, opened 1908

References

External links

* * Transport in Lausanne Railway stations in the canton of Vaud Swiss Federal Railways stations {{Switzerland-railstation-stub