Baselland Transport AG (BLT) is a

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operator in the cantons of

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, Solothurn and in

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. 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 buses and 100

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s over a network of of bus routes and of tram routes. The BLT jointly operates the Basel tram network with Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), owned by the canton of Basel-Stadt. 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 (TNW), which in itself is part of the three countries-integrated fare network triregio. It also owns and operates the Waldenburg railway, converted in 2022 to 1000mm. The BLT's suburban routes include the long international route 10, which connects Basel with Rodersdorf in the

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, passing through the French 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

*37 Bottmingen - 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 - Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle *61

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- Binningen - Oberwil - Hüslimatt *63 Dornach - Münchenstein - Muttenz *64 Bahnhof St. Johann - Bachgraben -

- Oberwil - Therwil - Reinach - Dornach *65 Arlesheim Dorf - Dornach - Aesch - Pfeffingen *66 Local Bus of Dornach *91 Waldenburg - Reigoldswil - Bretzwil *92 Hölstein - Bennwil *93 Lampenberg Dorf - Ramlinsburg - Talhaus *106

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- Nusshof - Wintersingen *107 Böckten - Sissach - Eptingen *108 Sissach - Buckten - Känerkinden *109 Rümlingen - Häfelfingen

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
* {{Authority control Bus companies of Switzerland Public transport in Switzerland Railway companies of Switzerland Transport companies of Switzerland Transport in Basel Transport in Basel-Landschaft Transport in Basel-Stadt Transport companies established in 1974 Swiss companies established in 1974