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Baselland Transport

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{{Infobox company

| logo = BLT Baselland Transport AG.svg

| image = L03 678 Bf Gräubern, Be 4-8 109.jpg

| foundation = 1974

| industry = Public transport

| owner = canton of Basel-Land

| homepage = {{URL|www.blt.ch}}

}}

Baselland Transport AG (BLT) is a Swiss public transport operator in the cantons of Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, 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 buses and 100 trams over a network of {{convert|165|km}} of bus routes and {{convert|65|km}} of tram routes.{{cite web |url=http://en.blt.ch/page1568.aspx |title=Portrait |publisher=BLT |accessdate=2012-02-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211113237/http://en.blt.ch/page1568.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-11 }}

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.{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | year = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | pages = 110–111}}{{cite web |url=http://www.twn.ch |title=Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz | publisher=Trarifverbund Nordwestschweiz |language=German |accessdate=2014-11-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.triregio.info/ |title=triregio - grenzenlos mobil | publisher=triregio |language=German, French |accessdate=2014-11-05}} It also owns and operates the {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} Waldenburg railway, converted in 2022 to 1000mm.

The BLT's suburban routes include the {{convert|25.6|km}} long international route 10, which connects Basel with Rodersdorf in the canton of Solothurn, 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: {{convert|13.1|km}}
  • 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

File:Basel - Straßenbahnnetzplan.png

Baselland Transport owns five {{track gauge|1000mm}} railway lines over which it operates five tram services:{{efn|Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe operates line 14 on the Basel–Pratteln railway line.}}{{Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz|page=2}}

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! Line !! Length !! Opened !! Services

Basel–Aesch{{convert|8.2|km}}1907{{rcb|Basel tramway network|11|inline=route}}, {{rcb|Basel tramway network|E11|inline=route}}
Basel–Dornach{{convert|6.2|km}}1902{{rcb|Basel tramway network|10|inline=route}}
Basel–Pratteln{{convert|6.2|km}}1921{{rcb|Basel tramway network|14|inline=route}}
Basel–Rodersdorf{{convert|16.2|km}}1887{{rcb|Basel tramway network|10|inline=route}}, {{rcb|Basel tramway network|17|inline=route}}
Waldenburg{{convert|13.1|km}}1880{{rcb|Baselland Transport|19|inline=route}}

Buslines

File:BLT Gelterkinden.jpg]]

Rolling stock

File:Bale tram 082005.JPG

File:BLT Tango Batteriestrasse.jpg Tango Tram on a driver training run]]

;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

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See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.blt.ch BLT homepage] {{in lang|de}}
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100117043325/http://www.draemmli.info/index.html Trams of BLT and BVB]}}

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Category:Transport in Basel

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Category:Transport in Basel-Stadt

Category:Transport companies established in 1974

Category:Swiss companies established in 1974