Trolleybuses in Lausanne

Lausanne trolleybus system
Lausanne trolleybus system
	A Hess SwissTrolley on route 6 on Rue des Terreaux in November 2023
Operation
Locale	Lausanne, Switzerland
Open	2 October 1932
Status	Open
Routes	10
Operator(s)	Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL)
Infrastructure
Electrification	600 V DC
Overview
Website	http://www.t-l.ch Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL) (in French)

The Lausanne trolleybus system (French: Réseau de trolleybus de Lausanne) forms part of the public transport network of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The system has been in operation since 1932^[1] and is the third-oldest surviving trolleybus system in the world, after those of Shanghai and Philadelphia.^[2]

Today, the system is the largest in Switzerland; it is supplemented by the Lausanne Metro, and by various conventional bus routes.

The system is operated by Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL) – formerly Tramways Lausannois – and comprises 10 trolleybus lines, serving not only Lausanne, but also the neighbouring municipalities of Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lutry, Paudex, Prilly, Pully and Renens. Following some line closures, the system no longer serves Cugy, Epalinges and Froideville.

^ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.
^ Russell, Mike (March–April 2003). "Milestone in Lausanne". Trolleybus Magazine. Vol. 39, no. 248. UK: National Trolleybus Association. pp. 34–37. ISSN 0266-7452.