thumb|250px|Schematic Network Map of trams in Geneva

thumb|250px|right|Network Map of the trolleybusses in Geneva

thumb|right|A [[trolleybus of TPG]]

The Geneva Public Transport (), also known as TPG, is an autonomous public-law institution responsible for most of the public transportation system in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

The TPG is the successor organization to the Geneva Electric Tramway Company, or CGTE, which operated trams throughout the canton and parts of neighbouring France from 1900 until 1 January 1977.

The TPG operates trams, trolleybuses and buses 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, and passenger ferries across the lake by the Mouettes Genevoises Navigation. The TPG shares a common fare system (Unireso) 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.

History

In December 2003, the TPG began road-testing a , double-articulated, mega-trolleybus manufactured by Hess and Vossloh Kiepe. The bus can carry 150 passengers. It entered passenger service in January 2004 on line 10 to the airport.

As of 27 April 2008, the TPG network includes 6 tramway routes, 38 cantonal bus routes, 15 intercantonal (Canton of Vaud) 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 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).

In 2008 construction of the Cornavin - Onex - Bernex Tramway (TCOB) started 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.

Trams

TPG's tram network is the core rail component of the system consisting of five lines. the network has a total route length of 55.91 km and serves some 135 stations.

Trolleybuses

TPG's trolleybus network complements the tramway, and its scheduled trolleybus services are lines 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 19.

Buses

TPG's bus network provides the broadest territorial coverage of the system, including urban, regional and cross-border services between Switzerland and France.

Other service

TPG also operates tpg flex, an on-demand bus service that complements the regular network.

See also

  • Trams in Geneva
  • Trolleybuses in Geneva
  • Buses in Geneva
  • Transport in Switzerland
  • List of bus operating companies in Switzerland
  • Plainpalais

References

  • Unofficial Fan website news, resources and history of TPG and CGTE.

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