Baselland Transport

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BLT (Baselland transport) is a public transport company in Basel Switzerland. They operate the more suburban routes and use stock with a yellow and red colour scheme. BLT operates four of the twelve tram lines in Basel the others being operated by Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)). BLT also owns the 14 tram line however it is operated by BVB trams. BLT (along with BVB) has just announced an order of 40 'tango' trams from Swiss company Stadler. The company also operates many bus routes in and around Basel

Contents 1 History 2 Information 3 Tramlines 4 Buslines 5 Rolling stock 6 External links

[edit] 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)

[edit] Information

• Bus Network: 115.940 km
• Tram Network 65.162 km
• Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Buses, 100 trams
• Passenger figures (2002): 39,782,620
• Gauge: 1000mm
• Depots: Huslimatt, Dreispitz

[edit] Tramlines

• 10 - Dornach - Rodersdorf (see 10 line (BLT))
• 11 - Aesch - St-Louis Grenze
• E11 - Reinach Süd - Theater
• 17 - Ettingen - Wiesenplatz

[edit] Buslines

• 37 Bottmingen - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - Ulmenweg - Aeschenplatz (Bottmingen- Jacobsberg was operated by BVB from 2001)
• 60 Biel-Benken - Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle
• 61 Allschwil - Binningen - Oberwil - Hüslimatt
• 63 Bruderholzspital - Münchenstein - Muttenz
• 64 Biel-Benken - Reinach - Dornach - Arlesheim Dorf
• 65 Dornach - Aesch - Pfeffingen
• 66 Ortsbus Dornach
• 91 Waldenburg - Reigoldswil - Bretzwil
• 92 Hölstein - Bennwil
• 93 Lampenberg Dorf - Ramlinsburg - Talhaus
• 106 Sissach - Nusshof - Wintersingen
• 107 Böckten - Sissach - Eptingen
• 108 Sissach - Buckten - Känerkinden
• 109 Rümlingen - Häfelfingen

[edit] 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)

[edit] External links

• BLT homepage (German)