Baselland Transport Totally Explained

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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's 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

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
Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Buses, 100 trams
Passenger figures (2002): 39,782,620
Gauge: 1000mm
Depots: Huslimatt, Dreispitz

Tramlines

10 - Dornach - Rodersdorf (see 10 line (BLT))

11 - Aesch - St-Louis Grenze

E11 - Reinach Süd - Theater

17 - Ettingen - Wiesenplatz

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

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)Further Information

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