Baselland Transport

Baselland Transport
IndustryPublic transport
Founded1974
Headquarters
Oberwil Edit this on Wikidata
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Switzerland Edit this on Wikidata
Ownercanton of Basel-Land
Websitewww.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 165 kilometres (103 mi) of bus routes and 65 kilometres (40 mi) of tram routes.

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. It also owns and operates the 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Waldenburg railway, converted in 2022 to 1000mm.

The BLT's suburban routes include the 25.6 kilometres (15.9 mi) 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:

Information

Rail and tram lines

Basel tram network (2009)

Baselland Transport owns five 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) railway lines over which it operates five tram services:

LineLengthOpenedServices
Basel–Aesch8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi)190711, E11
Basel–Dornach6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi)190210
Basel–Pratteln6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi)192114
Basel–Rodersdorf16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi)188710, 17
Waldenburg13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi)188019

Buslines

BLT bus in Therwil

Vehicles

Legacy BLT stock; a 2 section BLT 4/6 coupled with a 3 section BLT 4/8, both built by Schindler.
Newly delivered Stadler Tango Tram on a driver training run

Tram

BLT operates a modern fleet of entirely Stadler rolling stock.

Class Image Type Top speed Sections Length
metres		 Capacity Number
built		 Number
in service		 Fleet
numbers		 Routes
operated		 Built Years
operated		 Notes
mph km/h Std Sdg Total
Tango (Be 6/10)
Tram 50 80 6 44.89 167 101 268 38 38 151–154, 155–169, 171–189 10, 11 2008–2016 2009–present
TINA (Be 8/10)
7 45.50 160 96 256 25 25 4201–4225 10, 11, 17, E11 2023–2025 2024–present
Tramlink (Be 6/8)
7 44.18 177 104 281 10 10 101–110 19 2022 2022–present Operates the Waldenburgerbahn Fiited with GoA2 as the Waldenburgerbahn is the first Swiss Railway approved for it. (February 2026)

Bus

Class Image Top speed Length
metres		 Capacity Number
built		 Number
in service		 Fleet
numbers		 Built Years
operated
mph km/h Std Sdg Total
Sprinter City 65
Bus of the same model in Poland
 7.72 26 5 4 21–25 2007–2015 2007–present
Citaro G FL
Bus of the same model in Heidelberg
 53 85 17.94 93 42 135 2 54–55 2011 2011–present
Citaro G C2
Bus of the same model in Nice
 18.10 94–100 40–43 137–140 22 15–19, 51–53, 56–59, 90–99 2012–2021 2012–present
Citaro C2
62 100 12.14 65 31 96 23 18 1–4, 8, 30–34, 69, 81–87 2013–2020 2013–present
eCitaro
50 80 12.14 39–42 30 69–72 36 1001–1005, 1010–1017, 1020–1028, 1030–1038, 1040–1044 2021–2026 2021–present
Lion's City 10 E
Bus of the same model at Busworld
 52 83 10.58 53 31 84 3 1111–1113 2024 2024–present
Tremonia City 75 ELECTRIC
Bus of the same model at Busworld
 8.47 34 1 21 2026 2026–present

Notes

  1. ↑ Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe operates line 14 on the Basel–Pratteln railway line.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Portrait". BLT. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ↑ "Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz" (in German). Trarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  4. ↑ "triregio - grenzenlos mobil" (in German and French). triregio. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  5. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  6. 1 2 3 "Schienenfahrzeuge" (in German). Baselland Transport. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Madörin, Dominik (24 February 2019). "Be 6/10 151–154, 155–169, 171–189 Tango". tram-bus-basel.ch (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Madörin, Dominik. "Motorwagen Baselland Transport AG (BLT)". tram-bus-basel.ch (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Changes in Basel: Stadler TINA in service for one year". Urban Transport Magazine. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  10. ↑ "TINA Basel" (PDF). Stadler. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "TINA Trams gehen in den Fahrgastbetrieb" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Baselland Transport. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  12. ↑ "Stadler signs Waldenburgerbahn contract". Railway Gazette International. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  13. ↑ "Eröffnung neue Waldenburgerbahn" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Baselland Transport. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  14. ↑ "GoA2 approved for Switzerland's Waldenburg Railway". International Railway Journal. 4 February 2026. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  15. ↑ "Baselland Transport: Waldenburgerbahn becomes the first railway in Switzerland to start semi-automated operation". Urban Transport Magazine. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bus" (in German). Baselland Transport. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Madörin, Dominik. "Autobusse Baselland Transport AG (BLT)". tram-bus-basel.ch (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  18. ↑ "Mercedes-Benz electrifies north-west Switzerland: five eCitaro are now in operation for the Baselland Transport AG (BLT), locally emission-free – eight more are due to follow" (Press release). Daimler Truck. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  19. 1 2 "Tremonia City 75 Electric is Minibus of the Year 2025". Busworld Europe. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2026.