Lausanne: modernisation of the rail station.

To make travel at peak times more pleasant.

Calendar.

2019 – planning permission
X – planning permission validly issued
X + 4 years – new platform 5
X + 5 years – new platforms 4 and 1
X + 6 years – new platform 2; room for 400-meter trains
X + 7 years – new platform 3, new central and western underpasses and placing the m2 subway in service
X + 9 years – opening of the new space beneath the station forecourt
X + 10 years – placing the eastern underpass in service and the m3 subway

Lausanne station is currently approaching saturation point. The platforms cannot cope with 400-metre trains, nor are they wide enough. During peak traffic times, train access areas are at full capacity. In order to resolve this problem, we are working hard to improve travel comfort and harmonise connection times.

The top priorities for the new Lausanne rail station are:

Improved safety.
Improved travel comfort.
Improved accessibility.

With a range of services and shopping facilities, the new Lausanne rail station will provide public transport users and the residents of Lausanne with a well-developed and attractive space.

We are widening and extending platforms to 420 m to the west.
We are removing one through track in order to widen platforms and access areas.
We are building three new underpasses between 17 and 19 metres wide;
We are improving access to trains and public spaces.
We are working in coordination with other SBB projects (renewal of interlocking systems, station approaches, fly-overs and the fourth track between Lausanne and Renens).
We are also working with cantonal and municipal projects (Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, m2/m3, station forecourt, sub-station areas.
We are working to integrate the station into the urban environment.
Finally, we are creating a multimodal hub on and below the station forecourt to provide access to various forms of transport at the station: train, subway (m2, m3), bus, car and bicycle.