Geneva Public Transport

Geneva Public Transport
Abbreviationtpg
Formation1 January 1977 (1977-01-01)
TypeAutonomous public-law institution
PurposeTransport operator
HeadquartersRoute de la Chapelle 1, 1212 Grand-Lancy, Geneva
Region served
Geneva, Switzerland
Services
President of the Board of Directors
Stéphanie Lammar
Director General
Lionel Brasier
BudgetCHF 325 million (2025)[1]
Staff2'468 (2024)
Websitewww.tpg.ch


The Geneva Public Transport (French: Transports publics genevois), also known as TPG, is an autonomous public-law institution responsible for most of the public transportation system in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

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.[3][4]

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 24-metre (78.7 ft), double-articulated, mega-trolleybus manufactured by Hess and Vossloh Kiepe.[5] The bus can carry 150 passengers. It entered passenger service in January 2004 on line 10 to the airport.[5] This vehicle was created by adding a middle section to a trolleybus that was originally a single-articulated, 18-metre (59.1 ft) vehicle. In 2005–06, TPG purchased ten all-new double-articulated trolleybuses from Hess, length 24.7 m (81.0 ft), and they are numbered 781-790. As of late 2006, TPG's fleet included 92 trolleybuses, all articulated (of which eleven were double-articulated).[6]

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.[7]

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,[8] but has since then been split into Line 14 (P+R Bernex – Meyrin-Gravière) and Line 18 (Carouge – CERN) in December 2012.[9]

Trams

Main article: Trams in Geneva

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.[10]

Trolleybuses

Main article: Trolleybuses in Geneva

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

Buses

Main article: Buses in Geneva

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.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PL 13519-A accordant une indemnité de 325 568 700 francs aux Transports publics genevois (TPG) pour l'année 2025" (PDF) (in French). Grand Conseil de la République et canton de Genève. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Le groupe tpg" (in French). Transports publics genevois. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. ^ (in French) TPG. History of TPG Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Box, Roland (March–April 2008). "A Short History of the Genève System". Trolleybus Magazine No. 278, pp. 26-35. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  5. ^ a b Trolleybus Magazine No. 254 (March–April 2004), p. 48. ISSN 0266-7452.
  6. ^ "Trolleynews [regular news section]" (PDF). Trolleybus Magazine. No. 271. UK: National Trolleybus Association. January–February 2007. p. 22. ISSN 0266-7452. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2016.
  7. ^ (in French) TPG. Timetables by route Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Railway Gazette: Genève tram extension opens". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 28 December 2011. Genève inaugurated its latest tram extension on December 10. The 6·5 km double-track Line 14 from Cornavin to Bernex with 13 stops has been under construction since 2008
  9. ^ "Site officiel des TPG: les nouveautés du réseau au 9 décembre 2012". Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Rapport annuel de gestion 2024" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics genevois. 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  11. ^ "tpg flex". Transports publics genevois. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
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