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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 BVB aka Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe). 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 Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as... Shorthand for Bad . ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as...

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: 115.940km

Tram Network 65.162km

Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Busses, 100 trams

Passenger figures (2002): 39 782 620

Guage: 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

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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)

BLT current rolling stock in Basel center

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External Links

BLT homepage (in German)