The Basel tramway network is part of the public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

 network serving Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, and its two associated cantons

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

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Operations

Basel Trams are operated by two transport operators: Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe

Basler Verkehrsbetriebe is an electric tramway in Basel, Switzerland and has been open from May 6, 1892...

 (German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 for Basel Transport Service, BVB) and Baselland Transport

Baselland Transport

Baselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme...

 (BLT).

BVB are owned by and operate in the Basel-Stadt, the small canton containing the inner city. Its green trams operate mostly in the city, although the terminuses of its lines 3 and 6 are in the more rural canton of Basel-Land.

BLT is owned by Basel-Land and its yellow and red trams operate in the outer suburbs to the south of Basel. However, the three lines it operates, 10

10 line (BLT)

BLT's 10 line is the second longest tramline in Europe at 25.6 km in length. The line in the region of Basel, Switzerland, is operated by Baselland Transport ....

, 11, 17, all also run over BVB track in central Basel. In addition line 14, while owned by BLT, is operated by BVB well into Basel-Land.