The Léman RER referred to as S-Bahn

S-Bahn

S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...

 Léman in German-speaking areas, is a planned commuter rail network for the cities of Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

 and Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

 in west 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....

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Réseau Express Vaudois

In December 2004, seven lines were set up as the Réseau Express Vaudois (REV) network, of which six pass through or terminate at Lausanne station, with the seventh line a local route from Vevey

Vevey

Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...

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Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district...

– Épendes

Ependes

Ependes may refer to the following places in Switzerland:*Ependes, Fribourg**Observatory Naef Ependes*Ependes, Vaud...

 – Essert-Pittet

Essert-Pittet

Essert-Pittet is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Essert-Pittet is first mentioned in 1100 as Exertus. In 1453 it was mentioned as Essers. It was first known as Essert-Pittet before 1764.-Geography:Essert-Pittet has an area, , of...

 – Chavornay

Chavornay, Vaud

Chavornay is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Chavornay is first mentioned in 927 as Cavorniacum. In 1228 it was mentioned as Chavornai.-Geography:...

– Bavois

Bavois

Bavois is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Bavois has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 16.5% is forested...

 – Éclépens

Eclépens

Eclépens is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Eclépens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.2% is forested...

  – Cossonay

Cossonay

Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Morges.-History:Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum...

– Vufflens-la-Ville

Vufflens-la-Ville

Vufflens-la-Ville is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Gros-de-Vaud.-Geography:Vufflens-la-Ville has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.0% is forested...

 – Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.-Geography:Bussigny-près-Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested...

– Renens

Renens

Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign...

– Lausanne station – Pully

Pully

Pully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.-Prehistory:In 1826 a...

 – Lutry

Lutry

Lutry is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Lavaux-Oron.-History:Lutry is first mentioned in 908 as in Lustraco villam. In 1124 it was mentioned as monasterium Sancti Martini cum villa quae dicitur Lustriacus and in 1147 it was Lustriey.-Prehistory:In 1835 and again in...

 – Villette, Vaud

Villette, Vaud

Villette is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.-Geography:...

 –Cully– Épesses

Epesses

Epesses is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron on Lake Geneva. It is noted for its wine production....

 – Rivaz

Rivaz

Rivaz is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.-Geography:Rivaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.0% is forested...

 – Saint-Saphorin – Vevey

Vevey

Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...

 – La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey .-History:...

 – Burier – Clarens

Clarens, Switzerland

Clarens is a small village in the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.Whilst in Clarens, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballets The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella and in March 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto.Paul Kruger, hero of South African...

 – Montreux

Montreux

Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...

 – Territet – Veytaux

Veytaux

Veytaux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The Chateau of Chillon provides a marvelous view of the entire Lake of Geneva located in Avenue de Chillon.-Geography:...

 - Chillon

Chillón

Chillón is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 2,271....

 – Villeneuve

Villeneuve, Vaud

Villeneuve is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.-Geography:Villeneuve has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 55.2% is forested...

Stations in bold type are also stops on the S11, which can be viewed as an express version of the S1
Vallorbe

Vallorbe

Vallorbe is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Vallorbe is first mentioned in 1139 as de valle urbanensi. In 1148 it was mentioned as de valle urbe.-Geography:...

 – Le Day – Bretonnières

Bretonnières

Bretonnières is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Bretonnières has an area, , of . Of this area, or 44.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 46.4% is forested...

 – Croy

Croy, Switzerland

Croy is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Croy has an area, , of . Of this area, or 45.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 48.4% is forested...

-Romainmôtier

Romainmôtier

Romainmôtier is a village and former municipality in the district of Orbe in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.In 1970 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipality Envy to form a new and larger municipality Romainmôtier-Envy.-References:...

 – Arnex-sur-Orbe

Arnex-sur-Orbe

Arnex-sur-Orbe is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.-Geography:Arnex-sur-Orbe has an area, , of . Of this area, or 73.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.4% is forested...

 – La Sarraz

La Sarraz

La Sarraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:La Sarraz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 39.0% is forested...

 – Cossonay

Cossonay

Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Morges.-History:Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum...

 – Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.-Geography:Bussigny-près-Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested...

 – Renens

Renens

Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign...

 – Lausanne – Pully-Nord

Pully

Pully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.-Prehistory:In 1826 a...

 – La Conversion – Bossière

Lutry

Lutry is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Lavaux-Oron.-History:Lutry is first mentioned in 908 as in Lustraco villam. In 1124 it was mentioned as monasterium Sancti Martini cum villa quae dicitur Lustriacus and in 1147 it was Lustriey.-Prehistory:In 1835 and again in...

 – Grandvaux

Grandvaux

Grandvaux is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.-History:...

 – Puidoux-Chexbres

Puidoux

Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.-History:Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality....

 – Moreillon – Palézieux
Allaman

Allaman

Allaman is a municipality in the district of Morges in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The village is famous for the medieval Allaman Castle , built by the Count of Vaud in 1253.-Allaman Castle:...

 – Étoy

Etoy

Etoy is a European digital art group. Etoy won several international awards including the Prix Ars Electronica in 1996. Their main slogan is: "leaving reality behind."...

 – Saint-Prex

Saint-Prex

Saint-Prex is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.In 1973, St-Prex was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.-History:...

 – Tolochenaz

Tolochenaz

Tolochenaz is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-Geography:Tolochenaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 6.9% is forested...

 – Morges

Morges

Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...

 – Renens

Renens

Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign...

 – Lausanne – Pully

Pully

Pully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.-Prehistory:In 1826 a...

 – Lutry

Lutry

Lutry is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Lavaux-Oron.-History:Lutry is first mentioned in 908 as in Lustraco villam. In 1124 it was mentioned as monasterium Sancti Martini cum villa quae dicitur Lustriacus and in 1147 it was Lustriey.-Prehistory:In 1835 and again in...

 – Cully – Vevey

Vevey

Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...

 - La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz

La Tour-de-Peilz is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey .-History:...

 – Clarens

Clarens, Switzerland

Clarens is a small village in the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.Whilst in Clarens, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballets The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella and in March 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto.Paul Kruger, hero of South African...

 – Montreux

Montreux

Montreux is a municipality in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration.- History :...

 – Villeneuve

Villeneuve, Vaud

Villeneuve is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.-Geography:Villeneuve has an area, , of . Of this area, or 26.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 55.2% is forested...

 ( – Aigle

Aigle

Aigle is the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The town has a population of 8,100 people.The name of this municipality in French means eagle.-Geography:...

 – Bex

Bex

Bex is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. It is a few miles south of its sister town municipality of Aigle.-The Bex Salt Mine:Bex is the site of a famous salt mine....

 – St-Maurice)
Morges

Morges

Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...

 – Morges St-Jean

Morges

Morges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...

 – Lonay

Lonay

Lonay is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Lonay is first mentioned around 1152-60 as Lonna. In 1177 it was mentioned as Losnay.-Geography:...

-Préverenges

Préverenges

Préverenges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. It is a Suburb of the city of Lausanne.-Geography:...

 – Denges

Denges

Denges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.-History:Denges is first mentioned around 1107-11 as apud Dangias. In 1164 it was mentioned as Denges.-Geography:...

-Échandens

Echandens

Echandens is a municipality in the district of Morges of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.-Geography:Echandens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 18.0% is forested...

 – Renens

Renens

Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign...

 – Lausanne – Pully-Nord

Pully

Pully is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and at the foot of the vineyards of Lavaux on the road to Vevey and Montreux.-Prehistory:In 1826 a...

 – La Conversion – Bossière

Lutry

Lutry is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the Lavaux-Oron.-History:Lutry is first mentioned in 908 as in Lustraco villam. In 1124 it was mentioned as monasterium Sancti Martini cum villa quae dicitur Lustriacus and in 1147 it was Lustriey.-Prehistory:In 1835 and again in...

 – Grandvaux

Grandvaux

Grandvaux is a former municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. The municipalities of Cully, Epesses, Grandvaux, Riex and Villette merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Bourg-en-Lavaux.-History:...

 – Puidoux-Chexbres

Puidoux

Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.-History:Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality....

 – Palézieux
Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district...

 – Chavornay

Chavornay, Vaud

Chavornay is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Chavornay is first mentioned in 927 as Cavorniacum. In 1228 it was mentioned as Chavornai.-Geography:...

 – Cossonay

Cossonay

Cossonay is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Morges.-History:Cossonay has both Roman ruins and medieval graves. The first documentation of the settlement dates from 1096 under the name Cochoniacum...

 – Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne

Bussigny-près-Lausanne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Ouest Lausannois.-Geography:Bussigny-près-Lausanne has an area, , of . Of this area, or 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.2% is forested...

 – Renens

Renens

Renens is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located in the district of Ouest lausannois, and is a suburb of the city of Lausanne. It is the fourth largest city in the canton. It is considered a very multiethnic town, as more than 50% of the inhabitants are resident foreign...

 – Lausanne
Lausanne – Puidoux-Chexbres

Puidoux

Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.-History:Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality....

 – Palézieux – Palézieux-Village – Châtillens

Châtillens

Châtillens is a municipality in the district of Lavaux-Oron in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Châtillens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 61.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.5% is forested...

 – Écublens

Ecublens, Fribourg

Ecublens is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-History:Ecublens is first mentioned in 1180 as Escublens. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Scubilingen, however, that name is no longer used.-Geography:Ecublens has an area, , of...

-Rue – Moudon

Moudon

Moudon is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It was the seat of the district of Moudon and is now in the Broye-Vully district.-History:...

 – Lucens

Lucens

Lucens is a municipality in the Broye-Vully district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Lucens is first mentioned in 964 as in villa Losingus. It was formerly known by the German name Losingen....

 – Henniez – Granges-Marnand – Payerne

Payerne

Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully....

Train des Vignes (Vine Train): Puidoux-Chexbres

Puidoux

Puidoux is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron.-History:Puidoux is first mentioned in 1134 as Puidos. It was part of Saint-Saphorin until 1810 when it became an independent municipality....

 – Chexbres-Village

Chexbres

Chexbres is a municipality in the Swiss canton Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux. Chexbres is a wine-growing village and enjoys a good selection of local vintages...

 – Corseaux-Cornalles

Corseaux

Corseaux is a municipality in the district Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Corseaux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 21.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.0% is forested...

 – Vevey-Funi – Vevey

Vevey

Vevey is a town in Switzerland in the canton Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne.It was the seat of the district of the same name until 2006, and is now part of the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District...

RER Genève

In 1994, local trains between La Plaine (in Dardagny

Dardagny

Dardagny is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.In 1978, Dardagny received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.-History:...

) and Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

's central Cornavin station

Gare de Cornavin

Genève-Cornavin is Geneva's main railway station, located in the centre of the city...

 were branded as the Rhône Express Régional

Rhône Express Regional

The Geneva RER or Rhône Express Regional) is a commuter railway service which runs between Geneva Cornavin Station, Switzerland and La Plaine and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine in France. It forms part of the Lyon-Geneva Railway...

, similar to Paris' (Réseau Express Régional), using Tram-train

Tram-train

A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run both on an urban tramway network and on main-line railways to combine the tram's flexibility and availability and the train's greater speed...

s derived from those on Lausanne metro's line M1

Lausanne Metro

The Lausanne Metro system includes two lines in Lausanne, Switzerland, owned by two distinct companies and operated by a third. The Line M1 is a light metro, while the Line M2 is a fully automated metro which opened on 27 October 2008. A third line M3 is in planning...

. These special vehicles are presently required on the line as it is electrified using direct current

Direct current

Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type. Direct current may flow in a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through...

, unlike the rest of the Swiss Federal Railway network. Local trains to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Geography:Bellegarde is located at the confluence of the Valserine and the Rhône....

 (in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

) joined the network on 3 December 2001. The line will be upgraded with standard 25kV AC

Alternating current

In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....

electrification as the Léman RER is developed.