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The New Franco -Genevan Rail Passenger Service "Léman Express": The Challenge of Sustainable Mobility in the Cross-Border Metropolis of Greater Geneva?

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  • Laurent Guihéry

    (CY - CY Cergy Paris Université)

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The Léman Express is the achievement of an old project of connecting Geneva with the French hinterland of Annemasse and the North East part of the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. 16 km of new tracks have been build (2 km in France and 14 km in Geneva with 5 new underground stations). This Swiss-French rail service is opened to cross-border commuters mainly since Mid-December 2019 on 230 km of tracks from Coppet to Annecy, Thonon, Bellegarde and Evian. 50 000 passengers are targeted for this service: now around 40 000 passengers are travelling every day in March 2021. 500 000 commuters cross the French-Swiss boundaries every day, which means a huge impact in terms of congestion and greenhouse effects and this new service will speed up modal transfer towards rail. Mid-2021, reliability of the system and quality passenger information have to be improved. The key issue is to improve the French-Swiss interoperability of rail system.

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  • Laurent Guihéry, 2021. "The New Franco -Genevan Rail Passenger Service "Léman Express": The Challenge of Sustainable Mobility in the Cross-Border Metropolis of Greater Geneva?," Post-Print halshs-03505574, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03505574
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    France; Switzerland; Geneva; Rail Passenger Transport; Léman Express;
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