Renens VD railway station

Renens VD
Renens VD
	The station building in 2023
General information
Location	Place de la Gare; Renens; Switzerland
Coordinates	46°32′13.2″N 6°34′44.0″E / 46.537000°N 6.578889°E
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line; Lausanne–Geneva line; Simplon line; Metro line M1;
Distance	4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Lausanne
Platforms	6 3 island platforms; 1 side platform;
Tracks	7
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	Transports publics de la région lausannoise
Construction
Bicycle facilities	121
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Taillens & Dubois (1908)
Other information
Station code	8501118 (REN)
Fare zone	12 (Greater Lausanne)
History
Opened	1855; M1 (1991)
Passengers
2023	26'700 per weekday (SBB)
Rank	29 out of 1'159
Services
Location
Location

Renens VD railway station is a railway and metro station in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland, west of the city of Lausanne. It is served by trains of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) on the Lausanne–Geneva railway and the M1 metro line in Lausanne (also called TSOL). It is one of the termini of the Lausanne Metro system.^[1]

Layout and connections

Renens VD has three island platforms and one side platform. A single island platform serves the Lausanne Metro with two tracks (Nos. 61–62) which terminate at the station. The remaining platforms serve five main-line tracks (Nos. 1–7).^[5] Transports publics de la région lausannoise operates bus services from the station.^[6]

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services call at Renens VD:^[7]

RegioExpress:
- half-hourly service (hourly on weekends) between Annemasse and Vevey, and hourly service from Vevey to St-Maurice. On weekends, hourly service to Geneva Airport.
- single daily round-trip to St-Maurice.
InterRegio: rush-hour service on weekdays between Lausanne and Neuchâtel.
RER Vaud:
- R1 / R2: half-hourly service between Grandson and Lausanne or Cully on weekdays.
- R3 / R4: half-hourly (hourly on weekends) service between Vallorbe and Aigle; hourly service to Le Brassus; hourly service to St-Maurice on weekdays.
- R5 / R6: half-hourly service between Allaman and Palézieux; weekday rush-hour service continues from Palézieux to Romont FR.

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Plan schématique" (PDF) (in French). Transports publics de la région lausannoise. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "Plan des zones 11-12 (Lausanne)". mobilis. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Renens VD, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ "Renens VD" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Federal Railways. August 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "Plans du réseau" (in French). Transports publics de la région lausannoise. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ "Départ: Gare de Renens VD" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in French). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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