Léman Express—first regional rail service between France and Switzerland
Launched in December 2019, the Léman Express carries 61,000 passengers a day, linking France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to the Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud.
Bringing better mobility to the Geneva region
Since December 2019, the number of daily trains on the single-track network in the French département of Haute-Savoie has tripled. The source of this boom? The Léman Express, Europe’s largest cross-border rail network. With better mobility now available to some one million people living on either side of the French-Swiss border, it's easier for everyone to commute to work, explore the region, connect to TGV Lyria, or take a Swiss Federal Railways (CFF) train to Geneva Airport.
61,000
passengers a day
230 km
of line
240
trains a day
Reducing road traffic and congestion
Every day, travellers in the Geneva region make some 630,000 journeys between France and Switzerland. In the past, only 16% used public transport, but the Léman Express now offers an attractive alternative to driving.
With its 45 stations and 230 km of line, the new network also connects Geneva’s main transport hubs. Over 3 years after its launch, it carries 61,000 passengers a day, with 240 trains running in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Geneva and the French départements of Ain and Haute-Savoie.
A single pass for the entire region
To make the Léman Express system easier to use, the canton of Geneva and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes developed the Léman Pass—a new fare offer designed exclusively for cross-border travellers and accepted by 10 French and Swiss carriers.
This offer ranges from a monthly pass to a 1-day card to a single ticket, giving passengers access to the 230-km Léman Express system, the light rail, bus and coach lines around it--and even Geneva’s yellow shuttle boats, called Mouettes1.