2025 timetable: a new timetable for French-speaking Switzerland 

Renens station will become a first-class railway intersection, integrated into the Lausanne hub, and will now be served by the long-distance trains InterCity IC1 Geneva Airport–Bern–St. Gallen (once an hour), InterCity IC5 Lausanne–Biel/Bienne–Zurich (twice an hour) and InterRegio IR90 Geneva Airport–Brig (once an hour).

• InterCity IC5 trains will run to/from Lausanne every half-hour and strengthen the long-distance train services between Zurich–Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains–Renens and Lausanne, with the new stop at Renens offering a systematic half-hourly connection to Geneva/Geneva Airport.
• The systematic direct link between the foot-of-the-Jura (IC5) and Geneva/Geneva Airport will be partially replaced by direct InterRegio trains (IR57) running in each direction between Neuchâtel and Geneva/Geneva Airport during the morning and evening peak hours, with stops at Yverdon-les-Bains, Morges, Gland, Nyon and Geneva.
• A test run of two direct trains in each direction will operate on weekends.

The Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel and Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains regional lines will be linked to create the new direct R13 line Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains once an hour (with a few exceptions), offering a connection for the InterCity IC5 at Yverdon-les-Bains.

A half-hourly service (with some exceptions) will be provided between Neuchâtel and Fribourg/Freiburg.

A new RER Vaud link between Vevey and Palézieux (R7) will provide an hourly service connecting the Riviera, Chablais and Valais regions to Fribourg/Freiburg and Bern, without passing through Lausanne.

The RegioExpress (RE33), which now serves all Léman Express stops and stations between Geneva and Annemasse in both directions, will strengthen the service offer in central Geneva.

• The RegioExpress (RE33) will systematically be extended between Annemasse, Geneva and St-Maurice every half an hour and to Martigny every hour. St-Maurice and Martigny will therefore benefit from three long-distance trains (InterRegio and RegioExpress) every hour, compared with two at present.
• Montreux, Villeneuve, Aigle, Bex and St-Maurice will benefit from an extra RegioExpress connection each hour. Depending on the composition of the trains, 340 to 680 additional seats per hour will be available between Vevey and St-Maurice/Martigny.
• The four long-distance services per hour (two InterRegio IR90/IR95 and two RegioExpress RE33) between Aigle and Geneva, an improvement on the current number of three, will provide an almost perfect quarter-hourly service between Morges and Aigle and between Nyon and Geneva.

New half-hourly regional services will be introduced, including in the evenings and on weekends, between Lausanne, Romont, Fribourg/Freiburg and Yverdon-les-Bains, with services to Oron (S41) or Vauderens (S40); these will offer connections to long-distance services to Yverdon-les-Bains and Fribourg/Freiburg.

The Broye R8 and R9 lines on the RER Vaud (Murten–)Payerne–Palézieux will run to Lausanne and Allaman every 30 minutes until 9pm.

To make the railway system more robust, journey times on the main routes are being extended by a few minutes (between four and nine extra minutes, depending on the route). This will improve timetable stability and provide customers with more reliable connections.

• The service offer will be strengthened in central Geneva thanks to the RegioExpress RE33, which will call at all Léman Express stops and stations between Geneva and Annemasse in both directions.
• Connections between RegioExpress RE33 (Annemasse–St-Maurice/Martigny) and Léman Express trains will be extended from four to eight minutes at Coppet. 
• New night-time services will be available on lines L4 and L5, with one train per hour between 1am and 4am from Monday to Friday. In addition, the quarterly-hour service frequency on the S4 line between Coppet and Chêne-Bourg will be extended on Sundays, from 10pm to 12 midnight. There will also be five new services on the L2 line on Saturdays: one train per hour in the morning and evening, plus an extra last train leaving Annecy at 21:37. Finally, a number of trains on the L4 line on Saturdays and on the L5 line on weekdays will be upgraded by the addition of a trainset to meet capacity requirements.

• Six long-distance services per hour will connect Geneva and Lausanne.
• Four long-distance connections (one InterCity IC1, one InterRegio IR90 and two RegioExpress RE33) will be provided between Geneva and Renens every hour. The two RegioExpress trains will stop at six other stations along the lakeshore. Customers will therefore benefit from a new direct connection between Geneva and Renens every half an hour and journey times will be around nine minutes shorter than at present.
• As the RE33 will systematically stop at all Léman Express stations, it will now be possible to link these stations directly to stations in the Lake Geneva area (for example: Champel–Nyon, Eaux-Vives–Gland).

From Geneva, there will still be two direct trains per hour to Bern and one direct train per hour to Zurich (IC1) and Lucerne (IR15).

• RegioExpress RE33 Annemasse–St-Maurice trains will run every half an hour and will be extended to Martigny once an hour.
• When the EuroCity is in operation (four times a day), there will be changes to the timetable and journey times for the InterRegio IR95, which will no longer stop at Montreux in the direction of Sion–Geneva.

• Geneva will no longer have hourly direct connections to the foot-of-the-Jura line during off-peak times. However, the city will now be connected to the IC5 every half an hour all day, with a change of train at Renens. This will result in journey times that are nine minutes longer to Biel/Bienne and ten minutes longer to Zurich.
• A direct connection between Neuchâtel and Geneva Airport, stopping at Yverdon-les-Bains, Morges, Gland and Nyon, will run during the morning and evening peak hours thanks to six direct InterRegio (IR57) trains in each direction: four direct trains from Neuchâtel to Geneva Airport in the morning (05:18, 06:18, 07:18, 08:18); two direct trains from Neuchâtel to Geneva Airport in the evening (16:18, 18:18); two direct trains from Geneva Airport to Neuchâtel in the morning (06:06, 07:06); four direct trains from Geneva Airport to Neuchâtel in the evening (16:06, 17:06, 18:06, 19:06). However, this direct connection is slower than the connection with a change at Renens (Neuchâtel–Geneva: 1 hour 25 mins instead of 1 hour 16 mins). Two direct trains will run in each direction at weekends.
• Throughout the day, four long-distance trains per hour (one IR15, one IR95, two RE33) will continue to serve Nyon and Morges to/from Geneva.

• Geneva will remain connected to Paris eight times a day, thanks to TGV Lyria services.
• The direct daily return service between Lausanne, Geneva and Marseille, stopping at Avignon TGV and Aix-en-Provence TGV, will operate again from Saturday, 28 June to Sunday, 24 August 2025.
• The EuroCity (EC) Milan–Geneva service will run four times a day, including a daily direct service which extends to/from Venice.

• Renens station will become a first-class railway intersection, integrated into the Lausanne hub, and will now be served by long-distance InterCity IC1 trains (Geneva Airport–Renens–Lausanne–Fribourg/Freiburg–Bern–Zurich, every hour), InterCity IC5 trains (Lausanne–Renens–Yverdon-les-Bains–Neuchâtel–Biel/Bienne–Zurich, every half an hour), InterRegio IR90 trains (Geneva Airport–Renens–Lausanne–Sion–Brig, every hour) and RegioExpress RE33 trains (Annemasse–Geneva–Coppet–Nyon–Gland–Rolle–Allaman–Morges–Renens–Lausanne–Vevey–Montreux–Villeneuve–Aigle–Bex–St-Maurice every half an hour, and to Martigny, every hour).
• As the IC1 and IR90 will stop at Renens, passengers will benefit from a new non-stop service between Renens and Geneva/Geneva Airport every 30 minutes, with a journey time that will be nine minutes shorter than at present.
• Long-distance trains stopping at Renens will enable the flow of passengers between Lausanne and Renens to be better distributed. In fact, during the works at Lausanne station, passengers will find it easier to change trains at Renens than at Lausanne.

• Six long-distance trains will run between Lausanne and Geneva every hour (one InterCity IC1, one InterRegio IR15, two InterRegio IR90/IR95, two RegioExpress RE33).
• On the foot-of-the-Jura line, the trains running between Yverdon-les-Bains and Morges to Geneva/Geneva Airport will be partially replaced by direct InterRegio IR57 trains running between Neuchâtel and Geneva/Geneva Airport during weekday morning and evening peak hours, with stops at Yverdon-les-Bains, Morges, Gland and Nyon. In addition, two IR57 trains will run in each direction on weekend days.
• Four long-distance services (one InterCity IC1, one InterRegio IR90, two RegioExpress RE33) per hour will run between Geneva and Renens, with the two RegioExpress RE33 trains stopping at six other stations along the lakeshore (Coppet, Nyon, Gland, Rolle, Allaman and Morges). 
• The stations in the Lake Geneva area will now benefit from direct connections to the Léman Express stations in central Geneva twice an hour thanks to the RegioExpress RE33 trains.
• On the Lausanne–Geneva axis, Morges and Nyon will benefit from long-distance services four times an hour (one InterRegio IR95, one InterRegio IR15 and two RegioExpress RE33), with an almost quarter-hourly service frequency.
• During weekday morning and evening peak hours, Nyon, Gland and Morges will be served by six direct InterRegio IR57 trains in each direction. These trains provide a direct connection to/from Geneva/Geneva Airport and Yverdon-les-Bains/Neuchâtel, as well as additional seating capacity.

• From Lausanne and Renens, two InterCity IC5 trains per hour, compared with one at present, will strengthen connections with Yverdon-les-Bains, Neuchâtel, Biel/Bienne and Zurich.
• At off-peak times, connections between Morges and Yverdon-les-Bains (and beyond on the foot-of-the-Jura line) will take 17 to 18 minutes with a change at Renens. Alternatively, passengers can travel via Lausanne with a change of four to five minutes.

The extension of the RER Vaud Vevey–Puidoux to Palézieux (R7) will connect the Riviera, Chablais and Valais regions (Simplon line, InterRegio IR95) to the Swiss Plateau line (InterRegio IR15) towards Fribourg/Freiburg and German-speaking Switzerland once an hour, without passing through Lausanne. As an example, this will shorten the journey time between Aigle and Fribourg/Freiburg by seven minutes.

• The RegioExpress (RE33) Annemasse–Geneva–Lausanne will be systematically extended to St-Maurice every half an hour and to Martigny every hour. St-Maurice and Martigny will therefore benefit from three long-distance trains (InterRegio and RegioExpress) every hour, compared with two at present.
• Montreux, Villeneuve, Aigle and Bex will also benefit from improved services. Depending on the composition of the trains, 340 to 680 additional seats per hour will be available between Vevey and St-Maurice/Martigny.
• The four long-distance trains per hour (two InterRegio IR90/IR95 and two RegioExpress RE33) between Aigle and Geneva, instead of the current three, will ensure a service frequence of close to every quarter of an hour between Aigle and Morges and between Nyon and Geneva.

• The EuroCity (EC) Milan–Geneva service will run four times a day, including a daily direct service which extends to/from Venice. It stops in Brig, Sion, Montreux and Lausanne. It is not possible for the Geneva-bound IR95 to serve Montreux when the EuroCity is passing through the Riviera (in the direction of Milan–Geneva), i.e. four times a day (11:22, 16:22, 20:22 and 22:22).
• Three daily TGV services will link Lausanne and Paris via Vallorbe; three other daily TGV services will connect Lausanne and Paris via Geneva.
• The direct daily return service between Lausanne, Geneva and Marseille, stopping at Avignon TGV and Aix-en-Provence TGV, will operate again from Saturday, 28 June to Sunday, 24 August 2025.

• On RER Vaud lines R1/R2 (Grandson–Lausanne–Cully), there will be a half-hourly service to all stations between Chavornay and Cully with double-decker trains on weekdays. Services to Eclépens, Bavois and Villette stations will be increased to one train every 30 minutes, with both lines stopping.
• On RER Vaud lines R3/R4 (Le Brassus/Vallorbe–Lausanne–Bex), trains will systematically run to Bex. Bex will now be served by the RER Vaud twice an hour, compared with once an hour at present.
• New direct connections will be introduced every half an hour between Lausanne and Fribourg/Freiburg, with a service every hour from Oron (S41) or Vauderens (S40) following the RER Fribourg|Freiburg S30 route between Fribourg/Freiburg and Yverdon-les-Bains and connecting with long-distance services at Yverdon-les-Bains and Fribourg/Freiburg. This will result in a significant improvement in services for Oron and Vauderens, from just six times a day in each direction on weekdays to once an hour.
• The new RER Vaud R7 line between Vevey, Puidoux and Palézieux will connect the Riviera, Chablais and Valais regions (Simplon line, InterRegio IR95) to the Swiss Plateau line (InterRegio IR15) towards Fribourg/Freiburg and German-speaking Switzerland once an hour, without passing through Lausanne. As an example, this change at Palézieux will shorten the journey from Aigle to Fribourg/Freiburg by seven minutes. However, to ensure connections at both Vevey and Palézieux, it is not possible to continue serving Vevey-Funi and Corseaux-Cornalles stations. A bus service between Vevey and Chexbres (218) will be put in place for the Vevey-Funi and Corseaux-Cornalles stops during peak times. Please note that the Corseaux-Cornalles stop will still be served in the direction of Vevey to Palézieux by the last train at 23:36 on weekdays and by the last two trains at 23:36 and 00:36 at weekends.
• On the R8/R9 lines Allaman–Lausanne–Payerne(–Murten), two trains per hour will run between Lausanne and Payerne every day until 9pm, compared with once per hour previously. The towns between Payerne and Murten will be served every hour by the R9 line. Prilly-Malley cannot be served by trains on the R8 line due to the close intervals of trains between Lausanne and Renens. However, connections are possible in both directions to/from the stops between Allaman and Denges-Echandens from/to Prilly-Malley, with a change at Renens. Prilly-Malley will be served by the R9. It should be noted that this service at Prilly-Malley on the R9 line is not yet guaranteed after December 2025 (2026 timetable) due to the works phases at Lausanne station. In addition, with the agreement of the relevant municipalities, the decision has been taken to serve Lonay-Préverenges every half an hour, compared with every hour previously. Morges-St-Jean and Denges-Echandens will continue to be served every hour.
• In general, services on the Broye lines (S30 Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg/Freiburg and R8/R9 (Murten–)Payerne–Lausanne) will be shifted by 15 minutes, improving connections between the S30 and long-distance services at Yverdon-les-Bains and Fribourg/Freiburg. To ensure Yverdon-les-Bains is a complete and attractive transport hub, services to the Champ-Pittet station will be suspended. An alternative TRAVYS bus service (route 601) will ensure good connections to the area.
• With trains running on five SBB RER lines (S40, S41, R8, R9 and R7), Palézieux will now have four RER trains (S40, S41, R8, R9) per hour to Lausanne, compared with three at present.
• On the R13 line Biel/Bienne–Yverdon-les-Bains, the Regio train from Neuchâtel will systematically be extended to Yverdon-les-Bains on an hourly basis (the previous terminus was Gorgier-St-Aubin), with a service to Concise (without stopping at Vaumarcus or Grandson) and a connection to the InterCity IC5 towards Renens and Lausanne.
• Avenches and Faoug will be linked to Bern via Kerzers by the Bern S-Bahn S5 line every hour of the day and every day of the week. Reinforcements will be provided between Payerne, Corcelles-Nord, Dompierre, Domdidier, Avenches and Bern via Kerzers thanks to trains on the Bern S-Bahn S52 line, which will run during weekday peak hours when freight traffic is not using the available train paths.

Based on the 2025 SBB timetable, the Directorate-General for Mobility and Roads (DGMR) has remodelled part of the network (routes, timetables), which includes almost 14 secondary rail lines and 120 bus routes, due to the new conditions for connections at SBB stations. This work was carried out in close collaboration with the various public transport companies operating in the area. The common goal is to provide services and connections that are as close as possible to the needs of passengers in all regions. A large number of schools and higher education establishments were involved in the discussions to ensure that their requirements could be integrated into the future timetable whenever possible, or to enable them to adapt their course timetables to the public transport timetable.

• Regional rail services will continue to offer a local, high-quality service, while also increasing the number of seats at peak times and providing better connections to long-distance services.
• The passage of the EuroCity (Milan–Geneva) has been pushed back by a few minutes, making it impossible for RegionAlps trains to serve the Chamoson and Ardon stops whenever the EC is operating, i.e. three times a day in the direction of Martigny–Brig (the departures from Chamoson at 09:01, 15:01 and 20:01 and from Ardon at 09:04, 15:04 and 20:04 will be cancelled) and four times a day in the direction of Brig–Martigny (the departures from Ardon at 10:54, 15:54, 19:54 and 21:57 and from Chamoson at 10:57, 15:57 and 21:57 will be cancelled).

• Between Brig and Geneva/Geneva Airport, the two InterRegio IR90/IR95 services per hour will be maintained, including one “fast” service (IR90) without stops in Nyon and Morges but with a stop in Renens, and another service without a stop in Renens but with stops in Nyon and Morges (IR95).
• The RegioExpress RE33 will systematically be extended between Annemasse, Geneva and St-Maurice every half an hour and to Martigny every hour. St-Maurice and Martigny will therefore benefit from three long-distance trains (InterRegio and RegioExpress) every hour, compared with two at present.
• At Martigny, connections between IR90/IR95 trains to/from Lausanne and trains serving the Bagnes and Entremont valleys will be guaranteed.
• At St-Maurice, connections between long-distance trains and RegionAlps regional trains will be maintained: the interchange time for the RegionAlps to/from Brig with InterRegio IR90 will be 4 minutes and the interchange time with RegioExpress RE33 will be 16 to 22 minutes, compared with current times of 5 and 10 minutes respectively; the interchange time from the RegionAlps to/from St-Gingolph/Monthey with InterRegio IR90 will be 4 minutes and the interchange time with RegioExpress RE33 will be 15 to 22 minutes, compared with current times of 4 and 42 minutes respectively.
• As the InterRegio IR90 will stop every hour in Renens, a new direct link will be introduced between Valais and Renens, providing easier access to the university campus for students from Valais.

The extension of the RER Vaud Vevey–Puidoux to Palézieux (R7) will connect the Riviera, Chablais and Valais regions (Simplon line, InterRegio IR95) to the Swiss Plateau line (InterRegio IR15) towards Fribourg/Freiburg and German-speaking Switzerland once an hour, without passing through Lausanne. As an example, this will shorten the journey time between Aigle and Fribourg/Freiburg by seven minutes.

• The fastest connection (five to six minutes) between the foot-of-the-Jura (InterCity IC5) and St-Maurice/Martigny will now be in Renens or in Lausanne with the RegioExpress RE33. Connections to St-Maurice will now be available every half an hour, instead of every hour at present.
• For passengers travelling to the Riviera and Martigny, however, this connection to the RE33 will increase journey times by up to six minutes or 17 minutes for passengers travelling beyond Martigny. An IC5–IR90/IC95 connection will still be available but the waiting time in Lausanne will be longer (18 to 22 minutes).

The EuroCity (EC) Milan–Geneva service will run four times a day, including a daily direct service which extends to/from Venice. It stops in Brig, Sion, Montreux and Lausanne.

• RER Fribourg I Freiburg lines will continue to offer a high-quality service offer at half-hourly or quarter-hourly intervals with good connections to long-distance services.
• Regional bus timetables have been adapted to ensure good connections to trains; this affects more than 70% of bus routes and has been a real challenge.

• The service on the RER Fribourg I Freiburg S30 Broye lines (Yverdon-les-Bains–Payerne–Fribourg/Freiburg) and the RER Vaud R8/R9 lines (Murten–)/Payerne–Lausanne–Allaman) will be shifted by 15 minutes, improving connections between the S30 and long-distance services to Bern at Yverdon-les-Bains and Fribourg/Freiburg.
• The connections at Palézieux will be changed. RER Vaud R8/R9 trains (Allaman–Lausanne–Palézieux–Payerne(–Murten)) will now arrive at Palézieux at around XX:15/XX:45 (minutes past the hour). The timetable for the S50 line to/from Palézieux–Châtel-St-Denis–Bulle–Gruyères–Montbovon will be modified and will now offer a connection to the Lausanne-bound RER at Palézieux every 30 minutes. An extra bus service between Châtel-St-Denis and Palézieux will provide connections to the IR15 to Lausanne or Fribourg/Freiburg and Bern at Palézieux.
• From 28 June 2025, lines S40/41 will follow line S30, providing a new direct half-hourly connection between Lausanne and Yverdon-les-Bains via Fribourg/Freiburg.
• Services to Oron and Vauderens will be increased from six times a day in each direction on weekdays to every hour. The same applies to services to Palézieux from Lausanne, with four RER trains per hour instead of the previous three. Palézieux will also have direct connections to Fribourg/Freiburg three times an hour (compared with one at present). Romont will have direct connections to Lausanne three times an hour. To guarantee journey times and the feasibility of regional traffic between Fribourg/Freiburg and Romont, Matran station has been closed and will continue to be served by bus until the new Avry-Matran station opens. Work on this is due to be completed in December 2025. To compensate for this closure, the local service between Fribourg and Avry-Centre will be increased.
• On lines R8/R9 Allaman–Lausanne–Payerne(–Murten), two trains an hour will run between Allaman, Lausanne and Payerne until 9pm every day. The towns between Payerne and Murten will be served by the R9 line every hour, while towns between Murten and Avenches will be served by the BLS S5 line every hour.
• An interval of 30 minutes for direct services between Murten and Bern will be introduced. This will consist of the S5, which will run to Avenches every hour, and the S52, which will be extended to Payerne during peak hours.
• Services from Muntelier-Löwenberg to Bern will be reduced, with just one connection per hour. However, this stop will now have direct connections to Neuchâtel once an hour.

The RER Fribourg | Freiburg S21 line Fribourg/Freiburg–Ins will be extended to Neuchâtel and, together with the S20 Fribourg/Freiburg–Neuchâtel, form the half-hourly service frequency between the two cities.

A new direct connection will be offered between Fribourg/Freiburg and the west of Lausanne, with the InterCity IC1 stopping every hour at Renens, the gateway to the university campus. The IC1 journey time will be extended by a few minutes.

The new RER Vaud R7 line between Vevey–Puidoux and Palézieux will connect the Swiss Plateau line (IR15) from Fribourg/Freiburg and Bern to the Riviera, Chablais and Valais regions (Simplon line, IR95) once per hour, without passing through Lausanne. For a journey between Aigle and Fribourg/Freiburg, for example, this change at Palézieux will reduce the journey time by seven minutes, with an additional change between Fribourg/Freiburg and Valais.

• The railway connection hub will be modified: the number of long-distance trains will be less concentrated at around XX:00 and XX:30 (minutes past the hour), resulting in shorter interchange times between the InterCity IC5 and the InterRegio IR66 and RegioExpress RE6 for La Chaux-de-Fonds/Le Locle (now nine minutes instead of three or four minutes).
• Long-distance connections to other railway lines in the canton and bus routes in Neuchâtel will also be adapted.

• The Regio R13 from Neuchâtel will systematically be extended to Yverdon-les-Bains every hour (previous terminus was at Gorgier-St-Aubin).
• The Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel and Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains regional lines will be linked to create a new direct R13 line between Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains once an hour (with a few exceptions), with a connection for the InterCity IC5 at Yverdon-les-Bains. Additional R16 trains, including at weekends, will run between Biel/Bienne and Neuchâtel (and vice versa) at certain times to provide services every half an hour on this section.
• The Regio R13 (Yverdon-les-Bains–Neuchâtel–Biel/Bienne) will no longer serve Gléresse. The combination of the single-track section and work on the Gléresse tunnel mean that it will no longer be possible to maintain satisfactory timetables in the Biel/Bienne hub. A bus system will be introduced for Gléresse.
• Due to the difficulty of accessing the single platform at the Vaumarcus stop and the time constraints between the various trains, the stop will no longer be served by trains. For Neuchâtel, passengers can take bus route 21.612, which will be extended to Vaumarcus and connect at Gorgier/St-Aubin station. For Yverdon-les-Bains, they can take route 10.630.
• Grandson station (VD) will not be served by the R13 line Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains but will continue to be served by the R1/R2 lines Grandson–Lausanne–Cully. Concise will be served by the R13 every hour, with connections for long-distance services (IC5) at Yverdon-les-Bains.
• Once the Gléresse tunnel is opened, the R13 line between Yverdon-les-Bains–Neuchâtel–Biel/Bienne will switch to a half-hourly service frequency.

RER Fribourg | Freiburg line S21 (Fribourg/Freiburg−Ins) will be extended from Ins to Neuchâtel, forming a half-hourly service between Fribourg/Freiburg and Neuchâtel together with the S20 (Fribourg/Freiburg−Neuchâtel).

• Passengers travelling from the canton of Neuchâtel will benefit from better long-distance connections to Renens and Lausanne direct from Neuchâtel, thanks to the InterCity IC5 trains running every half an hour, instead of every hour at present. These trains will now stop at Renens, where they will offer a fast connection (four to six minutes) to Geneva Airport.
• However, the InterCity IC5’s direct once-per-hour service to Geneva/Geneva Airport will be withdrawn during off-peak hours. A connection will be available between Neuchâtel and Geneva/Geneva Airport every half an hour, with a change of train at Renens. This will result in a journey time that is four to seven minutes longer.
• A direct connection between Neuchâtel and Geneva Airport, stopping at Yverdon-les-Bains, Morges, Gland and Nyon, will be maintained on weekdays during the morning and evening peak hours thanks to six direct InterRegio (IR57) trains in each direction: four direct trains from Neuchâtel to Geneva Airport in the morning (05:18, 06:18, 07:18, 08:18); two direct trains from Neuchâtel to Geneva Airport in the evening (16:18, 18:18); two direct trains from Geneva Airport to Neuchâtel in the morning (06:06, 07:06); four direct trains from Geneva Airport to Neuchâtel in the evening (16:06, 17:06, 18:06, 19:06). However, this direct connection is slower than the connection with a change at Renens (Neuchâtel–Geneva: 1 hour 25 mins instead of 1 hour 16 mins). Two direct trains will run in each direction at weekends.

Connections for the Chablais and Valais regions can be made between the InterCity IC5 and the RegioExpress RE33 at Renens in five to six minutes; or at Lausanne between the InterCity IC5 and the InterRegio IR90/IR95, with a longer connection time (18 to 22 minutes).

• The Neuchâtel−Frasne (RE9) service, with a connection to the TGV at Frasne, will be continued.
• TER services from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Morteau(−Besançon) will be continued.

The IR66 stops at Bern Brünnen Westside.

• From Biel/Bienne, there will be better connections to Renens (access to the university campus) and to Lausanne with the InterCity IC5. These will be direct and run twice an hour, compared with once an hour previously.
• Biel/Bienne, on the other hand, will lose its hourly direct InterCity IC5 service Morges–Geneva–Geneva Airport. A connection will now be required at Renens, which will result in a nine-minute increase in journey time. This connection at Renens will be available every 30 minutes.
• From Moutier via Biel/Bienne, the loss of the direct InterCity IC5 connection to Geneva Airport and the need to change at Renens will increase journey times by 11 minutes.
• It should be noted that the link between Basel SBB, Delémont, Moutier and Lausanne, without a change at Biel/Bienne, will be restored once an hour in the 2026 timetable.

• The regional train from Neuchâtel will systematically be extended to Yverdon-les-Bains every hour (previous terminus was at Gorgier-St-Aubin).
• The Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel and Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains regional lines will be linked to create a new direct R13 line between Biel/Bienne–Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains once an hour (with a few exceptions). Additional R16 trains, including at weekends, will run between Biel/Bienne and Neuchâtel at certain times to provide services every half an hour on this section.
• These regional R13/R16 trains (Yverdon-les-Bains–Neuchâtel–Biel/Bienne) will no longer serve Gléresse. The combination of the single-track section and work on the Gléresse tunnel mean that it will no longer be possible to maintain satisfactory timetables in the Biel/Bienne hub. A bus system will be introduced for Gléresse.

• Regional rail services in the Jura region will continue to offer a local, high-quality service offer with no significant changes to timetables.
• Bus timetables will remain unchanged, ensuring good connections with regional and long-distance trains.

• It will now be possible to travel to Lausanne from Delémont every 30 minutes, with one change at Biel/Bienne. Trains will stop at Renens (access to the university campus).
• The 11-minute increase in Delémont−Lausanne journey times will also improve the overall stability of the timetable and connections in the Biel/Bienne hub.
• It should be noted that the direct link between Basel, Delémont, Moutier and Lausanne, without a change at Biel/Bienne, will be restored once an hour from December 2025 (2026 timetable).

• InterCity IC5 trains departing from Biel/Bienne will now run to Lausanne every 30 minutes. The additional stop at Renens will provide connections to InterCity IC1 and InterRegio IR90 trains to Geneva and Geneva Airport every 30 minutes, without intermediate stops.
• A Delémont−Geneva journey will therefore be possible every half an hour, with changes at Biel/Bienne and Renens. From December 2025 (2026 timetable), one connection per hour will be possible, with a single change at Renens, thanks to the return of the direct service between Basel, Delémont and Lausanne.

• At Renens, a connection will be possible between the InterCity IC5 and the RegioExpress RE33 in five to six minutes for destinations to Martigny.
• Central Valais and Upper Valais can be reached more quickly via the Lötschberg tunnel.

Saignelégier and Le Noirmont will now be systematically linked to Lausanne via La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel. For journeys to Geneva, there will be connections at Renens to the direct InterCity IC1 and InterRegio IR90 trains to Geneva and Geneva Airport.

The planning basis for the new timetable is being substantially revised, which will reinvigorate the railway system. Even though there have been various changes to the timetable in French-speaking Switzerland, the structure of the timetable has not been adapted to the developments in rail services in French-speaking Switzerland over the past 20 years. There have been many such developments: in addition to the increase in network maintenance and extension work, there are many more passengers than 20 years ago and boarding and alighting times are longer. In this context, it has been difficult to guarantee the current timetable, resulting in punctuality issues. The new timetable will ensure better punctuality and greater customer satisfaction by ensuring more reliable connections.

Overall, the new timetable will constitute an increase in train-kilometres (tkm: the number of kilometres travelled by all trains in operation) in French-speaking Switzerland of between 10% and 15%, depending on the area. More specifically, this increase is centred on the RER Vaud in the direction of Palézieux, on the Neuchâtel–Yverdon-les-Bains axis and in the Chablais region. The new timetable therefore offers more trains for a majority of customers.

In order to adapt the timetable structure to the changes that have taken place on the network over the past 20 years, it was also necessary to review the reserve times integrated into the planning basis (reserve times for slowdowns due to construction work but also to operational hazards). As a result, journey times on long-distance routes have increased by a few minutes, altering the times and departures at stations in French-speaking Switzerland, as well as connection times.

From December 2024, InterCity IC5 trains will run twice an hour to Lausanne, compared with once an hour to Geneva/Geneva Airport and once an hour to Lausanne. Passengers coming from Neuchâtel will have a connection to Geneva/Geneva Airport every half an hour, with a change at Renens. However, direct Neuchâtel–Geneva/Geneva Airport trains will be running during the morning and evening rush hours and at weekends.

There are various reasons for this decision. Firstly, the Geneva hub (even though work on the underground station has not yet begun) is already occupied by international (TER, TGV), national (InterCity, InterRegio, RegioExpress) and regional (Léman Express, RER) services and already has very limited capacity for trains. In the new timetable, it is no longer possible to operate the InterCity IC5 every hour in Geneva without forcing the cancellation of another long-distance service departing from Geneva, serving the Lake Geneva region and then continuing on to the rest of Switzerland. However, passenger demand is higher on this Lausanne–Geneva route. Furthermore, analyses of demand from the foot-of-the-Jura confirm that the branch to Lausanne is the primary route: taking demand from Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel and Yverdon-les-Bains stations, the Lausanne branch accounts for almost three quarters of the demand generated in the direction of the Lake Geneva region (80% departing from Yverdon-les-Bains). The timetable is therefore an improvement for the majority of these customers.

Yes. Direct trains will run in the week during the morning and evening rush hours, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.

The new timetable has been called a “timetable of engineering works” because it has been designed to allow for numerous works to be carried out in French-speaking Switzerland while minimising the impact on customers. As a reminder, CHF 6 billion will be invested in works on the network in French-speaking Switzerland between now and 2030. The timetable is a “work in progress” in the sense that it will evolve in line with the successive commissioning of new infrastructure and the introduction of new rolling stock. The opening of the Gléresse tunnel, for example, will boost traffic on the Neuchâtel lakeshore.