Canton Geneva has unveiled its ambitious plans for rail transport over the next 25 years.
At the heart of the plan is an underground expansion of the Léman Express. The canton would like to run a line – entirely underground - from Saint-Genis in France, through Cornavin and back out to Saint-Julien.
The Metro project would have a station every kilometre in the city and have trains every three minutes.
The transport minister, Pierre Maudet, says the plan would build on the success of the Léman Express, which opened five years ago this week.
The plan would need the active support of France – as Maudet expects the northern section will be reinforced by the reopening of the line running at the foot of the Jura from Divonne to Bellegarde – that closed in the eighties.
The need is being driven by the increasing number of workers crossing the border every day to work in Geneva. 123,000 are from the Pays de Gex alone, which is poorly served by cross border public transport.
It’ll cost around CHF 5bn. Voters will take a final decision at some point.
The line should open between 2045 and 2050.
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