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Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay

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Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay
IndustryPublic transport
PredecessorCompagnie du Chemin de fer de Bière-Apples-Morges
Founded2003 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Morges
,
Switzerland
Key people
Pierre-Alain Perren (CEO)
ProductsTrain, funicular, bus network
Revenue
  • Increase CHF 52,971,887 (2022)
  • CHF 50,582,179 (2021)
Number of employees
320 (2023)
Websitembc.ch

The Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC) is a Swiss public transport operator the in canton of Vaud. It operates two metre-gauge lines, Morges–Apples–Bière line and the Apples–L'Isle branch line, a funicular and a bus network.[1]

History

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The history of the company, founded on 20 February 1894 under the name Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Bière-Apples-Morges (BAM),[2][3] is closely linked to that of the Bière-Apples-Morges railway line, of which it has been the sole operator since it opened in July 1895.[4][5] In 1954, the company launched two bus routes from Morges, one to Apples and the other to Lussy-sur-Morges, operated with four vehicles and integrated into the PostBus network.[4] In 1966, it began providing school transport services to the Morges secondary school.[4][5]

In 1980, BAM created Transports publics de Morges & environs (TPM), a bus network whose first line linked Prélionne to Lonay.[4][5] This network has seen four major extensions in its history, in 1985, 1994, 2000 and 2004.[4]

In 2003, BAM changed its name to Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay (MBC).[5] The 2000s saw the gradual integration of the company into the Mobilis Vaud fare network and the extension of the bus network.[4]

On 9 December 2010, MBC merged with the company Funiculaire de la Gare à la Ville de Cossonay, operator of the Cossonay funicular (CG), followed by further extensions to the bus network until 2013, when the company decided to abandon the TPM brand and bring all its routes under its own name, MBC.[2][3] In December 2013, the company also integrated the seven PostBus routes, including five regional routes and services to Cossonay, of Société des auto-transports du pied du Jura vaudois (SAPJV) following the termination of the contract. In financial difficulties, SAPJV was dissolved in 2016 following the failure of its proposed merger with MBC.[6][7][4]

In 2021, the company planned to build a new bus depot near the Route de Préverenges to replace the one at Tolochenaz.[8]

The bus network was restructured in 2018 and in 2022 it had its biggest reorganisation of the bus lines.[9][10]

Lines

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Line Route
Train
R56 Morges – Apples – Bière
R57 Apples – L'Isle
Bus
701 Tolochenaz – Morges – Préverenges – St-Sulpice – Lausanne, Bourdonnette
702 Tolochenaz – Morges – Lonay – Echandens – Bussigny
703 Echichens – Morges – Lully – Lussy-sur-Morges
704 Echichens – Casino
705 Lonay – Préverenges – Denges – Echandens – Ecublens, EPFL
706 Tolochenaz – Morges
724 Morges – St-Prex – Etoy – Allaman
726 Morges – Lavigny
730 Morges – Cottens – Cossonay-Ville
735 Morges – Aclens – Cossonay-Ville – La Sarraz – Orny
736 Morges – Aclens – Bussigny
740 Morges – Apples – Pampigny
742 Montricher – Bière
750 Cossonay-Penthalaz – Mont-la-Ville (– Le Pont)
752 Cossonay-Ville – Montricher
760 Cossonay-Ville – La Sarraz
Funicular
2003 Cossonay-Penthalaz (Funi) – Cossonay-Ville

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "L'entreprise". Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "MBC sur l'Index central des raisons de commerce". zefix.admin.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b "MBC sur le registre du commerce du canton de Vaud". prestations.vd.ch. Retrieved 25 March 2025..
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Il était une fois…". Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. Retrieved 25 March 2025..
  5. ^ a b c d Barraud, Lauriane (16 October 2015). "Du rail aux airs, les MBC vont chambouler la mobilité morgienne". 24 heures. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ Rossel, Natacha (3 March 2016). "La fusion des sociétés de transports a capoté". 24heures.ch. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  7. ^ Rochat, Martine (11 April 2013). "La fin de la bagarre des bus". La Côte. Retrieved 26 March 2025..
  8. ^ Tram magazine N° 145, February 2021
  9. ^ Guggenheim, Sylvie (3 February 2016). "Morges: Partir d'une feuille blanche pour refondre le réseau des MBC". La Côte. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Rapport de Gestion". Transports de la région Morges-Bière-Cossonay. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
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