2023-06-26 10:59:34
Lausanne’s political parties and groups made six requests to the Federal Office of Transport (OFT) and the CFF on Monday in connection with the major delay in the construction of the station. In a letter that will be sent to them on Tuesday, they demand concrete actions and compensation.
These demands follow a meeting with CFF in the spring, which gave them a detailed presentation of the history of the project, its current challenges and its future. The party leaders also thank the CFF for “the transparency of the process and the quality of the exchanges (…) even if they did not learn much new”.
During their second press conference on the subject on Monday at a cafe near the station, the six officials said they “would not give up following the anger and amazement” of the announcements of delays last March of the construction site of the train station. It is time for the SBB and the OFT “to take a step towards the inhabitants of Lausanne”, summed up the six municipal councillors.
“The six requests might make it possible to alleviate the very many complications that the population of Lausanne as well as people who visit the city, for professional reasons or for leisure, will have to face, they write.
Underground station
Pointing to the 13-year delay on the initial schedule, the Lausanne parties are asking that an underground station be already studied and integrated into the current planning of the SBB. It would be dug under the hill of Montbenon, preceded by a new double-track section between Renens and Lausanne and followed by a double line in the direction of Friborg and Bern as well as a junction towards Vevey, recalled the president of the UDC group. Valentine Christe.
The CFF and the OFT are called upon to “assume their responsibilities by taking financial measures to mitigate the serious consequences of their errors, and to compensate local residents, tenants and small traders. “They live in uncertainty and deterioration. Some have seen their turnover drop by half,” said Johan Pain of Ensemble à Gauche.
The president of the PLR group Marlène Bérard mentioned the possible delay of the m3 metro. In this context, she insisted that new bus lines serve the new Plaines-du-Loup eco-district in the north of the city, of which “the cost generated is entirely borne by the CFF and the OFT”.
Preferential rates?
Virginie Cavalli, co-president of the Vert’libéraux du Grand Lausanne, pleaded for a “station which remains a nerve center for the agglomeration and mobility in Romandie”. The parties require constant cadences and assured timetables, in particular in the connection with German-speaking Switzerland. They also advocate a pedestrian gallery between the station and the Flon.
Another request, perhaps the most original: a significant financial gesture for Lausanne residents as well as for commuters passing through the Vaud capital. “We might imagine a preferential rate on general, half-price or route subscriptions, day pass offers, discounted prices, etc.,” quoted the president of the socialist group Louis Dana.
Ilias Panchard, co-president of the Lausanne Greens, spoke regarding the last demand, namely that the cost of the developments around the station for the benefit of the inhabitants and users be entirely borne by the SBB and the OFT.
CFF and OFT open to dialogue
Even before receiving the letter, the SBB and the OFT reacted in a press release on Monday. “The CFF are of course open to dialogue with the Lausanne parties. They will take note of their requests and respond to them directly, in consultation with the OFT”, they write.
The OFT also takes note. “The office will be able to decide on the requests that are specifically intended for it once it has been able to read them precisely. It will analyze them and take the appropriate action”, we note in Bern.
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