Because it’s a very rarely used line. That leaves two possibilities:
– Most of the time there will be exactly 0 people on this line, so they don’t actually run it unless someone calls ahead and makes a reservation. It’s also not going to be a bus but essentially a van.
– The other possibility is that most of the time there isn’t anyone at that station. In that case it is an actual Bus but that it usually doesn’t pass the station you want to get on, so they might only take the necessary detour if someone calls ahead.
Quite common in rural areas.
It might be because the bus only actually drives through the village or to this station if someone wants to enter or exit. So they need to inform the driver that he has to change course. And because the system is different from a train where the train just needs a signalchange you need to call it in.
Bienvenue dans le Chablais….
Les TPC font ça sur les petites lignes avec peu où pas de monde pour pas tourner pour rien.
Le pire, si tu t’annonces pas et que le bus passe il ne s’arrêtera pas quand-même.
It happens also on trains in rural areas. I personally saw it on a Porrentruy -Solothurn train line. Also the Lugano – Ponte Tresa line in Ticino has the same
Also happens on some of the stations between Klosters and Davos.
There will be a welcome comitee with cheese plate and fendant. They need to organize beforehand.
Just wanted to say how much I miss Switzerland
I know the village, but idk if it’s still relevant so im still saying: you better go all the way to Bex’s train station and take just any train going to Aigle, most of them will go to Lausanne.
But check well, sometimes you’ll need to go to St Maurice (not St Moritz!!) and change again towards Lausanne, they’ll charge a little more for this.
This bus line is part of the MobiChablais infrastructure.
After the relative success of the Bus urbain in Monthey (it was shitty; always late and then left early before the train arrived), the TPC launched MobiChablais which is composed of multiple lines that operate in certain areas.
There are main lines like Monthey-Aigle on which the bus stops at the main stops. But for less frequented stops and lines, you need to announce yourself at least 30 mins prior on the TPC Mobile app.
The drivers all have tablets on which they can see the stops demanded so that they don’t need to go to all the remote places if there’s no one there, thus not losing too much time.
Edit: I really don’t understand the downvotes…
Because somewhere in the Chablais there is a genius who decided to completely rethink the whole “public transportation” concept and make the whole quality of the service down to what you would expect somewhere in the deep eastern Europe country side twenty years ago.
And for the last two years, they have been responsible for the transportation of children to school and they are now nicknamed “the magicobus”.
Anyway, chose your seats according to the amount of grabbing handles available and have a plan to B for transportation in case they decide not to show up or take you to another destination instead.
the line is rarely used therefore they most likely just use a van for it. pretty common in the country area. In Basel-Country, you often have a bench in the middle of the village where when you sit down everyone knows that you want to go to the next big town and that you’re waiting for a ride.
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Jamais vu ça…
Because it’s a very rarely used line. That leaves two possibilities:
– Most of the time there will be exactly 0 people on this line, so they don’t actually run it unless someone calls ahead and makes a reservation. It’s also not going to be a bus but essentially a van.
– The other possibility is that most of the time there isn’t anyone at that station. In that case it is an actual Bus but that it usually doesn’t pass the station you want to get on, so they might only take the necessary detour if someone calls ahead.
Quite common in rural areas.
It might be because the bus only actually drives through the village or to this station if someone wants to enter or exit. So they need to inform the driver that he has to change course. And because the system is different from a train where the train just needs a signalchange you need to call it in.
Bienvenue dans le Chablais….
Les TPC font ça sur les petites lignes avec peu où pas de monde pour pas tourner pour rien.
Le pire, si tu t’annonces pas et que le bus passe il ne s’arrêtera pas quand-même.
It happens also on trains in rural areas. I personally saw it on a Porrentruy -Solothurn train line. Also the Lugano – Ponte Tresa line in Ticino has the same
Also happens on some of the stations between Klosters and Davos.
There will be a welcome comitee with cheese plate and fendant. They need to organize beforehand.
Just wanted to say how much I miss Switzerland
I know the village, but idk if it’s still relevant so im still saying: you better go all the way to Bex’s train station and take just any train going to Aigle, most of them will go to Lausanne.
But check well, sometimes you’ll need to go to St Maurice (not St Moritz!!) and change again towards Lausanne, they’ll charge a little more for this.
This bus line is part of the MobiChablais infrastructure.
After the relative success of the Bus urbain in Monthey (it was shitty; always late and then left early before the train arrived), the TPC launched MobiChablais which is composed of multiple lines that operate in certain areas.
There are main lines like Monthey-Aigle on which the bus stops at the main stops. But for less frequented stops and lines, you need to announce yourself at least 30 mins prior on the TPC Mobile app.
The drivers all have tablets on which they can see the stops demanded so that they don’t need to go to all the remote places if there’s no one there, thus not losing too much time.
Edit: I really don’t understand the downvotes…
Because somewhere in the Chablais there is a genius who decided to completely rethink the whole “public transportation” concept and make the whole quality of the service down to what you would expect somewhere in the deep eastern Europe country side twenty years ago.
And for the last two years, they have been responsible for the transportation of children to school and they are now nicknamed “the magicobus”.
Anyway, chose your seats according to the amount of grabbing handles available and have a plan to B for transportation in case they decide not to show up or take you to another destination instead.
the line is rarely used therefore they most likely just use a van for it. pretty common in the country area. In Basel-Country, you often have a bench in the middle of the village where when you sit down everyone knows that you want to go to the next big town and that you’re waiting for a ride.