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Over forty years of history 

tpg has been providing mobility services in the Geneva region since 1977, continuing a long tradition almost two centuries old.

1833    

The first regular omnibus line between Place de Neuve and the Rondeau de Carouge is put into service

1862    

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Commissioning of the first horse-drawn tramline in Geneva, which will become Tramway 12 

1876    

Creation of the Compagnie des tramways de Genève, which becomes, in the same year, the Compagnie générale des tramways suisses

1878    

Des trams à vapeur circulent à Genève

First steam-powered tramways are put into service

1888    

Creation of the Société genevoise de chemins de fer à voie étroite

1894  

First electric tramways are put into service

1900    

Creation of the Compagnie genevoise des tramways électriques (CGTE), which in 1900 takes over operations of the two tramway networks in Geneva

1928    

Premier autobus en 1928

First buses are put into service

1937    

Removal of country tramlines (Saint-Julien, Ferney-Voltaire, Chancy, Vandœuvres) – up until 1969, no fewer than 13 tramlines are abandoned

1942    

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The first trolleybuses are put in service

1969    

Creation of the first reserved bus lanes

1977    

Création des tpg en 1977

Creation of tpg, which succeeds the CGTE

1982    

Opening of the temporary Carl-Vogt depot in the former Exhibition Centre; this will compensate for the construction work at Jonction while the opening of Bachet-de-Pesay is pending

Creation of the control center

1989    

Creation of the first Geneva tariff community. With the same travel pass, customers can travel on the lines of tpg, SBB and the Mouettes genevoises shuttle boats.

1992    

Administration is moved from Jonction to Bachet-de-Pesay, which becomes tpg’s central headquarters

1994    

Creation of tpg France

1995    

First new tramline since 1908, paving the way for numerous construction projects

Commissioning of the newly rebuilt Jonction maintenance center and abandonment of the temporary Carl-Vogt depot

1996    

Establishment of the first service contract, a document governing the relationship between the State and tpg

1998    

Creation of TPG Publicité SA to manage advertising space on tpg vehicles. The company is renamed TP Publicité SA in 2016

1999    

Creation of TP2A, a company owned 51% by RATP France and 49% by tpg France, to operate the Annemasse public transport network (TAC)

2003    

Operation of the TAC network through TP2A

2007    

New visual identity of the tpg for the company’s 30th anniversary

2011   

Major restructuring of the network (70% of the network is changed, elimination of lines 13, 16, 17, and 18) and implementation of a transfer system with 3 tramlines (12, 14, and 15) 

Signature of the public-private partnership between the tpg, the Office for the Promotion of Industries and Technologies, SIG, and ABB Sécheron SA to create a 100% electric TOSA bus

2013    

Takeover of the Salève cable car operation through the Société du téléphérique du Salève, a new company created with RATP Dev and COMAG

Présentation du prototype TOSA

Commercial test of the 100% electric TOSA bus prototype between Genève Aéroport and Palexpo

2014  

53.8% of Genevans accept an initiative to lower tpg fares

2015  

Launch of a bond issue to finance the construction of the future En Chardon depot; a first for a Swiss public entity 

2018    

Inauguration TOSA en 2018

TOSA and the autonomous vehicle go into commercial service on the experimental XA line in Meyrin

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Adhesion to the European AVENUE project, which studies the integration of autonomous vehicles into public transport networks

2019

Launch of Tramway 17, the cross-border line linking Lancy-Pont-Rouge-Gare and downtown Annemasse

2020  

Opening of the En Chardon maintenance center and depot in Vernier.

En Chardon

 

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