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
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
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
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
The first trolleybuses are put in service
1969
Creation of the first reserved bus lanes
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
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
TOSA and the autonomous vehicle go into commercial service on the experimental XA line in Meyrin
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.