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25 August 2019 at 12:34:06 #823574

How early does the Geneva to Lausanne train leave? I will be staying in Geneva this Friday, Aug. 30 and need to arrive at the Bellerive swim center in Lausanne to attend a triathlon event Saturday, Aug. 31 that just got changed to 7 am. Earliest Geneva train departure at Cornivan station I see is 6 am. That won’t work. Greatly appreciate your help. Plan B would be to take latest train Friday night and hang out (where?) in Lausanne all night until race time. (All Lausanne hotels are booked for this event.) Again, thank you.

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25 August 2019 at 15:50:33 #920949

Hello Weesewood,

The earliest connection from Geneva to Lausanne that I can find using below timetable for the 30th of August is 4:11 departure Geneva, 5.09 arrival to Lausanne.
– http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable

Best and happy competing! Good luck.

Steph

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25 August 2019 at 17:49:26 #920950

Thank you. Hope is alive! However, I would need to catch an early train that Saturday morning — on Aug. 31 — from Geneva to Lausanne. Can you see if they operate that early on Saturdays too? I tried link and couldn’t change the date. Fingers crossed. Thank you!

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26 August 2019 at 10:59:16 #920951

Welcome!

Try clicking on the “full timetable” below the advanced one in above link, that should for sure work.

I find trains leaving Geneva at 2:17, 4:17, and 4:51

arriving to Lausanne at 3:09, 5:09, 5:38

Cheers,
Steph

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27 August 2019 at 22:15:35 #920952

There are 5 trains from Geneva on a Saturday that get to Lausanne on or before 06.18

Then its Bus route number 2 I think

PDF here:

http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/ fileadmin/fap_pdf_fiel ds/2019/150.pdf

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27 August 2019 at 22:42:35 #920953

Thank you! Seems like Geneva’s main train station (Cornavin) is no longer called that (?) So long as the airport train goes through Cornavin at those times on the table, I should be good. I’m banking on the Swiss trains’ famed punctuality, something we are not used to with our Amtrak trains in the US. Thanks again!

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28 August 2019 at 6:45:49 #920954

Hi weesewood,

the train from Geneva Airport to Lausanne comes trough Geneva and trains are usually very punctual in Switzerland. (I believe it is still called Cornavin, but you should just use Geneva in the timetable.)

Good luck on the triathlon! 🙂

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28 August 2019 at 12:21:20 #920955

Thank you all for your help.

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28 August 2019 at 23:20:50 #920956

No change in the station name; Genève’s main station has been Cornavin since I have been using it – (frequently for 59 years…) and absolutely is still

http://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/railway-stations/geneva-station.html

Just back from US and Canada where the Maple Leaf accrued 90 minutes of lateness between Penn Station and Niagara Falls!…

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29 August 2019 at 2:25:39 #920957

Only 59 years? Now if it were 60, I’d believe you 😁 haha. So long as Cornavin is the main Genève station, I’ll be on the right track. Thanks to all your help!