LAUSANNE - Transports publics de la région lausannoise said summer engineering would interrupt parts of the metro and put replacement buses on grades that already punish timetables. Commuters toward Flon and the university area were told to leave earlier. They have heard that sentence before.

Cafes along the replacement route put out extra water. That is not in the official plan. It is in the unofficial one.

Romandie will have more of this

SBB's later autumn closures between Lausanne and Puidoux sit on a different network and the same patience. Our August warning is the long-distance cousin of this week.