Self-Service Bikes on the UNIL-EPFL Campus

Switzerland’s first self-service cycle service was launched on 26 June 2009 on the UNIL-EPFL campus.

Initiated by the EPFL, the UNIL and the EPFL Students’ Foundation, this network, set up initially on the campus, immediately spread to Morges, Lausanne and Vevey.
 

The holders of UNIL Campus Card and EPFL Camipro cards can benefit from 3 hours’ free use of a bicycle.
It’s possible to loan and return a bike at 12 stations, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, (except for the following stations: Place de l'Europe and Renens Railway Station, times are indicated below).

8 stations on the UNIL and EPFL site

• Quartier de l'Innovation
• Place Alan Turing
• Rivier
• Avenue Picard
• Sorge
• Unil Centre
• Dorigny
• Idheap

3 stations in Lausanne and Renens

• Place de l'Europe, Lausanne
• Ouchy, Lausanne
• Place du Marché, Renens
  
  

Interactive map with bike availability and available places

You can also download the free "velopass" application on your smart phone.
 

Opening times:

Place de l'Europe
15 April - 31 October: every day 8am – 6pm
1st November - 14 April : Mon-Fri 8am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 5pm, Sunday and bank holidays: closed

To access other network’s stations, you must take out a velopass subscription (regiopass Lausanne-Morges).
 

To benefit from the "Velopass" service, you must be the holder of a validated Campus Card or Camipro card.

Registration is possible only from a computer connected to the Unil or EPFL IT network

• Click on this link: register
• Select "University of Lausanne" from the drop-down list.
• Type in your username and password (the same as for your UNIL email).
• Then follow the instructions.

Further information is available on the EPFL website.