 The line was sold by the operating company to the town of Lausanne in 1984 and on 22 January 2006 it was closed to be rebuilt as part of the new Line M2 of the Lausanne Metro.The rolling stock was sold to the French city of Villard-de-Lans with the intention of it being used on their new rack railway, "La Patache".The Lausanne Metro's M2 line opened in October 2008.