Rigi railways
| RIGI BAHNEN AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1992 |
| Seat | Goldau , Switzerland |
| management | Marcel Waldis (CEO - ad interim ) Karl Bucher ( Chairman of the Board of Directors ) |
| Number of employees | 87.5 FTE (2013) |
| sales | 16.6 million CHF (2013) |
| Branch | Transport company |
| Website | www.rigi.ch |
The Rigi-Bahnen ( RB , proper spelling: Rigi Bahnen ) are a railway company in Switzerland with headquarters in Arth . The company's operational headquarters are in Vitznau .
The company was created in 1992 through the merger of the Arth-Rigi-Bahn (ARB) in Arth and the Rigibahn-Gesellschaft in Vitznau, which owned the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) and the Weggis – Rigi Kaltbad (LWRK) cable car . Since then, the Rigi-Bahnen have operated the two standard gauge - cogwheel railways ARB and VRB and the LWRK aerial cableway to the Rigi , a panoramic mountain on Lake Lucerne .
Rail operations
stretch
The route network of the RB measures 15.40 km and is used by two railway lines, which correspond to the former operation of the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn and the Arth-Rigi-Bahn. A track connection from the VRB to the ARB has only existed since July 12, 1990 in Rigi Staffel.
Vitznau-Rigi Railway
The standard gauge line of the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn measures 6.85 km and is electrified with 1500 V direct current . A rack according to the Riggenbach system is used along the entire length of the route . The property line from Vitznau to Rigi Staffelhöhe, on the border between the canton of Lucerne and the canton of Schwyz, was opened on May 23, 1871. The continuation from the Staffelhöhe to the Kulm, however, was built by the ARB and leased to the VRB from June 27, 1873. With the merger of the two companies in 1992, this regulation ceased to exist.
Arth Rigi Railway
The standard gauge line of the Arth-Rigi-Bahn measures 8.55 km and is electrified with 1500 V direct current . A rack according to the Riggenbach system is used along the entire length of the route . The property line from Arth-Goldau train station to Rigi Kulm was opened on June 4, 1875. The line from Arth am See to Arth-Goldau, which was opened at the same time as a pure adhesion railway, was operated separately as an overland tram and was discontinued at the end of August 1959.
Rolling stock
| model series | Manufacturer | Construction year | origin | number of pieces | Discarded | Remarks | |||
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| series | Numbers | total | today | ||||||
| Locomotives | |||||||||
| H 1/2 | 1-5 | Aarau | 1875 | ARB | 6th | 0 | 1905-1923 | ||
| 6th | SLM | 1899 | 1945 | ||||||
| H 2/3 | 15th | SLM | 1913 | VRB | 3 | 0 | 1941 | ||
| 16-17 | 1923, 1925 | 2 | |||||||
| He 2/3 | 8th | SLM / MFO | 1930 | ARB | 1 | 1 | with snow blower | ||
| He 2/2 | 18th | SLM / BBC | 1938 | VRB | 1 | 1 | optionally with snow blower Xrotm 2 1 (1974) | ||
| Railcar | |||||||||
| Bra 2/4 | 1-3 | SLM / BBC | 1937 | VRB | 4th | 4th | |||
| 4th | 1953 | ||||||||
| BDhe 4/4 | 5 | SLM / SIG / BBC | 1964 | VRB | 1 | 1 | |||
| BCFhe 2/3 | 6th | SWS / SLM / MFO | 1911 | ARB | 1 | 1 | |||
| BDhe 2/4 | 7th | SIG / SLM / MFO | 1925 | ARB | 1 | 1 | |||
| BDhe 2/4 | 11-12 | SLM / SAAS | 1949 | ARB | 4th | 4th | |||
| 13 | 1954 | ||||||||
| 14th | 1967 | ||||||||
| BDhe 4/4 | 15th | SLM / BBC | 1982 | ARB | 1 | 1 | |||
| 21-22 | 1986 | VRB | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Control car | |||||||||
| Bt | 21-22 | SWS / SAAS | 1958 | ARB | 4th | 4th | |||
| 23 | 1960 | ||||||||
| 24 | 1967 | ||||||||
| Bt | 25th | SLM / BBC | 1982 | ARB | 1 | 1 | |||
| 31-32 | 1986 | VRB | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Tractors | |||||||||
| Ta 2/2 | 1 | Stadler | 1982 | VRB | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ub = takeover from outside stock (used vehicle); Um = conversion from our own stock | |||||||||
Cable cars and ski area
In addition to the two cog railways ARB and VRB, the company also includes the Weggis – Rigi Kaltbad aerial cableway (aerial tramway with 80-person gondola lift, 924 m difference in altitude) and several ski lifts. The ski area is usually open from the end of November (depending on snow conditions) to mid-March.
The aerial tramway from Weggis to Kaltbad was built in 1968, which means that its concession will expire in 2019. A system change to an orbit , which the railway company urgently strives to replace for operational and convenience reasons , is being examined, but is met with resistance from conservationists and local residents, as u. a. more than the current 3 supports would be created and the proximity to the ground would also be more disturbing.
literature
- Florian Inäbnit: Rigi-Bahnen; Vitznau – Rigi cog railway . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2002. ISBN 3-907579-19-4
- Florian Inäbnit: Rigi-Bahnen; Arth – Rigi cog railway . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2000. ISBN 3-907579-18-6
- Florian Inäbnit: Rigi – Scheidegg Railway . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1999. ISBN 3-907579-13-5
- Sandro Sigrist: Arth – Goldau valley railway . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1998. ISBN 3-907579-08-9
Movie
- SWR: Railway Romanticism - 125 Years of the Vitznau-Rigi Railway (episode 226)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurizio Minetti: “Different ideas”: Rigi-Bahnen CEO Stefan Otz takes his hat. In: luzernerzeitung.ch . May 10, 2019, accessed May 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2013 ( Memento of the original dated September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ Articles of Association of Rigi Bahnen AG based in Goldau (Arth community). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On the Rigi-Bahnen website, May 19, 2016
- ↑ Pulling the rope around the new Rigibahn . In: NZZ, October 19, 2018, page 13
