Bödelibahn
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| Route length: | 8.4 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 7 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 150 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Därligen – Bönigen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bödelibahn (BB) is a former 8.4 km long standard gauge railway in Switzerland . It connected Lake Thun via Interlaken and the so-called Bödeli with Lake Brienz .
history
Starting position
The steamboats operated on Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and brought tourists to the Bernese Oberland and especially to Interlaken, the starting point for discoveries and excursions in the Jungfrau region . Since there was no navigable path between the two lakes and the sea canal from Lake Thun to Interlaken did not yet exist, a way was sought to lead guests and locals from the ship stations Därligen on Lake Thun and Bönigen on Lake Brienz to the health resort.
Planning and construction
The original plan was to build a standard-gauge Brünig Railway from Bern through the Gürbetal to Thun , then along the south bank of Lake Thun to Interlaken and further along Lake Brienz to Brienz and Central Switzerland .
On December 28, 1870, the track became the first section of the Canton of Bern , the concession for the operation of a web of Därligen to Bönigen.
Under the direction of the important Russian railway pioneer Leopold Blotnitzki (1817–1879), former chief engineer of the Swiss Central Railway (SCB), the first section from Därligen to Interlaken on August 12, 1872 and the second section from Interlaken to Bönigen on July 1, 1874 to be opened. In order to prevent competing canal construction between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, it was planned to cross the Aare twice in the construction.
business
The slightly more than eight kilometers long route had two intermediate stations, the Interlaken station, today Interlaken West, and the Zollhaus station, today Interlaken Ost. The railway had two-axle steam locomotives, of which the number 3 Zephir from 1874 is still preserved. The trains ran mainly in summer and the two-story carriages with an open upper deck were remarkable. In order to enable the transfer of wagons from other railways, the railroad operated two additional steamers on Lake Thun until 1893 . The screw steamers BB I and BB II built by Escher Wyss AG could carry four to five freight wagons on one track per trip and cover the 18-kilometer route from Scherzligen near Thun to Därligen in one hour and 40 minutes.
The railway was independent until September 1, 1876 and was then administered by the Chemins de fer du Jura bernois until December 31, 1888 . Then she went to a sole proprietorship. For twenty years the Bödelibahn operated away from any other railway line on the Lütschinen Delta . On July 1, 1893, when the Thunerseebahn opened, the Därligen – Interlaken (east) section was leased to the Thunerseebahn and the Interlaken (east) –Bönigen section became itself again, from March 1, 1895, from the Jura-Simplon -Bahn (JS) managed.
On January 1, 1900, the BB sold the entire property of the Thunerseebahn. This company merged in 1913 with BLS , which still operates the Därligen – Interlaken Ost route as part of the Spiez – Interlaken connection to this day.
After the extension of the Brünig Railway to Interlaken, the Interlaken Ost – Bönigen line lost much of its importance, so that passenger traffic was finally discontinued in 1969. In the same year, the section from the BLS workshop at the level of the Lütschinenbrücke station to the landing stage in Bönigen was dismantled. The section from Interlaken Ost to the workshop still exists today as an industrial ice system.
Rolling stock
Locomotives
- E 2/2 1 Bise , canceled
- E 2/2 2 hair dryer , canceled
- E 2/2 3 Zephyr , preserved in working order
dare
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bern - Lötschberg - Simplon Railway (BLS). Interlaken Ost - Bönigen In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar