Solothurn – Worblaufen railway line

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Solothurn – Worblaufen
Timetable field : 308
Route length: 29.71 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Power system : 1250 volts  =
Maximum slope : 30  ‰
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0.00 Solothurn 432  m above sea level M.
   
 1.97 Bleichenberg (until 2008) 460  m above sea level M.
Plan-free intersection - above
 Solothurn – Burgdorf railway line
Station, station
 3.00 Biberist RBS 459  m above sea level M.
   
 4.76 Ammannsegg (until 2008) 475  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 6.15 Lohn - Lüterkofen 465  m above sea level M.
   
 7.41 Küttigkofen -Kräiligen (until 2008) 475  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 9.98 Bätterkinden 472  m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 12.33 Shells 501  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 13.97 Büren to the yard 506  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 15.05 Fraubrunnen 495  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 16.25 Grafenried 518  m above sea level M.
   
 Jegenstorf Spital (until May 1984)
Station, station
 20.03 Jegenstorf 521  m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 22.21 Urtenen 530  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 23.17 Schönbühl RBS 525  m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 23.56 Schönbühl Shoppyland 525  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 24.37 Moosseedorf 530  m above sea level M.
Plan-free intersection - below
 Biel / Bienne – Bern railway line
Station without passenger traffic
 25.61 Zollikofen East 548  m above sea level M.
Station, station
 26.95 Zollikofen 560  m above sea level M.
   
 to Bern
   
 SBB standard gauge track from Zollikofen / Rütti
Station, station
 27.41 Oberzollikofen 560  m above sea level M.
   
 from Worb Dorf
   
 from Unterzollikofen
Station, station
 29.71 Worblaufen ( wedge station ) 520  m above sea level M.
Route - straight ahead
 to Bern

The Solothurn – Worblaufen railway is a 29.71-kilometer, meter-gauge and electrified railway line in the cantons of Bern and Solothurn in Switzerland . It was opened in the Solothurn – Zollikofen section in 1916 by the Solothurn – Bern Electric Narrow Gauge Railway (ESB), which merged with the Bern – Zollikofen Railway to form the Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Railway (SZB) in 1922 . In 1924, the Zollikofen – Worblaufen line was opened, which allowed trains to run directly between Bern and Solothurn (until then, you had to change trains in Zollikofen). In 1984 the merger to form regional transport Bern – Solothurn (RBS) followed. Passenger traffic is now integrated into the Bern S-Bahn ; the remaining freight traffic was carried out through SBB Cargo's network access until December 2012 .

Today the route is served by the S8 and RE ( RegioExpress ) lines. The center of operations is Worblaufen , there is also a depot and the RBS workshop. All trains run beyond Worblaufen on the Zollikofen – Bern line to the Swiss federal city.

The route is constantly being improved. There is multiple tracks between Worblaufen and Jegenstorf and between Grafenried and Fraubrunnen .

Operating points

RBS trains in Worblaufen
The Bätterkinden station in 1916
Operating office Track system Installation Remarks
Worblauf Wedge station: six tracks, two central barriers, two outer barriers 1912 * 1973 Large siding field, several depot facilities, three-rail track to Oberzollikofen
Oberzollikofen Central platform and third track 1974 Transfer track normal / narrow gauge (three-rail track)
Zollikofen Two outside platforms 1916 * 2005 Shared station with the SBB (lines S3 to Lyss - Biel / Bienne, S4 to Burgdorf - Affoltern-Weier)
Prodega Service station Direction Jegenstorf after the section at the SBB underpass (line to Biel)
Moosseedorf Central platform 1916 * 1990 partly underground
Schönbühl Shoppyland Central platform and a siding 1975 * 1999
Schönbühl RBS Two outside platforms 1916 * 1989 New construction on the other side of the level crossing
Urtenen Two outside platforms
Jegenstorf One outside and one middle platform, three tracks 1916 * 1998 The first track is only butt track
Grafenried Two outside platforms 1916 * 1956 * 2008
Fraubrunnen House platform, intermediate platform 1916 * 2008 Intermediate platform not used during normal operation
Büren to the yard Two tracks, house platform 1916 Requirement stop, superstructure warehouse
Shells bus stop 1916 Requirement stop
court Service station 2002 End of Bätterkinden's double track
Bätterkinden House platform, intermediate platform 1916 Sidings
Küttikofen-Kräiligen bus stop 1916 Until 2008, the stop on demand with reduced service, since then no longer served
Lohn-Lüterkofen Central platform 1916 Sidings
Ammannsegg bus stop 1916 Until 2008, the stop on demand with reduced service, since then no longer served
Biberist RBS Two outside platforms 1916 * 2013 Two-track part offset and extended. New platforms with pedestrian underpass.
Bleichenberg bus stop 1916 Until 2008, the stop on demand with reduced service, since then no longer served
Solothurn Central platform 1916 * 1968 large parking area and depot

literature

  • Theo Stolz, Paul Bucher: Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn. History and rolling stock . Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn, Worblaufen 1979
  • Hans G. Wägli: Railway Profile Switzerland '05 . Diplory Verlag, Grafenried 2004, no ISBN.
  • Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network and Swiss rail profile CH + . AS-Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9 .

Web links

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