Bern-Neuchâtel railway
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Viaducts like the Gümmenenviadukt are the Swiss Plateau a rarity.
The Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn ( BN ) is a former Swiss railway company. The Bern – Neuchâtel railway line operated by it connects Bern in an almost straight line via Gümmenen , Kerzers and Ins with Neuchâtel and is therefore also called the Direct Line .
The route of the Bern-Neuchâtel railway was opened on July 1, 1901. Shortly before, on 15./20. June 1901, an operating contract was concluded with the Thunerseebahn , which provided for joint administration and management. It was electrified in two stages between 1923 and 1928.
In June 1997, the BN merged with the Spiez-Erlenbach-Zweisimmen-Bahn , the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn and the Berner Alpenbahn-Gesellschaft Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon to form the BLS Lötschbergbahn .
Web links
Wikisource: Announcement concerning the list annexed to the International Convention on Freight Transport by Rail. May 20, 1901 - Sources and full texts
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weissenbach, Placid: The railway system of Switzerland first part: The history of the railway system . 1st edition. Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8457-2044-9 , pp. 224 f .