Bernese Oberland Railways
The Bernese Oberland Railways AG ( BOB ), based in Interlaken is a company incorporated on November 2, 1888, but only in the context of financial recovery after the Second World War into the commercial register Swiss narrow gauge railway -Gesellschaft in the Bernese Oberland . She operates
- the meter-gauge Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) from Interlaken Ost via Zweilütschinen to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald , which opened on July 1, 1890 , as well
- the Schynige Platte Railway (SPB) starting from Wilderswil , a pure cogwheel railway in 80 cm track, which opened on June 14, 1893 and was taken over by the BOB with a purchase contract of February 5, 1895.
Both railways have been electrified with 1500 volts direct current since 1914.
Corporate structure
In 2000, BOB (33% stake) and Jungfraubahn Holding (JBH, 67% stake) founded Jungfraubahnen Management AG as a joint operating company.
Since the takeover of the Schynige Platte Railway (SPB) in 1895, the Berner Oberland Railway has kept separate statistics for its two railway lines. In contrast to the tourist area SPB make the Bernese Oberland Railway obtain s for the route of the Bernese Oberland Railway public-sector compensation.
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Berner Oberland- Bahnen AG 33% |
Jungfraubahn Holding AG (JHB) 67% |
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Bernese Oberland Railway (BOB) |
Schynige Platte Railway (SPB) |
Jungfrau Railway AG (JB) |
Wengernalp Railway AG (WAB) |
Lauterbrunnen – Mürren AG mountain railway |
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The share capital of Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG is divided into 123,410 bearer shares with a nominal value of 100 francs. Because the BOB are active in public transport , the federal government and canton have acquired a majority of the shares. Hold significant stakes in Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG:
- Swiss Confederation, 36%
- Canton of Bern, 34%
- Rolly Fly SA Holding, Chur, 11% (owned by Rolf Georg, in turn owner of Georg Verkehrsorganization )
- Jungfraubahn Holding AG, Interlaken, 8%
In 2017 the Bernese Oberland Railway counted 3.243 million and the Schynige Platte Railway around 240,000 passengers. The company thus achieved an operating income of CHF 40.015 million.
literature
- Hans Häsler: The Bernese Oberland Railways. Minirex AG, Lucerne, ISBN 3-907014-04-9 .
- Ralf Roman Rossberg : The Jungfrau region and its railways. Hallwag, Bern / Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-444-06064-5 .
- Wolfgang Finke: The vehicles of the Jungfrau Railways 1 . A book on DVD, Verlag tram-tv, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813669-2-1
- Wolfgang Finke: The vehicles of the Jungfrau Railways 2 . A book on DVD, tram-tv publisher, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813669-3-8
Web links
- Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG , on the Jungfrau Railways Management AG website
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of "Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Bern
- ↑ a b Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG . On the Jungfraubahnen Management AG website, accessed on October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of Berner Oberland-Bahnen to the General Meeting of Shareholders covering the period from January 1 to December 31, 1895. PDF on Wikimedia
- ^ Thomas Frey and Hans-Ulrich Schiedt: Berner Oberlandbahnen . In: bahndaten.ch, data on the Swiss railways 1847–1920. Via Storia, Center for Transport History at the University of Bern, accessed on October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Service agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the infrastructure operator Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG for the years 2017–2020. On the website of the BAV , accessed on October 7, 2018
- ↑ Annual report 2017 of the Bern Oberland-Bahnen. On the Jungfraubahnen Management AG website, accessed on October 7, 2018.