Langenthal-Melchnau Railway
The Langenthal-Melchnau-Bahn , abbreviated LMB , is a former railway company in Switzerland , which was founded on April 21, 1913 in the Löwen inn in Melchnau , with its headquarters in Langenthal .
As of December 31, 1917, the share capital was 987,000 francs, divided into 1974 shares with a nominal value of 500 francs.
In 1958, the railway company merged with the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn , abbreviated LMB, to what was then Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen , abbreviated OJB.
Langental – St. Urban-Melchnau
On October 6, 1917, the Langenthal-Melchnau-Bahn railway company opened the meter- gauge narrow - gauge railway line from Langenthal via Roggwil and St. Urban to Melchnau, which was electrically operated from the start in the cantons of Bern and Lucerne .
She was the owner of the Langenthal Gaswerk railway, where it branched off from the Langenthal – Aarwangen – Niederbipp – Oensingen railway, which was originally owned by the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn .
The management was from the beginning with the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn. She was responsible for the operational management and carried out the maintenance of the vehicle fleet of the Langenthal-Melchnau-Bahn in his workshop in Langenthal in addition to the maintenance of its own vehicle fleet.
Since 2012 only the Langenthal – Langenthal Gaswerk – St. Urban – St. Urban brick through the Today's transport companies of public transport mobile Aare Seeland , abbreviated ASM operated.
Vehicle fleet
The fleet of vehicles procured at the start of operations was coordinated with the fleet of vehicles in view of the operational management delegated to the Langenthal-Jura-Bahn. The vehicles corresponded to the same standards and could be freely used on the entire route network.
The initial equipment of the vehicle fleet consisted of the following vehicles:
Motor cars and locomotives
- CFe 4/4 6 (SIG / BBC) 1917
- Ce 2/2 14 Melchnauerli (SIG / MFO) 1917
- Ge 4/4 56 (SIG / BBC) 1917
Passenger cars
- C 2 16 to 19 (SWS) 1917
Freight wagons
- K 2 36 and 37 (SIG) 1917
- L 2 46 (SIG) 1917
- OR 66 to 68 1917
literature
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Schneeberger: The branch line: A search for traces in Oberaargau In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 7, 2017
- ↑ www.pospichal.net, chapter Langenthal-Melchnau-Bahn ( accessed on September 10, 2012)
- ↑ www.aargauerzeitung.ch, Aargauer Zeitung, updated article from June 28, 2012 End of a railway history in Oberaargau ( 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. (Accessed September 10, 2012)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: TU directory of the Federal Office of Transport, information on license no.5129 (accessed on March 4, 2014)
