List of rack railways in Switzerland

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The list of rack railways in Switzerland includes all existing and former rack railways in Switzerland.

Contents overview  
1 Appenzell-St. Gallen
2 Bern-Lucerne-Schwyz-Unterwalden
3 Graubünden-Uri-Wallis
4 Neuchâtel
5 Ticino
6 Vaud
7 Zurich
8 See also
9 literature
10 notes
11 individual evidence
Zürich Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Graubünden-Uri-Wallis Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Bern-Luzern-Schwyz-Unterwalden Appenzell-St. Gallen Appenzell-St. Gallen Appenzell-St. Gallen Graubünden-Uri-Wallis Tessin Waadt Graubünden-Uri-Wallis Neuenburg
A click in the area of ​​a canton leads to the corresponding section in the table below.

















Comments on the column headings

Region
Cantons 		Operator route Track
-wide
[mm],
2-track 		Pure cog railway Length
[km] 		Height
under-
difference
[m] 		Summit
height
[ m above sea level M. ] 		largest
tilt
clothes
[‰] 		Rack and
pinion
system 		Height pitch
circle
[mm] 		Height of tip
circle
[mm] 		Toothed
wheel
of 		Toothed
wheel
up 		Power system
Ap. - SG FROM Altstätten Stadt – Stoss (–Gais) 3 sections 1000 - 4.1 505 946 160 S. 48 63 1911 today 1500 V  =
FROM Rheineck rolling Hausen 1 section 1200 - 1.9 272 672 253 R. 70 86 1909-1958 today 600 V  =
FROM Rorschach – Heiden 1 section 1435 - 5.6 393 792 94 R. 70 88 1875 today 15 kV 16.7 Hz since 1930
FROM St. Gallen – Gais – Appenzell last 1 section , previously 7 sections 1000 - 20.1 259 928 100 R-Klose, S, VR 48 63 1889 2018 1500 V  = since 1931
MSG St. Gallen – Mühlegg 1200 X 0.3 68 744 228 R. 1950 1975 500 V 50 Hz
BE - LU - SZ
- Uw. (-BL)		 BOB (Interlaken–) Zweilütschinen – Grindelwald 2 sections 1000 - 11.2 382 1034 90 R-Pauli, VR 62.5 80.5 1890 today 1500 V  = since 1914
BOB (Interlaken–) Zweilütschinen – Lauterbrunnen 2 sections 1000 - 4.1 145 797 120 R-Pauli, VR 62.5 80.5 1890 today 1500 V  = since 1914
BOB Wilderswil – Schynige Platte 800 X 7.3 1403 1987 250 R-Pauli, S. 40 56 1893 today 1500 V  = since 1914
BRB Brienz – Rothorn Kulm 800 X 7.6 1678 2244 250 Dept 35 50 1892 today
BrMB Well – Morschach-Axenstein 1000 X 2.0 268 705 170 S. 1905 1969 750 V 50 Hz  Δ
JB Kleine Scheidegg – Jungfraujoch 1000 X 9.3 1393 3454 250 S, VR 55 70 1898-1912 today 1125 V 50 Hz  Δ
PB Alpnachstad – Pilatus 800 X 4.3 1629 2066 480 Perforator 74 94 1889 today 1550 V  = since 1937
RB Arth-Goldau-Rigi Staffel-Rigi Kulm 1435 X 8.6 1236 1752 200 R. 0 18th 1873-1875 today 1500 V  = since 1907
RB Vitznau – Rigi Staffel – Rigi Kulm 1435 X 6.9 1317 1752 250 R. 0 18th 1871-1873 today 1500 V  = since 1937
WAB Lauterbrunnen – Witimatte – Wengwald – Wengen – Kleine Scheidegg – Grindelwald 800 X 19.1 1264 2061 250 R-Pauli, VR 40 65 1893-1910 today 1500 V  = since 1909
WAB Witimatte – Wengen (old route) 800 X 2.0 448 1278 250 R-Pauli 40 65 1893 2009 1500 V  = since 1909
e.g. (Lucerne–) Giswil – Meiringen (Brünigbahn) 4 sections 1000 - 16.2 517 1002 128 R-Pauli, VR 62.5 80.5 1888 today 15 kV 16.7 Hz since 1941
e.g. (Lucerne–) Grafenort – Engelberg 1 section 1000 - 7.1 430 999 105 R-Pauli, VR 62.5 80.5 1898 today 15 kV 16.7 Hz
Laufen quarry line 1435 - ≈0.3 2 50 R. 1877 1930
Works railway quarry Ostermundigen 1 section 1435 - 2.0 33 100 Marsh 1871 1902
GR - UR - VS ATG Tscheppa – Las Rueras works track 1 section 1000 - 2.2 85 1420 70 Dept 45 65 1998 2014 11 kV 16.7 Hz
DFB Realp – Furkapass – Oberwald historically 4 sections, today 5 sections 1000 - 17.9 796 2162 118 Dept 45 65 1915-1926 today (11 kV 16 Hz) 1942–1981
GGB Zermatt – Gornergrat 1000 X 9.3 1485 3089 200 Dept 35 55 1898 today 725 V 50 Hz  Δ
LLB Leuk – Leukerbad 3 sections 1000 - 10.4 768 1394 160 Dept 1915 1967 1500 V  =
MGB Andermatt – Oberalppass – Disentis 4 sections 1000 - 29.0 903 2033 110 Dept 45 65 1926 today 11 kV 16.7 Hz since 1940–1941
MGB (Brig–) Betten valley station – Fürgangen-Bellwald (–Andermatt) 3 sections 1000 - 10.2 311 1202 90 Dept 45 65 1915 today 11 kV 16.7 Hz since 1941
MGB Göschenen – Andermatt 1 section 1000 - 3.7 330 1436 181 Dept 45 65 1917 today 11 kV 16.7 Hz
MGB Visp – Zermatt 5 sections 1000 - 35.0 954 1605 126 Dept 45 65 1890-1891 today 11 kV 16.7 Hz since 1929
TMR Martigny – Finhaut (–Saint-Gervais) 1 section 1000 - 14.7 757 1224 200 S. 123 138 1906 today 850 V  =
NE NCB Neuchâtel Gare – Neuchâtel Evole 1000 - 1.1 R. 1892 1898
TI MG Capolago – Monte Generoso 800 X 9.0 1319 1592 220 Dept 35 50 1890 today 750 V  = since 1982
VD LO Lausanne Flon-Ouchy 1435 X 1.5 100 473 116 S, VR 1958 2006 15 kV 16.7 Hz
MVR (Vevey–) Blonay – Les Pléiades 1 section 1000 - 4.8 728 1348 200 S. 55 70 1911 today 900 V  =
MVR Montreux – Glion – Rochers de Naye 800 X 10.4 1578 1973 220 Dept 35 50 1892-1909 today 850 V  = since 1909–1938
TP Trait planches 1000 X 0.6 140 R. 1898 1912 450 V  =
TPC Aigle – Leysin-Grand-Hôtel 1 section 1000 - 6.2 1047 1451 230 Dept 91 106 1900 today 1500 V  =
TPC (Aigle–) Monthey-Ville – Champéry 3 sections 1000 - 12.3 635 1043 135 Dept 91 106 1908 today 1500 V  =
TPC Bex – Villars-sur-Ollon – Bretaye 2 sections 1000 - 17.0 1397 1808 200 Dept 89 104 1898-1913 today 750 V  =
Clarens slaughterhouse railway 1435 - 0.2 47 VR 1911 1971
ZH Db Zurich, Römerhof – Grand Hotel Dolder 1000 X 1.3 161 606 196 VR 55 71 1973 today 600 V  =
Lehmgrube Laubegg works railway, Zurich- Wiedikon 400 - Marsh 1948 1953
Werkbahn Rüti ZH , machine factory 1435 - 1.1 12 100 R. 1877 1997

See also

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Altstätten Stadt – Alter Zoll, Alter Zoll – Warmesberg, Kreuzstrasse – Stoss AR (total 3.26 km)
  2. ↑ The culmination point is on the adhesion section in Hebrig.
  3. ↑ 1911–1953 operation with 1000 V  =
  4. ↑ Ruderbach – Walzenhausen (1.26 km)
  5. ↑ The Ruderbach – Walzenhausen funicular opened in 1896
  6. ↑ Rheineck – Ruderbach 1909–1958 Operation with 500 V 50 Hz  Δ
  7. ↑ Seebleiche – Heiden (5.67 km)
  8. ↑ St. Gallen - assembly point 259 m, Appenzell - assembly point 142 m height difference
  9. ↑ The culmination point in the assembly point has been on the adhesion section since the rack between the assembly point and Appenzell was removed in 1977/78.
  10. ↑ Opening of the Ruckhaldetunnel
  11. ↑ 1893–1949 funicular, 1949–1950 reconstruction
  12. ↑ 1975 conversion into an inclined lift
  13. ↑ Lütschental – Burglauenen (1.8 km) and Schwendi - Grindelwald (1.2 km)
  14. ↑ a b only Von Roll since the racks were replaced
  15. ↑ Zweilütschinen – Sandweid (1.1 km) and a section before Lauterbrunnen (0.7 km). The total length of the track with rack on the Berner Oberland Railway is 4.78 km according to the 2015 annual report.
  16. ↑ 1914–1931 Operations ceased
  17. ↑ The Eismeer – Jungfraujoch section, which was opened in 1912, was only partially used by cogwheels until 1951.
  18. ↑ 1898–1960 operation with 650 V 40 Hz  Δ (originally given as 500 V 38 Hz  Δ ), 1960–1964 with 650 V 50 Hz  Δ
  19. ↑ steepest cog railway in the world
  20. ↑ The height of the horizontal axis of the rack is specified under the pitch circle height.
  21. ^ 1959 Adhesion valley section abandoned
  22. ↑ Double lane between Freibergen and Kaltbad (1.9 km)
  23. ↑ according to the inauguration date, Europe's oldest cog railway, cf. Ostermundigen quarry line
  24. ↑ Lauterbrunnen – Kleine Scheidegg 1264 m, Grindelwald Grund – Kleine Scheidegg 1117 m difference in altitude
  25. ↑ Lauterbrunnen – Kleine Scheidegg 190 ‰
  26. ↑ Giswil – Brünig-Hasliberg 517 m, Meiringen – Brünig-Hasliberg 407 m difference in altitude
  27. ↑ Giswil – Brünig-Hasliberg 110 ‰
  28. ↑ a b c until 2010 Obermatt – Ghärst (1.8 of 7.5 km with a 246 ‰ gradient), since then Engelberg Grafenort – Engelberg tunnel (3.8 of 7.1 km with a 105 ‰ gradient)
  29. ↑ 1898–1964 operation with 750–850 V 33 Hz  Δ
  30. ↑ The municipality belonged to the canton of Bern until 1989 , today it is in the canton of Basel-Landschaft
  31. ↑ dismantled around 1940
  32. ↑ near Ostermundigenberg (0.5 km)
  33. ↑ first gear-wheel-operated industrial railway in the world, opened on October 6, 1871, start of operation, however, controversial (according to Kilian T. Elsasser: Gnom . Niklaus Riggenbach - The mountain railway pioneer and his gear-wheel steam locomotive "Gnom". AS Verlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-905111 -80-2 .)
  34. ↑ 1900 operation ceased
  35. ↑ Works track to the Porta Alpina construction site (≈1.7 km)
  36. ↑ Oberwald – Furka summit tunnel 796 m, Realp DFB – Furka summit tunnel 616 m height difference.
  37. ↑ The culmination point is on the adhesion section in the Furka vertex tunnel .
  38. ↑ 1981 ceased operations, 1992–2010 reopened as a museum railway
  39. ↑ a b According to the contemporary article electrification Andermatt-Disentis of the FO-Bahn and Schöllenenbahn conversion to single-phase alternating current. In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 115, Issue 4 , the voltage at the start of electrical operation was 11.0 kV 16 ⅔ Hz as it is today. Hans G. Wägli, on the other hand, writes on page 69 in Schienennetz Schweiz that electrical operation was 11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz had been recorded.
  40. ↑ In 1909 the route on the Gornergrat was extended by 310 m.
  41. ↑ 1898–1930 operation with 550 V 40 Hz  Δ
  42. ↑ Leuk – Leuk Stadt (1.9 km), Rumeling – Russengraben (3.0 km), before Leukerbad (0.5 km)
  43. ↑ Disentis – Oberalppass 903 m, Andermatt – Oberalppass 597 m difference in altitude
  44. ↑ Andermatt – Oberalppass July / August 1940 for material transport provisionally with 1000 V  = , then electrified with 11 kV or 11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz depending on the source
  45. ↑ 1917–1941 Operation with 1000 V  = , then depending on the source with 11 kV or 11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz electrified
  46. ↑ since the Randa landslide in 1991 with a 120 ‰ steep counter slope
  47. ↑ originally 10.5–11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz
  48. ↑ Salvan (2.4 km)
  49. ↑ The culmination point is on the adhesion section in Finhaut.
  50. ↑ partly with side busbar , originally 750 V  =
  51. ↑ Régional Neuchâtel – Cortaillod – Boudry
  52. ↑ replaced by electric tram in adhesion mode
  53. ↑ Operation 2014–2015 ceased (new summit building)
  54. ↑ Lausanne Flon – Gare CFF – Ouchy: 1877–1958 funicular, 1958–2008 cog railway
    Lausanne Flon – Gare CFF: 1879–1954 funicular, 1954–2008 cog railway
  55. ↑ Pneumetro since 2008
  56. ↑ Blonay – Les Pléiades (4.8 km). The terminus Les Pléiades and part of the Blonay train station are also equipped with a rack.
  57. ↑ Originally a pure cog railway, now continuous trains Vevey – Blonay – Les Pléiades
  58. ↑ Vevey – Blonay originally 750 V  = , later the whole distance 800 V  =
  59. ↑ Montreux – Glion originally 800 V  =
  60. ↑ The rack was not between the rails, as with all other rack railways, but on the side of the track.
  61. ↑ 1918 dismantling
  62. ↑ Aigle-Dépôt AL – Leysin-Grand-Hôtel (5.3 km)
  63. ↑ Leysin-Village – Leysin-Feydey two-pronged
  64. ↑ 1900–1946 operation with 600 V  =
  65. ↑ Monthey – En Place – Pont de Chemex, Fayot – Val-d'Illiez and La Cour – Champéry Village (today a total of 5.3 km)
  66. ↑ Champéry-Village
  67. ↑ up to 2016 Strub system with 70 mm pitch circle - 85 mm head circle height
  68. ↑ In 1990 the route was extended by 840 m in Champéry, the previous terminus became Champéry-Village.
  69. ↑ 1907–2016 operation with 750–950 V  =
  70. ↑ Bevieux – Gryon (5.0 km) and Villars-sur-Ollon – Col-de-Bretaye (4.7 km)
  71. ↑ originally 650 V  =
  72. ↑ 1895–1972 funicular, 1972–1973 reconstruction / extension
  73. ↑ from 1962 the Strub rack and pinion system

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Waldburger: The St. Gallen - Mühlegg Railway . Continued from issue 3/1995. In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 4 . Minirex, 1995, ISSN  1022-7113 , pp. 150-156 .
  2. ↑ a b The rack railways according to Riggenbach's system and the new Drachenfels railway. Volume 2 (1883), Issue 7 (E-Periodica.ch, 2.0 MB)