List of former Swiss railway lines

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It lists all public, passenger-operated railway lines that have either been discontinued or whose passenger traffic has been abandoned. Former works railways are also taken into account. Funicular railways and the individual tram routes operated by the city's tram companies are not listed. Status: 2017

Relocated sections of the route, such as open lines that have been replaced by a tunnel, are included in the list of relocated Swiss railway sections .


Contents overview  
1 Former route sections
1.1 Aargau
1.2 Appenzell AR-Glarus-St. Gallen
1.3 Bern-Solothurn
1.4 Basel
1.5 Freiburg-Vaud
1.6 Geneva
1.7 Graubünden-Ticino
1.8 Lucerne-Schwyz-Unterwalden
1.9 Neuchâtel
1.10 Schaffhausen
1.11 Uri-Wallis
1.12 Zug
1.13 Zurich
1.14 Notes
2 Railway ferry service
3 See also
4 literature
5 Other web links
6 individual proofs
Aargau Appenzell AR, GL und SG AR, Glarus und SG AR, GL und St. Gallen Bern und SO BE und Solothurn Basel-Landschaft und BS BL und Basel-Stadt Freiburg und VD FR und Waadt Genf Graubünden und TI GR und Tessin Jura Luzern, SZ und Uw. LU, Schwyz und Uw. LU, SZ, Nidwalden und OW LU, SZ, NW und Obwalden Neuenburg Schaffhausen Uri und VS UR und Wallis Zug Zürich Bodenseefähren
A click in the area of ​​a canton or Lake Constance leads to the corresponding section in the table below.

Former route sections

Comments on the column headings

  • (Operating mode) since : For sections of the route that have been operated electrically since the opening of operations, the year of electrification with the current power system is written in brackets.
  • Transportation of standard-gauge wagons : Loading stations for roller-block or roller- bolster traffic are underlined.
  • Weblink: Corresponding article in discontinued courses
Region
Cantons
Operation
through
route Track
wide
mm
Length
km
opening Check-
STEL
development
Operating mode since Transportation
of standard
gauge wagons
comment
Web
link
AG (-LU) SBB Beinwil am See – Beromünster 1435 2.7 1887-1906 2001 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1930 1992 passenger traffic ceased, Reinach-Menziken reopened in 2003 by WSB in meter gauge
SBB Koblenz – Laufenburg 1435 17.1 1892 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1944 1994 passenger traffic ceased
SBB Lenzburg – Wildegg 1435 4.0 1895 1994 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1930 partly available as a siding
SBB Wettingen – Mellingen 1435 7.4 1877 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1946 2004 passenger traffic ceased
WM Villmergen – Fahrwangen-Meisterschwanden 1435 6.1 1916 1999 15 kV 16.7 Hz (1966) Wohlen – Villmergen received as a siding [1]
Kalkbahn Rekingen 600 1.3 1913 1981 diesel Factory track [2]
Tonbahn Bözenegg ( Schinznach-Dorf - Zurich brickworks ) 600 0.6 1935 2000 diesel Factory railway operation ceased, today privately owned (Bözenegg-Eriwis-Bahn) [3]
AR - GL - SG FROM St. Gallen Winkeln – Herisau 1000 4.5 1875 1913 steam Rollbucks 1898–1899 Replacement by route Gossau SG – Herisau [4]
IRR Service of the International Rhine Regulation 750 33 1895 2006 750 V  = , steam, diesel 1946-1950 since 2008 museum trains [5]
MSG St. Gallen – Mühlegg 1200 0.3 1950 1975 500 V 50 Hz (1950) Until 1949 funicular, 1975 conversion to inclined lift
RhSt Altstätten Bild – Heerbrugg – Berneck 1000 9.9 1897 1940 1000 V  = (1897)
RhSt Heerbrugg – Diepoldsau 1000 3.6 1915 1954 1000 V  = (1915)
SBB Weesen – Näfels 1435 4.0 1859 1917 steam superfluous due to the parallel route from Ziegelbrücke to Näfels, canceled in 1931
SeTB Schwanden-Elm 1000 13.8 1905 1969 750 V  = (1905) [6]
SGA Altstätten City – Altstätten 1000 1.1 1897 1975 1000 V  = (1897) 1973 RhSt operation ceased
VBSG St. Gallen tram 1000 12.2 1897 1957 550-600 V  = (1897) urban tram, shared route St. Gallen – St. Gallen Marktplatz taken over by Trogenerbahn in 1957
BE - SO ASm St. Urban brickworks-Melchnau 1000 5.2 1917 2012 1200 V  = (1917) Concession canceled, route canceled in 2015; see also OJB
BN Gampelen - Institutions Witzwil 1435 3.3 1901 1999 diesel Siding
BLS Interlaken Ost – Bönigen 1435 2.2 1874 1969 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1920 Retained as a siding up to the Bönigen workshop [7]
BLS AG Sumiswald-Grünen-Wasen i. E. 1435 5.2 1908 2009 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1945 1994 Passenger traffic ceased, retained as a siding up to km 2.03 [8th]
BLS AG Sumiswald-Grünen – Huttwil 1435 14.8 1908 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1946 2009 Passenger traffic stopped, route taken over by ETB [9]
BMB Biel Mett – Meinisberg 1000 6.8 1913 1940 550 V  = 1926 Roller stool 1913–1923 [10]
EB Derendingen – Biberist 1435 3.0 1864 1884 horse Industrial horse track, lost in importance after the opening of the Biberist – Solothurn line in 1876
Bern gasworks Bern gasworks railway 1435 2.4 1906 1967 diesel 1961 Factory track [11]
LJB Oensingen – Oensingen schoolhouse 1000 ≈1.5 1907 1928 1200 V  = (1907)
LJB Niederbipp - Oensingen 1000 4.0 1907 1943 1200 V  = (1907) Reopened in 2012 with new lines
MRA Meiringen – Reichenbach – Aare Gorge 1000 2.8 1912 1956 500 V  = (1912) [12]
OJB St. Urban-Melchnau 1000 5.7 1917 1200 V  = , (1917) Roller stool since 1917 Roller trestle since ... 1982 passenger traffic ceased, 1989 on the St. Urban – St. Urban brick factory resumed; see also ASm
RM Mürren taxiway 500 ~ 0.5 1894 1945 horse Passenger traffic ceased in 1937, license expired in 1945 [13]
SBB (Rothrist–) Aarburg West – Aarburg South 1435 0.6 1940 (1940) steam " War loop ", electrified and activated in 2004 with 15 kV 16.7 Hz
SBB Büren on the Aare – Solothurn 1435 15.4 1876 1994 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1944 partially preserved as a siding
SBB Herzogenbuchsee – Inkwil 1435 3.1 1857 1992 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1944 partially preserved as a siding
SBB Inkwil – Solothurn 1435 10.4 1857 1992 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1944 Reopened in 2004 as the upgraded Solothurn – Wanzwil line
SBB Driveways to the old Biel / Bienne train station 1435 ~ 3.0 1857 1923 steam partially preserved as a siding
SCB Biel / Bienne – Nidau 1435 0.8 1858 1860 steam Connection to Lake Biel shipping, replacement by route Biel – Neuchâtel. First discontinued railway line in Switzerland.
STB Gümmenen – Laupen 1435 4.6 1904 1993 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz Catenary dismantled, track partially preserved [14]
STJ Steffisburg – Thun – Interlaken 1000 25.8 1913-1914 1939-1958 1000-1100 V  = (1913-1914) [15]
SV Spiez train station – Spiez harbor 1000 1.2 1905 1960 550 V  = (1905) [16]
SZB Zollikofen – Unterzollikofen 1000 1.2 1912 1974 1250 V  = (1912) Replacement by Rüttilinie [17]
TrB Biel tram 1000 8.0 1877 1948 550–600 V  = , previously horses 1902 urban tram
VBW Ittigen forest house 1000 1.6 1913 1974 800 V  = (1913) Re-routing via Worblaufen [18]
VHB Huttwil – Eriswil 1435 4.0 1915 1978 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1946 1975 Passenger traffic ceased [19]
WAB Witimatte – Rohrfluh – Wengen 800 2.0 1893 2007 1500 V  = 1909 Rack railway, ceased passenger traffic in 1910, re-routing [20]
Bärschwil plaster railway 600 2.6 1894 1952 uphill horses, downhill gravity Factory track [21]
Industrial railway Drahtwerke / Renfer Biel Mett-Bözingen 1000 1.5 1910 1994 Battery, steam (until 1967), diesel [22]
Industrial railway Federal munitions factory 750 5.6 1917-1924 1996 diesel 1996 [23]
Ostermundigen quarry 1435 2.0 1871 1902 steam partly rack railway, factory railway to the quarry
BL - BS HBS St. Johann port railway 1435 0.6 1911 2009 freight traffic only
Railgate Freight railway Dreispitz 1435 14.9 1901 2016 diesel freight traffic only
SG Sissach – Gelterkinden 1000 3.1 1891 1916 500-550 V  = (1891) became superfluous after the construction of the Hauenstein base tunnel [24]
Laufen BL , quarry 1435 ≈0.3 1877 ~ 1940 steam partly rack railway, factory railway
FR - VD AAG Allaman-Gimel 1000 9.9 1896-1898 1950-1952 650 V  = (1896–1898) [25]
CEV Blonay – Chamby 1000 2.9 1902 1966 900 V  = (1902) 1998–2000 on a trial basis, continued to be used for business trips and museum trains [26]
CEV Saint-Légier – Châtel-Saint-Denis 1000 6.8 1904 1969 900 V  = (1904) [27]
CCB Clarens-Blonay 1000 5.5 1911-1915 1943-1955 750-900 V  = (1911-1915) [28]
GB Gland – Begnins 1000 3.7 1906 1954 750 V  = (1906) [29]
LO Lausanne-Flon-Sébellion 1435 ~ 1.5 1953 1979 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz (1953) Replacement by Métro Lausanne
NC Nyon – Crassier – border CH / F (–Divonne-les-Bains) 1435 3.4 1905 1962 Steam, diesel Nyon – Eysins received as a siding [30]
REJ La Sallaz – En Marin – Moudon SBB 1000 22.0 1902 1962-1963 750-950 V  = (1902) Taken over by Tramways Lausanne in 1910
REJ En Marin – Savigny 1000 4.9 1902 1963 750-950 V  = (1902) Taken over by Tramways Lausanne in 1910
RG Rolle – Gimel 1000 10.5 1898 1938 650 V  = (1898) [31]
SBB Vallorbe – border CH / F (–Pontarlier) 1435 3.2 1875 1940 steam 1939 passenger traffic ceased
OS Bussigny – Denges-Echandens 1435 1.0 1856 1868 steam Connection loop, reactivated in 1971
TF Freiburg tram 1000 6.8 1897 1965 550-600 V  = (1897) urban tram
TL Lausanne tram 1000 66.1 1896 1964 550-600 V  = (1896) urban tram
TP Trait planches 1000 0.6 1898 1912 450 V  = (1898) Rack railway
VMCV Vevey – Montreux – Villeneuve 1000 13.0 1888-1903 1952-1958 500-600 V  = (1888–1903) first electric tram in Switzerland [32]
Gravel track Sudan Estavannens– Grandvillard 750 2.4 1965 2008 diesel Factory track [33]
Clarens slaughterhouse 1435 0.2 1911 1971 Rack railway, factory railway
Sugiez – Bellechasse Prison 1435 ~ 2.4 circa 1960 around 1995 Siding
GE CCR Carouge – Croix-de-Rozon – CH-F border (–Collonges-sous-Salève) 1000 4.6 1907-1908 1939-1952 550 V  = (1907-1908) from 1930 to Compagnie des Tramways Genevoise Électriques leased [34]
GV Genève Cours de Rive – Veyrier – CH-F border (–Veyrier-Gare-du-Salève) 1000 5.4 1887-1891 1936-1956 550 V  = (1887-1891) from 1936 to Compagnie des Tramways Genevoise Électriques leased [35]
GR - TI ACT Lugano tram 1000 7.5 1896 1959 1000 V  = (1910) urban tram
ATG Tscheppa-Las Rueras 1000 2.2 1998 2014 11 kV 16.7 Hz (1998) Rack railway, works track to the Porta Alpina construction site
BA Biasca-Acquarossa-Comprovasco 1000 13.8 1911 1973 1200 V  = (1911) [36]
FART Ponte Brolla – Bignasco 1000 23.6 1907 1965 1200 V  = (1923) [37]
FRT Locarno tram 1000 4.6 1908 1960 1200 V  = (1908) Roller stool from 1952 urban tram
FMS Mendrisio – Stabio – border CH-I (–Varese) 1435 5.2 1926 1928 steam Existing as a siding, since 1993 Club del San Gottardo museum trains, restarted in 2014 [38]
LCD Lugano dinosaur 1000 7.8 1911 1966-1970 1000 V  = (1911) [39]
LT Lugano – Tesserete 1000 7.8 1909 1967 1000 V  = (1909) [40]
RhB Bellinzona-Castione-Arbedo 1000 3.4 1907 1972 1500 V  = (1907)
RhB Cama-Mesocco 1000 15.1 1907 1978 1500 V  = (1907) Roller stool from 1956 1972 Passenger traffic ceased
RhB, SEFT Castione-Arbedo-Cama 1000 12.7 1907 2003 1500 V  = (1907) Roller stool 1956-2003 1972 passenger traffic ceased, until 2013 electric museum trains
StrStM St. Moritz Dorf – St. Moritz Bad 1000 1.6 1896 1932 500-550 V  = (1896) [41]
TB Bellavista Tramway 600 0.4 1891 1912 horse [42]
TEM Riva S. Vitale – Chiasso Confine 1000 11.9 1910 1948-1950 800 V  = (1910) [43]
Bedretto, " Bedretto Window " 600 5.2 underground construction tunnel
Tonbahn Ziegelei Landquart 750 3.4 1890 1985 diesel Factory track [44]
JU CJ Bonfol border CH / F (-Dannemarie) 1435 1.4 1910 1970 steam Part preserved as a connection to the Bonfol landfill [45]
SBB Boncourt border CH-F (-Delle) 1435 1.2 1872 1996 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1933 2016 restart
LU - SZ - Uw.
(-AG-BE)
ARB Arth am See – Arth-Goldau (valley railway) 1435 2.6 1875 1959 540 V  = 1906 until 1882 partly rack railway [46]
BrMB Well – Morschach – Axenstein 1000 2.0 1905 1969 750 V 50 Hz  Δ (1905) Rack railway [47]
ASm St. Urban brickworks-Melchnau see Canton BE
KLB Luzern Obergrund – Kupferhammer 1435/1000 1.2 1886 1961 600 V  = 1926 1899–1900 conversion to meter gauge and delivery to TrL
KLB Kupferhammer – Kriens 1435 1.3 1886 1998 diesel 1968 Three- rail track 1900–1961 1900 Transfer to TrL
KLB Rösslimatt– copper hammer 1435 0.4 1973 2009 diesel freight traffic only
OJB St. Urban-Melchnau see Canton BE
RSB Rigi Kaltbad – Rigi Scheidegg 1000 6.7 1874 1931 steam [48]
SBB Beinwil am See – Beromünster see Canton AG
SStB Schwyz SBB – Schwyz – Brunnen landing stage 1000 7.1 1900-1915 1963 1000 V  = (1900-1915) [49]
StEB Stansstad ship station - Gerbi 1000 1.7 1898 1964 750-850 V 33 Hz Δ (1898) Replacement by the Hergiswil – Stans line [50]
ST Sursee-Triengen Railway 1435 9.1 1912 diesel 1971 Passenger traffic ceased, freight traffic and occasionally museum trains [51]
StSt Stans – Stansstad 1000 3.5 1893 1903 500 V  = Replacement by Stansstad-Engelberg-Bahn [52]
TrL Lucerne tram 1000 11.5 1899 1961 550-600 V  = urban tram
E.g. Mettlen floor 1000 4.2 1898 2011 15 kV 16.7 Hz (1964) partially rack railway, replacement by Engelberg tunnel [53]
Mühlibähnli , fountain 750 1.3 1885 2008 diesel Werkbahn Holcim cement works [54]
NE JS Le Creux – Convers 1435 2.0 1874 1888 steam old Biel – La Chaux-de-Fonds line, broken off in 1895 [55]
NCB Neuchâtel Gare – Neuchâtel Evole 1.1 1892 1898 steam partly rack railway, replacement by tram line
RVT Fleurier to St-Sulpice 1435 1.6 1883 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1944 2001 Passenger traffic stopped, catenary dismantled, museum trains [56]
TC La Chaux-de-Fonds tram 1000 5.3 1897 1950 500 V  = urban tram
TN Areuse – Cortaillod 1000 0.8 1892 1984 600 V  = 1902 Branch line of the overland route Neuchâtel – Boudry [57]
TN Neuchâtel tram : inner-city network 1000 27.3 1894 1976 600 V  = 1897 urban tram
VR Les Hauts-Geneveys-Villiers 1000 8.3 1903 1948 650 V  = (1903) [58]
SH GF Schaffhausen – Birch 1000 3.3 1913 1993 diesel 1980 Roller stool 1911-1970 Factory track [59]
SchSt Schaffhausen tram 1000 9.0 1901 1970 560-600 V  = (1901) Roller stool 1911-1970 urban tram, passenger traffic stopped in 1966
SBB Etzwilen – border CH-D (–Singen) 1435 7.1 1875 1969 Steam, diesel Museum operation since 2007
StSS Neuhausen Rheinhof – Schleitheim – Oberwiesen-Stühlingen 1000 16.5 1905 1964 750-900 V  = (1905) [60]
UR - VS AOM Monthey-Crochetan-Place du Marché 1000 0.3 1907 1921 750 V  = (1907) Shared use of the MCM route Monthey-Ville – Monthey CFF [61]
AOMC Monthey-Ville-Monthey CFF 1000 0.5 1909 1976 850 V  = (1909) Replacement by direct trains from Aigle [62]
ATG Erstfeld – Amsteg work place 1435 4th 1994 2011 diesel Works track to the NEAT construction site
BVB Villars – Chesières 1000 1.3 1906 1961 750 V  = (1906) [63]
FO Oberwald – Gletsch – Realp 1000 17.8 1914-1926 1981 11 kV 16.7 Hz 1941 partly rack railway, replacement by Furka base tunnel , 1989–2010 reopened in stages by DFB [64]
LLB Leuk – Leukerbad 1000 10.4 1915 1967 1500 V  = (1915) [65]
MGB Brig – Naters – Bitsch 1000 3.2 1915 2007 11 kV 16.7 Hz 1942 Replacement by direct access to the new Brig MGB through station [66]
RiT Riffel Alptram 800 0.5 1899 1960 500-550 V 40 Hz  Δ (1899) 2001 Operation with accumulator railcars resumed [67]
SNCF Saint-Gingolph – border CH-F (–Évian-les-Bains) 1435 0.4 1886 1988 steam 1938 passenger traffic ceased, 1986–1988 museum trains, reopening planned
TrMB Martigny-Ville-Martigny-Bourg 1000 ~ 1.5 1906 1956 750 V  = (1906)
Service line BLS south ramp Brig – Naters – Goppenstein 750 28.5 1908 1912 steam [68]
Taxiway Trient Glacier - Col de la Forclaz 600 3.3 1883 1893 uphill horses, downhill gravity Factory track for transporting ice [69]
ZG ESZ Zug – Baar – Thalacker and Nidfurren – Menzingen 1000 9.6 1913 1953 1000 V  = (1913)
ESZ Zug – Thalacker – Nidfurren – Oberägeri 1000 13.3 1913 1955 1000 V  = (1913)
NOB Access to the former train terminus 1435 0.8 1864 1897 steam formed Gleisdreieck
SBB Steinhausen – Cham 1435 0.2 1864 1970 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1932 Junction “Sumpfwiche”: connecting curve on the Zurich – Zug line to Cham
SBB Pulling loop 1435 1.6 1864 1990 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1932 direct connection Lucerne – Zug – Arth-Goldau / Affoltern a. A. – Zurich
E.g. Zug – Schönegg 1000 ~ 1.8 1907 1959 550 V  = (1907)
ZH Db Waldhaus Dolder - Grand Hotel Dolder 1000 0.6 1899 1930 500 V  = (1899) Tram Waldhaus Dolder – Grand Hotel, since 1973 the connection has been made again with the extended Dolderbahn
Forestry operations of the city ​​of Zurich Sihlwald forest railway 600 ~ 12 1876 1938 uphill oxen and horses, downhill gravity Forest railway [70]
LSB Schlieren - Dietikon 1000 3.4 1900 1928 550 V  = (1900) Tram
LSB Schlieren - Weiningen ZH 1000 3.2 1901 1931 550 V  = (1900) Tram, converted to bus service
SBB Hinwil – Bauma 1435 11.3 1901 1969 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1947 since 1978 museum trains of the DVZO
SBB Niederglatt – Otelfingen 1435 12.7 1877 1969 steam Operation ceased in 1937, partly available as a siding
SBB Opfikon – Zurich Seebach 1435 0.3 1877 1909 steam “Bankruptcy curve”, put back into operation in 1939
SBB Zurich HB – Letten – Zurich Stadelhofen 1435 5.7 1894 1989 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz 1926 Replacement by Hirschengraben line
SZU Sihlwald – Sihlbrugg 1435 4.2 1897 15 kV 16.7 Hz 1924 2006 passenger traffic ceased, occasionally museum trains [71]
UOeB Uster – Oetwil – Langholz 1000 10.5 1909 1949 800-850 V  = (1909) [72]
UeBB Uerikon – Hinwil 1435 24.0 1901 1948 steam Bubikon – Wolfhausen received as a siding [73]
VW Winterthur tram 1000 11.1 1898 1951 550-600 V  = (1898) urban tram
WMB Kempten ZH – Ochsen – Wetzikon 1000 2.4 1903 1939 750-850 V  = (1903) [74]
WMB Kempten ZH – Ochsen – Miles 1000 22.5 1909 1950 750-850 V  = (1903) [75]
ZOS Oerlikon - Schwamendingen 1000 2.1 1906 1931 550 V  = (1906) Tram, converted to bus service
ZOS Seebach - Glattbrugg 1000 1.7 1908 1931 550 V  = (1908) Tram, converted to bus service
Werkbahn Rüti ZH , machine factory 1435 1.1 1877 1997 partly rack railway
Lehmgrube Laubegg works railway, Zurich- Wiedikon 400 1948 1953 partly rack railway

Remarks

  1. a b 1910–1930 operation with 5500 V 25 Hz
  2. today BDWM Transport
  3. abandoned route, operating length 8.2 km
  4. 1916–1947 operation with 1000 V  = , 1947–1966 with 1200 V  =
  5. a b today Appenzeller Bahnen (AB)
  6. Trial farm St. Gallen Winkeln –Waldstatt
  7. about 26 km electrified
  8. today BUS Eastern Switzerland
  9. a b 1897–1911 operation with 600 V  =
  10. today Sernftal (AS)
  11. a b maximum length 1916–1935
  12. a b c d originally 1000 V  =
  13. a b c today BLS AG
  14. Today bus operation in Grenchen and the surrounding area
  15. Biel Mett loading station
  16. ↑ In 1968 there were still public trips with steam locomotives.
  17. a b today Aare Seeland mobile (ASm)
  18. Langenthal loading station
  19. 1940 not continuously in operation
  20. a b c d today SBB
  21. STI transport company (STI)
  22. a b today regional traffic Bern – Solothurn (RBS)
  23. 1916–1965 Operation with 1200 V  =
  24. today Biel Transport Authority (VB)
  25. maximum length 1924–1940
  26. Property border to the municipal transport company Bern (SVB)
  27. according to a works guide
  28. a b uncertain source
  29. 550 m according to the Basler Rheinhafen near Kleinhüningen . Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 70 (1917), Issue 16 (E-Periodica.ch, PDF 4.4 MB), p. 186.
  30. including sidings
  31. today Baselland Transport AG (BLT)
  32. 1950 Aubonne – Gimel, 1952 Allaman – Aubonne
  33. today Transports Montreux – Vevey – Riviera (MVR)
  34. a b today Transports publics Vevey – Montreux – Chillon – Villeneuve (VMCV)
  35. ↑ Length of property, length of operation 5.6 km
  36. 1943 Clarens CFF ship station, 1955 Clarens CFF Blonay
  37. a b today Transports publics de la région lausannoise (TL)
  38. today Transports publics régionaux Nyon ouest-Vaudois (TPRNOV), see article Transports publics régionaux Nyon ouest-Vaudois in the French-language Wikipedia
  39. abandoned route in Switzerland, operating length 9.1 km
  40. 1962 Mézières – Moudon, 1963 La Sallaz – Moudon
  41. today Freiburgische Verkehrsbetriebe (TPF)
  42. maximum length 1936–1951
  43. maximum length 1933–1934
  44. 1888–1913 Operation with 480–500 V  =
  45. a b today Transports publics genevois (TPG)
  46. Route length in Switzerland, route length in France 0.3 km
  47. 1907 Carouge – Croix-de-Rozon, 1908 Croix-de-Rozon – Collonges-sous-Salève
  48. 1939 Croix-de-Rozon-Collonges-sous-Salève, 1952 Carouge-Croix-de-Rozon
  49. Route length in Switzerland, route length in France 4.9 km
  50. 1887 Genève Cours de Rive – Veyrier, 1891 Veyrier – Veyrier-Gare-du-Salève
  51. 1936 Veyrier-Veyrier-Gare-du-Salève, 1956 Genève Cours de Rive -Veyrier
  52. today Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi (TPL)
  53. maximum length 1927–1954
  54. 1896–1910 Operation with 400 V 40 Hz
  55. today Autolinee Bleniesi (ABL)
  56. abandoned route, operating length 29.8 km
  57. 1907–1923 operation with 5000/800 V 20 Hz; according to The Valle Maggia Railway. (PDF MB) In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Volume 51 (1908), Issue 6, p. 70 , accessed on December 14, 2013 .
  58. today Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi (FART)
  59. maximum length 1914–1926
  60. Operation 1907–1923 with 800 V 20 Hz
  61. ^ Locarno , industrial area
  62. a b today Autolinee Regionali Luganesi (ARL), see article Autolinee Regionali Luganesi in English-language Wikipedia
  63. a b loading station Castione-Arbedo , 2009 loading facility removed
  64. today Engadin Bus
  65. according to Wägli, the website Tramway Bellavista (TB) in: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar dates the cessation of operations to 1938.
  66. today Autolinea Mendrisiense (AMSA)
  67. canceled route in Switzerland, route length in France 20.1 km
  68. today Rigi-Bahnen (RB)
  69. a b today Auto AG Schwyz (AAGS)
  70. 1926–1968 operation with 600 V  =
  71. Kupferhammer – Kriens
  72. until 1914 500 V 40 Hz  Δ
  73. today Zentralbahn (ZB)
  74. ↑ At that time route over Sursee city
  75. maximum length 1928.
  76. 1898–1964 operation with 750–850 V 33 Hz Δ
  77. a b c d today Transports Publics Neuchâtelois (transN)
  78. maximum length 1937–1949
  79. a b originally 580–650 V  =
  80. maximum length of the entire network 1921–1926
  81. ↑ Works railway lines (excluding the main line) approx. 8 km
  82. 1913–1981 operation with 600 V  =
  83. a b Schaffhausen - Ebnat
  84. today the Schaffhausen transport company
  85. ^ Neuhausen Scheidegg – Hochrheinbahn 750–900 V  =
  86. today Südbadenbus (SBG)
  87. today Regional Transport Authority Schaffhausen (RVSH)
  88. ↑ Length of property, length of operation 18.9 km
  89. a b c today Transports Publics du Chablais (TPC)
  90. originally 750 V  =
  91. originally 650 V  =
  92. today Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB)
  93. 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.
  94. today Verkehrsbetriebe Leuk – Leukerbad and surroundings (LLB)
  95. length of the route back then, 0.7 km today
  96. a b today Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe (ZVB)
  97. fixed routes, plus approx. 14 km of mobile routes
  98. 1897 valley route to Sihlbrugg, 1938 routes in the Sihlwald
  99. ^ Opfikon: at that time Schärenmoos
  100. a b c d today Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee and Oberland (VZO)
  101. ↑ Length of property, length of operation 25.2 km
  102. today city ​​bus Winterthur
  103. maximum length 1931–1934

Railway ferry service

route Gauge
mm
Length
km
Operating mode from to Operation through
Romanshorn – Friedrichshafen (D) 1435 ~ 12 Steam / diesel 1869 1976 NOB , SBB , KWStE , DR , DB
Romanshorn – Lindau (D) 1435 ~ 24 steam 1869 1939 NOB, SBB, KBayStsB , DR
Romanshorn – Bregenz (A) 1435 ~ 28.5 steam 1915
Thun - Därligen 1435 ~ 20 steam 1861 1893
Wollishofen – Uetikon 1435 ~ 17 steam 1885 1894 NOB

See also

literature

  • Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network / Réseau ferré suisse - Rail profile Switzerland CH + / Le rail suisse en profile CH +. AS Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9 .
  • Walter Trüb: table “Swiss railway lines received” . In: Railway amateur . No. 1 , 1957, pp. 21 .

Other web links

  • Time travel. In: Switzerland since 1864 on topographic maps. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, accessed on February 1, 2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n also as a source reference
  2. a b c Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe RhV (ABB). In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  3. a b c d e f g h i j Walter Trüb
  4. a b Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen OJB (LMB). In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  5. Claude Zweiacker: The disappearance of a definitely unique railroad track between Gampelen and Witzwil . In: Railway amateur . No. 6 , 2001, p. 331-332 .
  6. a b Langenthal-Jura-Bahn LJB. In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  7. a b The rack railways according to Riggenbach's system and the new Drachenfels railway. (PDF; 2.0 MB) In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung (SBZ). August 18, 1883, Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
  8. a b Tramways lausannois TL (REJ). In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  9. a b c Rhaetian Railway RhB (BM). In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  10. a b c Kriens-Luzern-Bahn KLB In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
  11. a b Military emergency bridges for works track. In: Swiss engineer and architect. Volume 112 (1994), Issue 32 (E-Periodica.ch, PDF; 9.2 MB)
  12. Carl Waldis: An era is coming to an end. In: www.gotthardbahn.ch
  13. a b c Electric trams in the canton of Zug ESZ. In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar