List of unfinished railway lines in Switzerland

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This list includes railway lines and structures in Switzerland whose construction has started but has not been completed.

Region
Cantons 		society route concession construction Built structures comment swell
Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino TI European Central Railway Company (ECR) Chiasso - Biasca with branch line to Locarno 1863-1866
  • Earth dams between Biasca and Bellinzona
  • two short tunnels and a piece of open track at Capo San Martino south of Lugano
ECR was supposed to build the Ticino valley railway, was dissolved in 1868.
Canton BernCanton Bern BE

Canton lucerneCanton lucerne LU

Swiss Central Railway (SCB) Langenthal-Wauwil railway
  • Stalten tunnel (2010 m)
  • Railway embankment in Altbüron
Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country BL

Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn SO

Swiss Central Railway (SCB) Liestal - Solothurn

( Wasserfallenbahn )

1873–
  • North portal of the Wasserfallen Tunnel (4200 m)
Canton of SchwyzCanton of Schwyz SZ Gotthard Railway (GB) Underpassing the landslide area of ​​Goldau 1875-1876 181 m were excavated from the western directional tunnel and 147 m from the eastern . An open layout was chosen as a cost-saving measure. See also Arth-Goldau train station
Canton BernCanton Bern BE

Canton of SolothurnCanton of Solothurn SO

Swiss Central Railway (SCB) Schönbühlbahn (contract between SCB and Gäubahnkomitee, as an extension of the Wasserfallenbahn from Solothurn to Schönbühl) 1873 (1879 ransom by the SCB) 1873
  • A cut between Solothurn and Biberist
 Both the Schönbühlbahn and the Emmentalbahn should have run in the cut, the SCB had committed to building the substructure. The cut was bought by the Emmental Railway in 1884 and used for their new route from Neu-Solothurn to Biberist.

literature

  • Rene Thiessing: A Century of Swiss Railways 1847–1947 . Ed .: Federal Postal and Railway Department. tape 2 , Unfinished or canceled, as well as licensed and abandoned railway lines, p. 12-18 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal court decision in the case of Teodoro Sperindio Cirla . February 24, 1877 ( unibe.ch [PDF]).
  2. ^ Giacomo Paolantonio: Il tunnel dimenticato rivede la luce. In: Corriere del Ticino. May 27, 2019, accessed on February 9, 2020 (it-CH).
  3. ↑ Paco Casanovas: A burst dream - the water trap tunnel (part 1). In: Paco's PlacesPaco's Places. May 14, 2012, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Rene Thiessing. P. 17
  5. ^ Werner Weber, Werner Hardmeier Regionalverkehr Mittelland Volume 1: Emmentalbahn, Burgdorf-Tuhn-Bahn pages 17-19