Meiringen-Innertkirchen Railway

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Meiringen – Innertkirchen
MIB railcar in Meiringen
MIB railcar in Meiringen
Route of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn
Logo of the KWO, owner of the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn
Timetable field : 474
Route length: 4.99 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Power system : 1200 volts  =
Maximum slope : 20  ‰
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Brünigbahn
Station, station
 0.00 Meiringen 595  m above sea level M.
Station without passenger traffic
 0.16 Meiringen MIB 597  m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 0.65 Alpbach 602  m above sea level M.
   
 former Meiringen – Aare Gorge tram
Stop, stop
 1.37 Aare gorge west 608  m above sea level M.
   
 Kirchet (1502 m)
   
 3.38 Aare gorge east 621  m above sea level M.
   
Stop, stop
 4.15 Underwater 627  m above sea level M.
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 Cheisten (63 m)
Stop, stop
 4.44 Innertkirchen Grimseltor (formerly Post MIB) 628  m above sea level M.
End station - end of the line
 4.99 Innertkirchen MIB 637  m above sea level M.

The Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn , abbreviated MIB , is a meter- gauge narrow - gauge railway in the Swiss canton of Bern . It connects Meiringen with Innertkirchen on a stretch of almost five kilometers .

history

The construction of the railway took place at a time of major discussions about the development of the Haslital and the Grimsel Pass . Despite existing concessions for other railways in the valley, such as the Meiringen – Aare gorge tram , Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG ( KWO ) , founded in 1923, built the narrow-gauge line between Meiringen and Innertkirchen. From August 1, 1926, it served as a works railway to supply their power plant construction sites and to transport workers and their families. With the granting of the concession for public passenger transport on May 6, 1946, the MIB was founded, which is owned by the KWO .

Steam locomotives were initially used, and later also a battery-powered railcar. Electrical operation has been in place since November 19, 1977. The contact line is fed with 1200 volts direct current .

The Aareschlucht Ost MIB stop was put into operation on May 29, 2003.

Route description

Aare gorge east stop

Since the renovation of the Meiringen station until December 2010, the travel of the passenger trains has started on platform 13 at the level of the Zentralbahn platform, so passengers can change to the Brünigbahn trains at the same platform . Before the renovation of the Meiringen station, the MIB trains ended on a stump track behind Allmendstrasse. Since the opening of operations there has been a track connection to the facilities of today's Zentralbahn , which, however, was not electrically accessible due to the different contact wire voltages and the lack of two-system vehicles. After just under 1.4 kilometers, the well-known Aare Gorge is reached at the Aare Gorge West station, which is then bypassed in the 1502-meter-long church tunnel. The tunnel stop Aare Gorge Ost is located in the tunnel just before the east portal, the exit is directly into a glacier mill and then via a suspension bridge over the Aare. In Innertkirchen, the route ends on the KWO factory premises , where the depot with the workshop is also located.

The route is operated every half hour during the day from 6:00 a.m., the last two courses at around 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. are operated by buses in replacement of trains.

vehicles

Traction vehicles

  • Ba 2/2 3 (1931), battery powered railcar with twelve seats (nickname Trudi ), decommissioned in 1979 , sold to the German Railway Association , where it was designated as T46.
  • BDa 2/2 4 and 5 (1939, 1949), accumulator railcars with 22 seats, taken out of service after the Bem 4/4 went into operation. Number 4 exhibited at the VHS in Lucerne since 1982. Number 5 is issued in the Bernese Oberland.
  • Bem 4/4 6 and 7 (1952), formerly OEG railcars 63, 65, and 68, narrow-gauge railcars; Purchase and renovation in 1977; Car 7 canceled in 1999, car 6 canceled around 2001.
  • ABDeh 4/4 301 (1949) rented from the Bernese Oberland Bahn from 1988 to 1996.
  • Be 4/4 9 (1961), formerly RBS Be 4/4 74; Purchase 1997; In 2007, a restoration as a historic RBS vehicle failed, after which it was demolished.
  • Tm II 10 (1959), formerly Brünigbahn Tm II 980; Purchase in 2000; 2011 to La Traction
  • Be 4/4 8 (1996)
  • BDe 4/4 11 (1953), ex CJ BDe 4/4 604; Purchase and renovation in 2005
  • Gem 4/4 12 , conversion from CJ De 4/4 402; Takeover in early June 2011
  • Be 2/6 13 , ex MVR Be 2/6 7004; Purchase and renovation 2018; Takeover November 2018

dare

  • B 2 2: passenger car ex. BOB B 2 6 (SIG) 1901 Kaiserwagen

  • Akkumulatortriebwagen 5 having on a roll stool resting cement dolly

  • Bem 4/4 number 6 in orange VST standard paint

  • Be 4/4 number 8

  • Be 4/4 8 in the former Meiringen station, on the right the track to the Zentralbahn station

Web links

Commons : Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Railway Review 6/2003, p. 252