Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus

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(Vallorbe-) Pont-Brassus
Travys shuttle train RBDe 4/4 568 384 in Sentier-Orient
Travys shuttle train RBDe 4/4 568 384 in Sentier-Orient
Route of the Chemin de fer Pont – Brassus
Route profile Vallorbe – Le Pont – Le Brassus
gray: route section owned by SBB
blue: section Le Pont – Le Brassus from Travys
Route length: 13.26 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope : 23  ‰
Minimum radius : 200 m
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Dijon SNCF
Station, station
 46.31 Vallorbe 806.9  m above sea level M.
   
 SBB / SNCF to Pontarlier (until 1940)
   
 Le Day Viaduct (152 m)
Station, station
43.16
3.15
Le Day 787.2 m above sea level M.
   
 SBB to Lausanne
   
 9.4   Les Epoisats former stop
   
 9.52 Culminating point 1018.3 m above sea level M.
tunnel
 Tunnel du Mont-d'Orzeires (431 m)
   
11.63
11.29
Le Pont property line SBB-PBr 1007.8 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 12.19 Charbonnières 1024.8 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 13.26 Séchey 1045.1 m above sea level M.
Station, station
 15.45 Le Lieu 1049.6 m above sea level M.
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 16.6   Tunnel du Pré-Lionnet I (37 m)
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 16.9   Tunnel du Pré-Lionnet II (17 m)
Stop, stop
 17.90 Les Esserts-de-Rive 1034.8 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 19.06 Le Rocheray 1026.0 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 20.50 Solliat - Golisse 1011.4 m above sea level M.
Station, station
 21.65 Sentier - Orient 1012.5 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 22.80 Chez-le-Maître -Ecole 1016.0 m above sea level M.
   
 23.0   Chez-le-Maître former stop 1016.6 m above sea level M.
End station - end of the line
 24.46 Le Brassus Depot 1021.0 m above sea level M.
   
 24.55 until 2008

The Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus (PBr) was a standard gauge private railway in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The route runs from Le Pont parallel to the north bank of Lac de Joux to Le Brassus . The railway has belonged to the regional transport company Travys since 2001 . Passenger traffic on the route is carried out by SBB . For this reason, the trains run continuously from Vallorbe via Le Pont to Le Brassus. There is an hourly cycle, on school days sometimes every half an hour.

history

After electrification, the SBB used the Fe 4/4 18509 to 18511 in the Vallée de Joux , which were equipped with a recuperation brake due to the great gradient between Le Pont and Le Day .
The two light metal cars Bi 475 (center) and Bi 476 (left, in orange VST standard paintwork ) of the Seetal type were procured by Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus in 1950 together with the SBB.

On the basis of a petition from the inhabitants of the Vallées in 1867, a tunnel was built through the Mont d'Orzeires , which fulfills a double function, on the one hand it is used for rail transport and on the other hand, in the event of an extraordinary flood, the drainage from the valley. (The Lac Brenet flows underground.)

On October 31, 1886, the Chemin de fer Pont-Vallorbe (PV) opened the railway line between Vallorbe and Le Pont. The PBr was then founded to extend the branch line further into the Vallée de Joux. Traffic between Le Pont and Le Brassus began on August 21, 1899. The PBr only owned passenger and freight cars, but no locomotives of its own. The operation was therefore carried out from the start by the JS, after its nationalization on May 1, 1903 by the SBB.

The economic crisis of the 1930s led to a marked decline in freight and passenger traffic; the operation with steam locomotives turned out to be too unprofitable. For this reason, the electrification was decided, which was completed on October 1, 1938; this enabled the operating costs to be reduced considerably. Since the SBB continued to manage operations, the use of the same electricity system was obvious.

The frequency of passenger traffic fell markedly in the 1980s, not least because of the poor timetable. Therefore, the route has been fundamentally modernized and a new timetable concept with modern rolling stock ( SBB RBDe 4/4 ) was introduced.

On January 1, 2001, the PBr went on in the new company Travys .

In 2008, the terminus in Le Brassus was relocated around 100 meters in the direction of Le Pont as part of the station modernization. This shortened the total length of the route from 24.55 km to 24.46 km.

Rolling stock

model series Manufacturer Construction year origin number of pieces Discarded Remarks
series Numbers total today
Locomotives
Re 420 503 SLM
BBC / MFO / SAAS 		1967 BLS (2013) (Ex) 1 00 1 ex SBB Re 4/4 II 11119
Railcar
RBDe 568
RBDe 560 		384-385 SWA / SIG / FIG 1989/2009 2 2 NPZ RBDe 4/4 2184-2185
ABDe 538 316 SIG / SWS
SAAS / BBC / MFO 		1966 THB (2004) (Ex) 1 00 0 2018 ex GFM 171, ex MThB 16; submitted
to VHMThB
RBDe 567 (315) 174 SIG / SWS / BBC 1983 TRN (2013) (Ex) 1 00 1 ex RVT 105, ex TRN 315
Control car
ABt 39-43 984-985 SWP / SIG / FIG 1989/2009 2 2 NPZ
Bt 80-35 904 1964 THB (2004) (Ex) 1 00 0 2018 ex GFM 302, ex MThB 204; submitted
to VHMThB
ABt 80-33 (202) 375 SWP 1964/1983 TRN (2013) (Ex) 1 00 1 ex RVT 202, ex TRN 202
Passenger cars
B 20-35 (304) 504 SWP / SIG 1985 TRN (2008) (Ex) 1 00 1 «B Lego»; ex RVT 304, ex TRN 304
B 29-43 384-385 BT 2009 2 2 NPZ Inova
B 20-35 (301) 475 FFA 1965 TRN (2013) (Ex) 1 00 1 EW I , ex RVT 301
B 20-35 536 1981 BLS (2019) (Ex) 1 00 1 «B Lego»; ex GBS 780, ex BLS 780
Tractors
Te 218 (301) 101 1946 SBB (1982) (Ex) 1 00 0 ex SBB Te 2/2 957; discarded
Tm 238 (302) 102 1957 SBB (1989) (Ex) 1 00 0 2011 ex SBB Tm I 420;
handed over to CTVJ (Tm 230 320)
Tm 238 (303) 103 RACO 1992 1 1
Tm 238 (304) 104 1962 BLS (1997) (Ex) 1 00 ex BLS 61
Tm 238 (305) 105 1961 SBB (2000) (Ex) 1 00 ex SBB Tm I 458
Te 218 (306) 106 1967 SBB (2000) (Ex) 1 00 1 ex SBB Te II 86
Tem III 329 1956 SBB (2012) (Ex) 1 00 1 ex SBB Tem III 329, parts of 356
Ub = takeover from outside stock (used vehicle); Um = conversion from our own stock
Historic passenger cars
  • BC 11 (1875), bought in 1914 by SBB ( NOB BC 846, SBB BC 4296), discarded in 1938
  • C 21-22 (1899), sold to SBB in 1952 for demolition
  • BC4 65 (1950), from 1956 AB4 65, from 1963 ABi 65, from 1970 Bi 475, with the CTVJ since 1984 (No. 4420 red)
  • C4 476 (1950), from 1956 C4 476, from 1963 B4 476, from 1970 Bi 4756, with the CTVJ since 1993 (No. 7476 brown)
  • B 477 (1939), purchased in 1984 from SBB (B 50 85 23-33 008-8)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on the question of percement du Mont d'Orzeires entre Le Pont et Vallorbes
  2. ↑ 24heures.ch - In the "Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne": "The 1st November 1886: the Combiers ont inauguré the voie qui the désenclavera en toute season." (Created: 01.11.2016, visited: 18.01.2018)
  3. ↑ Hans G. Wägli, track profile Switzerland , ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9
  4. ^ Shrew Tm I 102 in Le Pont. On: IG-Schiene Switzerland, July 4, 2016
  5. ↑ a b c d e Michel Dehanne: Voies normales privées du Pays de Vaud. Belmont-sur-Lausanne, La Raillère, 1997, ISBN 2-88125-010-6 (French)