Schynige Platte Railway
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 Schynige Platte mountain station , 2009
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| Timetable field : | 151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 7.26 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 800 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 1500 V = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 250 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 60 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rack system : | Riggenbach / Von Roll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timetable field 314: Wilderswil – Schynige Platte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Schynige Platte Railway (SPB) is an electric rack railway in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland with a track width of 800 mm. It leads on a 7.26-kilometer route from Wilderswil near Interlaken to the Schynige Platte .
history
The concession for the rack railway was granted in 1890, on June 14, 1893 the railway line was opened. The public limited company Schynige Platte-Bahngesellschaft sold the railway to the Berner Oberland-Bahnen (BOB) as early as 1895 .
In 1914 the railway line was electrified. The He 2/2 11 to 14 electric locomotives that were purchased at the time are still in regular service today. In 1946, the BOB and the Jungfraubahn (JB) / Wengernalpbahn (WAB) operating group merged their directorates. The railways in the Jungfrau region have since been managed and operated jointly. In 2000, the administrative community received its own legal personality as Jungfraubahnen Management AG as a joint subsidiary of Jungfraubahnen Holding and BOB.
In the summer of 2005, test drives were carried out with a railcar and control car from the Wengernalp Railway, with which and other identical compositions were to be used for cost-effective operation in the low season. However, it turned out that the tunnel profiles would have had to be adapted. The consistently very steep route was also a great burden for the railcar.
During the flood of the Lütschine flowing through Wilderswil at the end of August 2005, the railcar located in the valley station there was severely damaged and subsequently transferred to Kaiseraugst in spring 2006 , where it was demolished together with the control car.
technology
The average gradient of the railway line is 190 ‰, the highest gradient is 250 ‰. The smallest curve radius is 60 meters. The rack of the rack railway line corresponds to the Riggenbach-Pauli and Von Roll systems .
Buildings
The station buildings in Breitlauenen, consisting of the station building and the separate toilet with outhouse, are still largely in their original condition.
The Grätli tunnel was renovated in 1982.
Tourist importance
Jungfraubahnen Management AG calls the train a nostalgic train. The Schynige Platte mountain station is a mountain slope that offers a view of the Eiger , Mönch and Jungfrau mountain panorama . Lake Brienz , Interlaken and Lake Thun can be seen from the ridge of the mountain . The Schynige Platte is the starting point of the high-altitude hike over the Faulhorn and Bachalpsee to First , from where a gondola lift leads down to Grindelwald .
business
Since the railway line is not safe for winter and no winter sports are practiced on the Schynigen Platte, the railway only runs in the summer season. In the upper section of the route, which is at risk of avalanches, the contact line has to be dismantled every autumn and reassembled in spring after the snow has melted.
At the actual speed of 9 to 10 km / h, the trains need approximately 20 minutes to travel between the two switches. This enables a 40-minute cycle. This can be driven with three train compositions in light traffic. When the weather is nice and visibility is good, all ten available trains, each consisting of a locomotive with two passenger cars, run in a train set (follow-up train operation). This in groups of two to four moves.
Vehicle fleet
Locomotives
- Steam locomotives
- H 2/3 1 to 6 (1891 to 1894) No. 5 still in operation, as of 2020 under revision
- Electric locomotives
- He 2/2 11 to 14 (1914)
- He 2/2 15 (1909), ex WAB He 2/2 55 (1963 to SPB, since 1997 as a memorial at Primeo Energie in Münchenstein )
- He 2/2 16 to 18 (1910), ex WAB He 2/2 56 to 58 (1963 to SPB, No. 17 discontinued 1997)
- He 2/2 19 (1911), ex WAB He 2/2 59 (1963 to SPB)
- He 2/2 20 (1911), ex WAB He 2/2 60 (1970 to SPB)
- He 2/2 61 (1912), ex WAB He 2/2 61 (1970 to SPB as No. 21; 1982 to WAB as No. 61; 1992 to SPB as No. 61)
- He 2/2 62 (1912), ex WAB He 2/2 62 (1991 to SPB)
- He 2/2 63 (1912), ex WAB He 2/2 63
Passenger cars
- B 1–6 (1893–1894), open compartment cars, no. 6 still available
- B 7 "(1924), open compartment car
- B 8 (1929), open compartment car
- B 3 "(1893, ex WAB 3), open compartment car
- B 21 (1929), closed compartment car
- B 22 (1931), closed compartment car
- B 23 (1898, ex WAB 22), closed compartment car
- B 24 (1901, ex WAB 24), closed compartment car
- B 41–42 (1992–2002, underframes 1893 ex B 2 and 4), closed compartment cars, steel box
- B 43–52 (1992–2002, underframes 1899–1926 ex WAB), closed compartment cars, steel box
Freight and company cars
- M o 61 (1891), open car
- OM 71–72 (1893), short open wagons as presentation wagons for passenger trains
- OC 81 (1963), water tanker
- OM 91 (1894/1974 ex B 3 ')
- X 101 (1894/1939 ex BF 7 ') Catenary trolley with lifting platform
- X 102 (1895/1974 ex B 10 ex WAB), crew car
- X 103 (1925), snow plow
- Uku 802 (1965, ex WAB), dump truck
- X 1-2 (1893), trolley
literature
- Hansruedi Brawand: Schynige Platte Railway; The mountain route of the Bernese Oberland Railways . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2003, ISBN 3-907579-26-7 .
- Berner Oberland-Bahn (Ed.): The former steam locomotives of the Berner Oberland-Bahn . Without publisher, Interlaken.
- Wolfgang Finke: The vehicles of the Jungfrau Railways 2 . A book on DVD, Verlag Tram-TV, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-9813669-3-8 .
Web links
- Schynige Platte-Bahn on the Jungfraubahn Holding website
- Schynige Platte Railway on rail-info.ch
- The Schynige Platte Bahn - nostalgic trip up the mountain (Volldampf # 55) , video by Volldampf - Das Schweizer Eisenbahn TV-Magazin , 5:25 min., March 30, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ see BOB Annual Report 1895 File: BOB1895GB.PDF , the name also appears there once as Schynige Platte-Bahn-Gesellschaft
- ↑ The basic decision on this was made at the end of 1894 (resolutions of the extraordinary general assemblies of the SPB on December 5, 1894 and the BOB on December 22, 1894).
- ↑ EA 9/83 page 582
- ↑ Jungfrau Railways Management, Jungfrau.ch, Schynige Platte , quote: If you haven't already: on the nostalgic trip with the Schynige Platte Railway or at the latest in the restaurant with its breathtaking view. Retrieved July 15, 2020.