Spiez connecting railway
The Spiezer Verbindungsbahn (SV) was a 1.251 km long electric tramway in Switzerland . It was opened on 2 August 1905 and joined 34- to 41 times a day the station Spiez the BLS with the jetty on the left bank of Lake Thun . There was the departure point for BLS ships, and in 1913 the company also acquired the majority of shares in the tram.
The route, which was relatively steep with a maximum gradient of 8.7 percent, was single-track, laid out in meter gauge and followed the road on grooved rails . The smallest radius was 30 meters. The SVB owned four motor vehicles that were powered by 550 volts direct current . Operations ceased on September 25, 1960, and the tracks and overhead lines were broken off in 1961. Since then, buses have been operating as a replacement .
In order to avoid confusion with the municipal transport company in Bern (SVB), today's Federal Office of Transport (BAV) decreed the official abbreviation SV for the Spiezer connecting railway in later years. However, this was only used sporadically.
vehicles
| Art | Type | Numbers | Construction year | Years of use | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor car, two-axle | Ce 2/2 | 1-2 | 1904 | 1904-1963 | Rastatt / Alioth |
| Motor car, four-axle | Ce 4/4 | 3 | 1908 | 1908-1963 | Rastatt / Alioth |
| Summer car | C2 | 11 | 1908 | 1908-1963 | Rastatt |
| Open freight car | F2 a | 21st | 1906 | 1906-1963 | Rastatt |
literature
- Spiez-Aktiv and Bay Spiez Association (ed.): Spiez connecting railway 1905–1960, Spiez and its tram . Interlaken / Spiez 2005
- Florian Inäbnit: Spiez connecting railway . Buffer stop Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1996, ISBN 3-907579-02-X
- Claude Jeanmaire: With coal, steam and paddle wheels . Publishing house for railway and streetcar literature, Basel 1971, ISBN 3-85649-009-7
Individual evidence
Web links
- The Spiez connecting railway at www.strassenbahn-europa.at
- Spiezerverbindungsbahn (SV) In: discontinued-bahnen.ch by Jürg Ehrbar
