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SZU Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG
Uetlibergbahn opened 1875, and Sihltalbahn in 1892. See Zürich network map. SZU was established in 1973 with merger of the two line operators. The former terminus at Selnau was replaced in 1990 by a link to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, with a new station for Selnau and running tunnels constructed under the ...
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VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG
Regional light rail network serving the Glattal valley area north of Zürich; 13 km, 20 stations. See Zürich network map. VBG’s first route formed an extension of VBZ Zürich Line 11, opening to Auzelg on December 10 2006 (3·0 km, 4 stops). The route north from a junction on this ...
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zb Zentralbahn AG
ZB, created in 2005, comprises the Luzern-Stans-Engelberg Bahn (25 km) opened in 1898, which links Luzern with resorts in the Engelberg valley, and the Brünig line (Luzern—Interlaken, 74 km) formerly part of SBB. Both have sections worked on the Riggenbach rack system; that on LSE is the steepest conventional railway ...
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Pilatus-Bahnen AG
Opened in 1889, this line is the world’s steepest non-cable railway. It is operated using the Locher rack system, and climbs from Alpnachstad (440 m ASL) on the Luzern–Brünig route to Interlaken up to Pilatus Kulm (2073 m ASL). AddressSchlossweg 16010 KriensSwitzerlandPhone+41 41 329 1111Fax+41 41 329 1112Emailinfo@pilatus.chWebsitewww.pilatus.ch ...
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Ferrovie Luganesi SA (FLP)
Opened in 1912. Operates passenger service on the line from Lugano west to Ponte Tresa in Canton Ticino. The fleet of Be4/12 EMUs is being replaced by nine Stadler Tramlink tram-trains between June and November 2021. A cut-off between Bioggio Molinazzo and Lugano station and city centre was approved on ...
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Kantonalen Direktoren des öffentlichen Verkehrs (KöV)
Cantonal Directors of Public Transport
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Informationsdienst für den öffentlichen Verkehr (LITRA)
Swiss Public Transport Information Service
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Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy & Communications, Switzerland (UVEK)
Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK) / Département Fédéral de l’Environnement, des Transports, de l’Énergie et de la Communication (DETEC)
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Compagnie du Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher SA (LEB)
Opened in 1873 and electrified in 1936, this local railway links Lausanne Flon with Echallens and Bercher with 20 stations. In September 2021 a 1·7 km extension of the existing 1 km city centre tunnel as far as Union-Prilly was opened, replacing the single-track street-running section through Montétan station which ...
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Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)
First line opened 1895; network comprises 9 routes, serving 278 stops. An extension of Line 8 north from Kleinhüningen to Weil am Rhein Bhf opened in December 12 2014, crossing into Germany (2·5 km, 5 stops). Line 3 was extended to Burgfelderhof on the French border on July 31 2017 ...
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BLT Baselland Transport AG
Operates four suburban tram and light rail routes, which gain access to central Basel over tracks of Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe. Since 2015 BLT has also operated the 13·1 km Waldenburgerbahn (WB, details listed separately), which is isolated from the main BLT network. This line closed for regauging from 750mm to metre ...
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Forchbahn AG
Local line opened 1912, running southeast from Zürich serving 20 stops. See Zürich network map. Infrastructure upgrades in the 1970s included two tunnelled sections to replace street-running in Forch and Zumikon, and low-floor LRVs from Stadler were introduced in 2004. FB operates as line S18 of Zürich’s S-Bahn, providing an ...
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Limmattalbahn AG
Initial section opened 2019; single line serving 26 stops. See Zürich network map. Construction of a metre-gauge inter-urban tram-train route heading west from Zürich-Altstetten to Geissweid (Schlieren), Dietikon, Spreitenbach and Killwangen began on August 28 2017 (total line 13·4 km, 27 stops). The first phase to Geissweid opened on September ...
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Appenzeller Bahnen AG (AB)
Comprises the former Appenzeller Bahn (Gossau—Appenzell—Wasserauen), and St Gallen—Gais—Appenzell and Gais—Altstätten routes serving the Appenzell mountains in northeast Switzerland. In 2021 the Frauenfeld-Wil Bahn was formally merged with AB, having been managed by the company since 2003. AB operates two types of rack railway: Strub – Stoss to Altstätten ...
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Country profile
Switzerland - country profile
Completion of Bahn 2000 infrastructure development in 2004 has raised passenger traffic, with follow-up Bahn 2030 launched in 2009. Alpine base tunnels aim at freight transit modal shift.
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