All Switzerland articles – Page 4

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    International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)

    Comité International des Transports Ferroviaires

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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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    Compagnie du Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez SA (NStCM)

    Opened in 1916, this light railway was extended into France reaching Morez in France in 1921, but closed beyond the border at La Cure to Morez in 1958. The remaining section runs from Nyon up the steep side of the Jura mountains to St Cergue and La Cure, serving 18 ...

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    Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

    Organisation Intergouvernementale pour les Transports Internationaux FerroviairesZwischenstaatliche Organisation für den internationalen Eisenbahnverkehr

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    DB Cargo Schweiz GmbH (DBCCH)

    Swiss subsidiary of German freight operator DB Cargo; was the former Brunner Railway Services GmbH (BRS). AddressSägereistrasse 218152 GlattbruggSwitzerlandPhone+41 44 807 5900Fax+41 44 807 5901Emailinfo.ch@deutschebahn.comWebsitewww.ch.dbcargo.com   Company size Employees80  

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    Bernmobil

    Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (SVB)

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    Bundesamt für Verkehr (BAV)

    Office Fédéral des Transports (OFT)

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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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    BLS AG

    Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn (BLS)

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    BLS Cargo AG

    Provides freight transport services on the central north-south axis through Switzerland. Also operates between the North Sea and the Mediterranean. In July 2017 SNCF Logistics acquired a 45% holding; Ambrogio Group holds 3% with BLS AG retaining 52%. AddressBollwerk 273001 BernSwitzerlandPhone+41 31 327 2844Fax+41 31 327 2860Emailfreight@bls.chWebsitewww.blscargo.ch Traffic ...

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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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    Glacier Express AG

    Established in 2017 as a joint venture owned 50:50 by Rhätische Bahn AG and Matterhorn Gotthard Verkehrs AG, to market and develop the tourist train service between St Moritz, Davos and Zermatt. AddressBinzstrasse 388045 ZürichSwitzerlandPhone+41 848 642 442Fax+41 27 927 77 79Emailinfo@glacierexpress.chWebsitewww.glacierexpress.ch

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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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    Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA)

    Bremgarten–Dietikon–Bahn

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    Aare Seeland mobil AG

    Four undertakings were merged in 1999 to form Aare Seeland mobil AG: Biel-Täuffelen-Ins Bahn (BTI), Regionalverkehr Oberaargau (RVO), Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn (SNB) and Oberaargauische Automobilkurse (OAK). Lines run from Langenthal to St Urban, Niederbipp and Solothurn, and Biel to Ins. AddressGrubenstrasse 124900 LangenthalSwitzerlandPhone+41 62 919 1911Fax+41 62 919 1912Emailinfo@asmobil.chWebsitewww.asmobil.ch Traffic ...