List of railway companies in Switzerland
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Standard gauge
The following is a complete list of all standard gauge railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory. It also includes routes of foreign railway companies (e.g. Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.
Not included are railway companies which do not operate their own routes (e.g. Cisalpino
Cisalpino
Cisalpino AG was a railway company operating international trains between Switzerland and Italy connecting Basel, Schaffhausen, Zürich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Livorno, and Florence...
, Hupac
Hupac
Hupac is a railway company in Switzerland. Hupac's Shuttle Net has 108 intermodal trains per day across Europe. Hupac also offers a rolling highway from Basel to Lugano. In 2009, volumes carried fell by 13.5%, to 607,284 road consignments; but profit increased...
or the former Lokoop) as well as operators of short connecting goods lines.
If there is no abbreviation shown, it means that this company always appears with its full name.
Companies in operation today (standard gauge)
Company | Abbreviation | Since | Notes |
Appenzeller Bahnen | AB | 2006 | Merger of Appenzeller Bahnen, Trogenerbahn (both meter gauge), Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*... (rack, full interchange) and Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Bahn |
BDWM Transport AG | BDWM | 1997 | Merger of Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn is a privately owned railway company in Switzerland. Its railway line connects Wohlen and Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau with Dietikon in the canton of Zurich. The line has been modernised and is part of the S-Bahn Zürich network... and Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn, narrow gauge passenger traffic, standard gauge for freight: Wohlen - Villmergen and Wohlen - Bremgarten West (dual gauge Dual gauge A dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway has railway track that allows trains of different gauges to use the same track. Generally, a dual-gauge railway consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails. The two outer rails give the wider gauge, while one of the outer rails and the inner rail... , still owned by SBB) |
BLS AG BLS AG BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. It is 55.8 % owned by the Canton of Berne, and 21.7 % by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.BLS has a subsidiary BLS... |
BLS | 2006 | Merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG was a 1997 merger of* EBT - Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn* VHB - Vereinigte Huttwiler Bahnen* SMB - Solothun-Münster-Bahnwhich had been under common management for decades already.... |
Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève | CFEG | 1888 | Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF SNCF The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network... |
Chemins de fer du Jura Chemins de fer du Jura The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le... |
CJ | 1944 | Mostly narrow gauge |
Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres | VCh | 1904 | Route leased to SBB |
Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland | DVZO | 2000 | Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 |
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany... |
DB AG | 1994 | Operates railway lines around Schaffhausen and Basel, owned by the German state |
Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:... (Now Known as Trenitalia Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:... ) |
FS | 1992 | Passenger services: Trenitalia; only a few meters into Switzerland at Chiasso |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt | HBS | 1924 | Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft | HBL | 1940 | Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only |
Kriens-Luzern-Bahn | KLB | 1886 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only, all operations to cease by 31 Dec 2009, standard gauge connection to Horw to Zentralbahn |
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy Métro Lausanne-Ouchy The Métro Lausanne – Ouchy or Métro-Ouchy was a rack railway which linked the lakeside at Ouchy with the main railway station in Lausanne and the core of the city at Flon. The system also included a parallel line between the railway station and Flon... |
LO | 1877 | Funicular before 1958, being converted to rubber-tyred automatic metro |
Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn | OeBB | 1899 | |
Österreichische Bundesbahnen | ÖBB | 1947 | from the Rhine bridges to Buchs and St. Margrethen |
Rigi-Bahnen Rigi-Bahnen Rigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn and the Arth-Rigi Bahn , along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car.-Vitznau – Rigi Railway... |
RB | 1992 | Rack railway, very restricted interchange |
SBB-CFF-FFS SBB-CFF-FFS Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons... |
SBB CFF FFS | 1902 | Company since 1999, fully owned by the Swiss Confederation |
Sensetalbahn | STB | 1904 | |
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG | SOB | 2001 | Merger |
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland... |
SZU | 1973 | |
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français | SNCF | 1938 | train services to Basel and Geneva, no tracks owned |
Sursee-Triengen-Bahn | ST | 1912 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois | TSOL | 1991 | Tramway, restricted interchange |
THURBO THURBO THURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:... |
2002 | 90% Subsidiary of SBB | |
Transports de Martigny et Régions Transports de Martigny et Régions The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express... |
TMR | 2001 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports publics Fribourgeois Transports publics Fribourgeois The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :... |
TPF | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois | TRN | 1999 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix | TRAVYS | 2001 | Partly narrow gauge |
All companies
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AlpTransit Gotthard AlpTransit AlpTransit, also known as New Railway Link through the Alps NRLA , is a Swiss federal project aimed to build faster north-south rail links across the Swiss Alps by constructing base tunnels several hundred metres below the level of the current tunnels... |
ATG | 1998 | building company, subsidiary of SBB, no public railway tracks currently | ||
BLS AG BLS AG BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. It is 55.8 % owned by the Canton of Berne, and 21.7 % by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.BLS has a subsidiary BLS... |
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BLS | 1996 | |||
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BLS | 1907 | 1996 | ||
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SFB | 1901 | 1906 | ||
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TSB | 1893 | 1912 | ||
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BB | 1872 | 1900 | ||
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BN | 1901 | 1996 | ||
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GBS | 1944 | 1996 | ||
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BSB | 1907 | 1943 | ||
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GTB | 1901 | 1943 | ||
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SEZ | 1942 | 1996 | Also known as Simmentalbahn | |
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EZB | 1902 | 1941 | ||
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SEB | 1897 | 1941 | ||
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG was a 1997 merger of* EBT - Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn* VHB - Vereinigte Huttwiler Bahnen* SMB - Solothun-Münster-Bahnwhich had been under common management for decades already.... |
RM | 1997 | 2006 | ||
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EBT | 1942 | 1996 | ||
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BTB | 1899 | 1941 | ||
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EB | 1875 | 1941 | ||
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SCB | (1876) | (1883) | Section Solothurn-Biberist EBT | |
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SMB | 1908 | 1996 | ||
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VHB | 1944 | 1996 | ||
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HWB | 1895 | 1943 | ||
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LHB | 1927 | 1943 | ||
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LHB | 1889 | 1926 | ||
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HEB | 1915 | 1926 | ||
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RSHB | 1908 | 1943 | ||
Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève |
CFEG | 1888 | Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF SNCF The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network... |
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Chemins de fer du Jura Chemins de fer du Jura The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le... |
CJ | 1944 | partly narrow gauge | ||
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RPB | 1901 | 1943 | ||
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RSG | 1904 | 1943 | Narrow gauge since 1953 | |
Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres |
VCh | 1904 | Route leased to SBB | ||
Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland |
DVZO | 2000 | Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 | ||
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SBB | 1947 | (2000) | Bäretswil-Bauma, transferred to DVZO in 2000 | |
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UeBB | 1901 | 1948 | ||
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany... |
DB AG | 1994 | Around Schaffhausen and Basel, tracks owned by the German state | ||
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DB | 1952 | 1994 | ||
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SWDE | 1948 | 1952 | Under sequestration | |
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DR | 1945 | 1948 | Under sequestration | |
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DRB | 1937 | 1945 | ||
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DRG | 1924 | 1937 | ||
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1920 | 1924 | |||
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BadStB | 1855 | 1920 | ||
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1862 | 1889 | Integrated into BadStB in 1889 | ||
Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:... |
FS | 1992 | Passenger services: Trenitalia Trenitalia Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:... |
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FS | 1905 | 1991 | ||
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SFM | 1885 | 1905 | ||
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SFAI | 1876 | 1885 | ||
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt |
HBS | 1924 | Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only | ||
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft |
HBL | 1940 | Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only | ||
Kriens-Luzern-Bahn |
KLB | 1886 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only | ||
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy Métro Lausanne-Ouchy The Métro Lausanne – Ouchy or Métro-Ouchy was a rack railway which linked the lakeside at Ouchy with the main railway station in Lausanne and the core of the city at Flon. The system also included a parallel line between the railway station and Flon... |
LO | 1877 | Funicular before 1958 | ||
Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn |
OeBB | 1899 | |||
Österreichische Bundesbahnen |
ÖBB | 1947 | Around Buchs and St. Margrethen | ||
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ÖStB | 1945 | 1947 | ||
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DR | 1945 | 1945 | Under sequestration | |
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DR | 1938 | 1945 | ||
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BBÖ | 1921 | 1938 | ||
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ÖStB | 1919 | 1921 | ||
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KKÖStB | 1885 | 1919 | ||
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VB | 1872 | 1885 | ||
Rigi-Bahnen Rigi-Bahnen Rigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn and the Arth-Rigi Bahn , along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car.-Vitznau – Rigi Railway... |
RB | 1992 | |||
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ARB | 1873 | 1992 | ||
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VRB | 1969 | 1992 | Change of name | |
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RB | 1871 | 1969 | ||
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*... |
RHB | 1875 | 2006 | Merged with Appenzeller Bahnen in 2006 | |
SBB-CFF-FFS SBB-CFF-FFS Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons... |
SBB CFF FFS | 1902 | |||
AS | 1874 | 1901 | |||
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1875 | 1902 | |||
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1894 | 1912 | |||
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PLM | 1862 | (1894) | ||
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LG | 1858 | 1862 | ||
Gotthardbahn Gotthardbahn was the name of a private Swiss railway company which operated the railway line from Immensee to Chiasso . Nowadays this term usually does not refer to that company, but to the railway line itself... |
GB | 1874 | 1909 | ||
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JN | 1886 | 1913 | ||
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JBL | 1884 | (1886) | Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches | |
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JS | 1890 | 1903 | ||
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JBL | 1884 | 1889 | Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches to JN in 1886 | |
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BLB | 1875 | 1884 | ||
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BSB | 1861 | (1875) | Gümligen-Langnau | |
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1860 | 1861 | |||
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JB | 1874 | 1884 | ||
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JI | 1857 | 1875 | ||
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PD | 1872 | 1876 | ||
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BSB | 1861 | 1877 | Gümligen-Langnau to BLB in 1875 | |
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1860 | 1861 | |||
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PV | 1886 | 1890 | ||
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SOS | 1881 | 1889 | ||
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SO | 1872 | 1881 | ||
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FS | 1859 | 1871 | ||
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LFB | 1858 | 1871 | ||
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GV | 1858 | 1858 | ||
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OS | 1855 | 1871 | ||
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JE | 1870 | 1876 | ||
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S | 1874 | 1881 | ||
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LI | 1859 | 1874 | ||
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SCB | 1854 | 1901 | ||
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EST | 1854 | 1872 | Section Basel-St. Johann-Grenze | |
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1844 | 1854 | |||
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NOB | 1853 | (1881) | Section Suhr-Zofingen | |
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NOB | 1853 | 1902 | Suhr-Zofingen to SCB in 1881 | |
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SG | 1876 | 1885 | ||
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BR | 1865 | 1876 | ||
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EH | 1876 | 1885 | ||
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1847 | 1853 | First railway company of Switzerland | ||
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SNB | 1875 | 1880 | ||
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ZZL | 1864 | 1891 | ||
Seetalbahn The Seetalbahn is a railway of the Swiss Federal Railways between Lenzburg and Lucerne in Switzerland. The track, when created, was originally named the Swiss Lake Valley Railway Company and was owned by British investors. The passengers included tourists from Lucerne doing sightseeing tours to... |
STB | 1883 | 1922 | original spelling Seethalbahn | |
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TB | 1870 | 1902 | ||
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TTB | 1875 | 1917 | ||
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UeBB | 1901 | 1948 | ||
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VSB | 1857 | 1902 | ||
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1856 | 1857 | |||
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1855 | 1857 | |||
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1853 | 1857 | Not to be confused with today's SOB | ||
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WR | 1876 | 1902 | ||
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WB | 1876 | 1901 | line leased to Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn in 1912, dual gauge | |
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG |
SOB | 2001 | Fusion | ||
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BT | 1910 | 2000 | ||
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SOB | 1890 | 2000 | ||
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WE | 1877 | 1889 | ||
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ZGB | 1878 | 1889 | ||
Sensetalbahn |
STB | 1904 | |||
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland... |
SZU | 1973 | |||
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SiTB | 1892 | 1972 | ||
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BZUe | 1922 | 1972 | Change of name | |
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UeB | 1875 | 1922 | ||
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français |
SNCF | 1938 | Around Basel and Geneva | ||
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AL | 1918 | 1938 | ||
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EL | 1872 | 1918 | ||
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EST | 1854 | 1872 | ||
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1844 | 1854 | |||
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PLM | 1862 | 1938 | ||
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LG | 1858 | 1862 | ||
Sursee-Triengen-Bahn |
ST | 1912 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only | ||
Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois |
TOSL | 1991 | |||
THURBO THURBO THURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:... |
2002 | Subsidiary of SBB | |||
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MThB | 1911 | 2002 | ||
SBB-CFF-FFS Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons... |
SBB CFF FFS | (1902) | (2002) | Regional services in north-eastern Switzerland | |
Transports de Martigny et Régions Transports de Martigny et Régions The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express... |
TMR | 2001 | Partly narrow gauge | ||
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MO | 1910 | 2001 | ||
Transports publics Fribourgeois Transports publics Fribourgeois The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :... |
TPF | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge | ||
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GFM | 1942 | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge | |
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BR | 1868 | 1941 | ||
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FMA | 1903 | 1941 | ||
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FM | 1898 | 1903 | ||
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois |
TRN | 1999 | Partly narrow gauge | ||
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RVT | 1883 | 1998 | ||
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |
TRAVYS | 2001 | |||
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OC | 1894 | 2000 | ||
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PBr | 1899 | 2000 | ||
Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn |
WM | 1916 | 1997 | † merged with BD to BDWM Transport AG on 31 May 1997 |
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All companies
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Appenzeller Bahnen AG |
AB | 1988 | |||
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AB | 1885 | 1988 | ||
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AWW | 1940 | 1947 | Name change | |
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SB | 1912 | 1939 | ||
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SLB | 1875 | 1885 | ||
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SGA | 1947 | 1988 | ||
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AG | 1911 | 1947 | ||
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SGA | 1931 | 1947 | ||
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ASt | 1889 | 1931 | ||
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TB | 1903 | |||
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VBSG | 1950 | 1957 | Tramway discontinued, section to TB | |
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TrStG | 1897 | 1950 | † 1 October 1957 | |
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*... |
RHB | 1875 | 2006 | Standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... |
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RhW | 1896 | 1200 mm (47.2 in) gauge, now part of Appenzeller Bahnen AG | ||
Aare Seeland mobil |
ASm | 1999 | Merger | ||
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BTI | 1945 | 1999 | ||
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SLB | 1916 | 1945 | ||
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RVO | 1990 | 1999 | ||
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OJB | 1958 | 1990 | ||
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LJB | 1907 | 1958 | ||
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LMB | 1917 | 1958 | ||
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SNB | 1918 | 1999 | ||
Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges |
BAM | 1895 | |||
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AL | 1896 | 1899 | ||
Museumsbahn Blonay-Chamby |
BC | 1968 | |||
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CEV | 1902 | (1968) | Blonay-Chamby to BC in 1968 | |
BDWM Transport AG |
BDWM | 2000 | Merger with WM | ||
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BD | 1902 | 2000 | ||
Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. The enterprise consists of a connected aerial cableway, also known as the Grütschalpbahn, and a adhesion worked railway.-Operations:The... |
BLM | 1891 | |||
Baselland Transport Baselland Transport Baselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme... AG |
BLT | 1974 | |||
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BEB | 1902 | 1974 | ||
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BTB | 1887 | 1974 | ||
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BUeB | 1921 | 1974 | ||
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TBA | 1907 | 1974 | ||
Biel-Meinisberg Bahn |
BMB | 1913 | 1940 | † 30 June 1940 | |
Berner Oberland Bahn |
BOB | 1890 | |||
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SPB | 1893 | 1895 | ||
Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn |
BRB | 1892 | |||
Chemins de fer du Jura Chemins de fer du Jura The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le... |
CJ | 1944 | |||
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CTN | 1927 | 1943 | ||
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TBN | 1913 | 1927 | ||
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TT | 1884 | 1927 | ||
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RSG | 1904 | 1943 | Standard gauge before 1953 | |
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SC | 1892 | 1943 | ||
Clarens-Chailly-Blonay |
CCB | 1911 | 1955 | ||
Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke |
DFB | 1987 | |||
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FO | 1925 | (1987) | Section Gletsch-Furka | |
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FO | 1925 | (1989) | Section Furka-Realp | |
Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi |
FART | 1961 | Change of name | ||
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FRT | 1923 | 1961 | Centovalli Railway | |
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LPB | 1907 | 1948 | Maggia Valley Railway † 29 November 1965 | |
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STL | 1908 | 1922 | Tramway Locarno † 30 April 1960 | |
Forchbahn Forchbahn The Forchbahn is a gauge narrow-gauge light railway in the canton of Zürich, linking central Zürich to the eastern suburbs near Esslingen via Forch. The name is often abbreviated to just FB, which also appears on the trains... |
FB | 1912 | |||
Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa The Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway is a local railway line in Canton Ticino in Switzerland. The line links the town of Lugano with Ponte Tresa, and is long. It has a gauge of , and is electrified on the overhead system at 1200 volts DC.The FLP is the last working line of a network of three... |
FLP | 1912 | |||
Ferrovia Mesolcinese Ferrovia Mesolcinese The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama... |
FM | 2003 | Heritage railway (since 1995) | ||
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RhB | 1895 | (2003) | Castione-Cama to Ferrovia Mesolcinese Ferrovia Mesolcinese The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama... |
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BM | 1907 | 1941 | Bellinzona-Castione -Cama-Mesocco |
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Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn |
FW | 1887 | |||
Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen |
GGB | 1997 | Change of name | ||
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GGB | 1889 | 1997 | ||
Jungfraubahn Jungfraubahn The Jungfraubahn is an gauge rack railway electrified at 3-phase 1,125 volts 50 Hertz, which runs 9 kilometres from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch... |
JB | 1898 | |||
Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher |
LEB | 1913 | |||
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CV | 1889 | 1912 | ||
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LE | 1873 | 1912 | ||
Leuk-Leukerbad-Bahn |
LLB | 1915 | 1967 | † 27. Mai 1967 | |
Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. The track width is . It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka-Oberalp-Bahn and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn . The name comes from the Matterhorn and St... |
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BVZ | 1961 | 1991 | Change of name | |
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VZ | 1890 | 1961, | now BVZ Zermatt-Bahn BVZ Zermatt-Bahn The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn – officially known between 1991 and 2002 as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn – is a metre gauge railway in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its 44 kilometre long line links the communities of Brig and Visp in the Rhone Valley with Täsch and the car free holiday resort of Zermatt... |
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FO | 1925 | 2002 | ||
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BFD | 1915 | 1925 | ||
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SchB | 1917 | 1961 | ||
Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn |
MIB | 1946 | Change of name | ||
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KWO | 1926 | 1946 | ||
Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn |
MOB | 1901 | |||
Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera |
MVR | 2001 | Merger | ||
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CEV | 1902 | 2001 | Partial discontinuations | |
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MTGN | 1992 | 2001 | ||
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MGN | 1987 | 1991 | ||
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GN | 1892 | 1986 | ||
Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion The line, which links the two places in its title was built by the Chemin de fer Montreux–Glion . Opened in 1909, at its upper terminus it made an end-on junction with the Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye and across its platform with the Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion. Nowadays, the... |
MGl | 1909 | 1986 | ||
Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion The Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet–Glion is a funicular in Switzerland, which runs between the Territet and Glion suburbs of the the town of Montreux. At its upper terminus, the funicular connects with what was the lower terminus of the Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye mountain railway,... |
TG | 1883 | 1991 | ||
Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez |
NStCM | 1916 | End of the line in La Cure (Swiss-French border) since 1958 | ||
Pilatusbahn |
PB | 1889 | |||
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn RBS is a Swiss public transport company. It operates train, tram, and bus lines between Bern, Solothurn and Worb.RBS was founded as the Bern-Worb-Bahn in 1898, which grew to RBS in 1984 through a series of mergers... |
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SZB | 1922 | 1983 | ||
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BZB | 1912 | 1921 | ||
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ESB | 1916 | 1921 | ||
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VBW | 1927 | 1983 | ||
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BWB | 1907 | 1926 | ||
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BMGWB | 1898 | 1907 | ||
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WT | 1913 | 1926 | ||
Rhätische Bahn |
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BB | 1908 | 1942 | ||
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BM | 1907 | 1941 | † 27. Mai 1972 Bellinzona-Castione † 9 December 1979 Cama-Mesocco Remainder to Ferrovia Mesolcinese Ferrovia Mesolcinese The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama... in 2003 |
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ChA | 1914 | 1941 | ||
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LD | 1889 | 1895 | ||
Rigi-Scheidegg-Bahn |
RSB | 1874 | 1931 | † 31 December 1942 | |
Sernftalbahn Sernftalbahn The Sernftalbahn was an electrical narrow-gauge railway in the Swiss canton of Glarus, which was operated by a private railway company. It led - usually on the valley route - of shrank from GL in the Linthal 14 km along the Sernf upward until Elm GL... |
SeTB | 1905 | 1969 | † 31. Mai 1969 | |
Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie |
SSIF | (1912) | Joint operation with FART | ||
Trait-Planches |
TP | 1898 | 1912 | † 11 November 1912 | |
Transports de Martigny et Régions Transports de Martigny et Régions The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express... |
TMR | 2001 | Partly standard gauge | ||
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MC | 1906 | 2001 | ||
Transports Publics du Chablais Transports Publics du Chablais In the interests of the communities in the Chablais region, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, it was decided in 1999, to bring together passenger transport companies, to co-ordinate and develop services and investment in transport in the area... |
TPC | 1977 | Collaboration | ||
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AL | 1900 | |||
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AOMC | 1946 | |||
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AOM | 1907 | 1945 | ||
Chemin de fer Monthey-Champéry-Morgins The Monthey-Champéry-Morgins Railway was a metre gauge railway operating in the Chablais region of Switzerland.The concession to build the line was awarded on 22 June 1899 but the work proceeded slowly... |
MCM | 1908 | 1945 | ||
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ASD | 1913 | |||
Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye The Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway, abbreviated BVB, French Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye, is a metre gauge railway line operating between the towns in its title, situated in the Chablais region of south west Switzerland... |
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BGVC | 1906 | 1942 | ||
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BGV | 1898 | 1906 | ||
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VB | 1913 | 1942 | ||
Transports publics Fribourgeois Transports publics Fribourgeois The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :... |
TPF | 2000 | Partly standard gauge | ||
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GFM | 1942 | 2000 | Partly standard gauge | |
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CEG | 1903 | 1941 | ||
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Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Palézieux The Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis–Palézieux was opened in 1901, a metre gauge railway running between the places in its title — Châtel-St-Denis and Palézieux-Gare... |
CP | 1901 | 1907 | ||
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |
TRAVYS | 2001 | Partly standard gauge | ||
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YSteC | 1893 | 2000 | ||
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois |
TRN | 1999 | Partly standard gauge | ||
Uster-Oetwil Bahn |
UOe | 1909 | 1949 | † 1 October 1949 | |
Wengernalpbahn Wengernalpbahn Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway.... |
WAB | 1893 | |||
Waldenburgerbahn Waldenburgerbahn The Waldenburgerbahn is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Country. The long single-track line runs from Liestal, the capital of the canton, to Waldenburg, with stops in Bad Bubendorf, Höstein, Niederdorf, and Oberdorf. The line is operated by Waldenburgerbahn AG. It... http://www.waldenburgerbahn.ch/ |
WB | 1880 | |||
Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn |
WMB | 1903 | 1950 | † 13 May 1950 | |
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn The Wyna Valley and Suhre Walley Railway is a privately owned narrow gauge railway company in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It operates under the brand AAR bus+bahn, together with the Busbetrieb Aarau... |
WSB | 1957 | Marketing name since 2002: AAR bus+bahn |
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WTB | 1904 | 1956 | ||
Zentralbahn Zentralbahn The Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that was created on January 1, 2005, with the merger of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn and the Brünigbahn... |
ZB | 2005 | Merger | ||
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LSE | 1964 | 2005 | ||
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StEB | 1898 | 1964 | ||
Brünigbahn The Brünigbahn was, until 31 December 2004, the only narrow gauge railway of the Swiss Federal Railways . On 30 June 2004, the Swiss Federal Council empowered the SBB to sell the Brünigbahn to Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn , and this company was renamed to Zentralbahn.The Brünigbahn encompasses the... |
SBB | (1903) | (2005) | Interlaken-Luzern since 1914 | |
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JS | 1890 | 1903 | Brienz-Luzern | |
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JBL | (1888) | 1889 | Brienz Brienz Brienz is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The village lies on the north bank of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.-History:... -Alpnachstad |
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Tramways
- BLT Baselland TransportBaselland TransportBaselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme...
AG (Basel) - BVB Basler Verkehrs-BetriebeBasler Verkehrs-BetriebeBasler Verkehrsbetriebe is an electric tramway in Basel, Switzerland and has been open from May 6, 1892...
(Basel) - RiT Riffelalptram (Zermatt)
- SVB BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern)
- TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel)
- TPG Transports Publics GenevoisTransports Publics GenevoisGeneva Public Transport operates most of the public transportation system in Geneva Canton, Switzerland, including the city of Geneva. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy....
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Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich , the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its current name in 1950... |
VBZ | 1950 | Change of name | |
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StStZ | 1896 | 1950 | |
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EStZ | 1894 | 1896 | |
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ISZ | 1898 | 1902 | |
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ZZB | 1895 | 1905 | |
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StZH | 1898 | 1923 | |
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AGB | 1907 | 1925 | |
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ZOeS | 1897 | 1931 | |
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LSB | 1900 | 1931 | |
Closed or merged
- ABB Altstätten-Berneck-Bahn (later RhStB)
- AF Altdorf-Flüelen (closed 26 March 1951)
- CBV Tramway Chillon-Byron-Villeneuve (later VMCV)
- ESZ Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug (closed 21 May 1955)
- MRA Trambahn Meiringen-Reichenbach-Aareschlucht (closed 16 September 1956)
- RhStB Rheintalische Strassenbahn (later RhV)
- RhV Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe (closed 2 June 1973)
- SSS Strassenbahn Schwyz-Seewen (later SStB)
- SStB Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (closed 15 December 1963)
- StrStM Strassenbahn St. Moritz (closed 18 September 1932)
- SchSt Schaffhauser Strassenbahn (closed 6 March 1970)
- StSS Strassenbahn Schaffhausen-Schleitheim (closed 1 October 1964)
- StSt Strassenbahn Stansstad-Stans (closed)
- StStW Städtische Strassenbahn Winterthur (closed 2 November 1951)
- STI Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken (closed 31 May 1958)
- STL Tramway Locarno (closed 30 April 1960)
- SVB Spiezer Verbindungsbahn (closed 25 September 1960)
- (TB) Tramway Bellavista (closed 31 October 1913)
- TC Tramway de La Chaux-de-Fonds (closed 15 June 1950)
- TEL Tram Lugano (closed 17 December 1959)
- TEM Tram Mendrisio (closed 31 December 1950)
- TF Tramway de Fribourg (closed 1 April 1965)
- TL Tramways lausannois (closed 6 January 1964)
- TP Tramway-funiculaire Trait-Planches (closed 11 November 1912)
- TrB Tramway de Bienne/Biel (closed 9 December 1948)
- TrL Tram Luzern (closed 11 November 1961)
- TrMB Tramway Martigny-Bourg (closed 31 December 1956)
- TStG Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen (closed 1 October 1957)
- VMC Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon (later VMCV)
- VMCV Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (closed 19 January 1958)
- ZBB Zuger Berg- und Strassenbahn (closed 10 May 1959)
See also
- Rail transport in SwitzerlandRail transport in SwitzerlandThe railways of Switzerland include and narrow gauge .*Network size: 5,063 km*standard gauge: , of which is electrified.*narrow gauge: , of which is electrified...
- History of rail transport in SwitzerlandHistory of rail transport in SwitzerlandThe construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened...
- List of railway companies
- Mountain railways in Switzerland
- Rack railways in Switzerland
External links
- Jane's World Railways (hard copy)