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1893 A train with special guests reaches the top on 5 May and the line opens to the public on 14 June. 1896 The Berner Oberland-Bahn become the new owners. 1913 The first electric trial run operates on 15 October. [2] 1914 Public electric services start on 9 May. [2] 1928 The Schynige Platte Alpine Garden opens on the Schynige Platte.
Schynige Platte is a railway station that is the upper terminus of the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte mountain in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The Schynige Platte alpine botanical garden is accessed from the station, whilst a mountain hotel and restaurant is nearby. [1]
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following rail services stop at Wilderswil: [5] [6] Regio: half-hourly service between Interlaken Ost and Lauterbrunnen or Grindelwald; trains operate combined between Interlaken Ost and Zweilütschinen. fifteen trains per day to Schynige Platte; service operates in the summer only.
A train at the Wilderswil station with the track of the Schynige Platte Railway (red train) on the adjacent platform. Since 1949 railcars have predominated. Some of the older electric locomotives still survive and are used for special trains. The centre of operations is Zweilütschinen with the depot headquarters and the modern main workshops.
Breitlauenen is a railway station on the Schynige Platte railway, a rack railway that connects Wilderswil with the Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Breitlauenen is the only intermediate station on the line, and has one of the line's two passing loops.
Rail crossing (near summit), highest station of the main Swiss railway network [Nb 2] La Barboleuse 1,211 m (3,973 ft) Vaud: Gryon: Bex–Villars–Bretaye: Gryon (La Barboleuse) La Givrine 1,208 m (3,963 ft) Vaud: Saint-Cergue: Nyon–St-Cergue–La Cure: Col de la Givrine: Rail crossing (near summit), highest station in the Jura Mountains ...
A train on the open-air section of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe. This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.It includes railways that overcome steep gradients (over 5%) or whose culminating point is over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
Schynige Platte-Bahn: SPB 1893 1895 Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn. BRB 1892 Chemins de fer du Jura. CJ 1944 Chemin de fer Tavannes-Le Noirmont: CTN 1927 1943 Chemin de fer Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont: TBN 1913 1927 Chemin de fer Tavannes-Tramelan: TT 1884 1927 Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier: RSG 1904 1943 Standard gauge before 1953