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There are a few railway lines crossing the France–Switzerland border, the most-frequented ones being the Lyon–Geneva railway and the Strasbourg–Basel railway lines. TGV Lyria , a joint-venture between SBB and the French SNCF , operates high-speed trains from Paris or southern France to Genève-Cornavin and Lausanne or Basel SBB and Zurich HB.
Switzerland has an extensive and reliable public transport network. Due to the clock-face schedule, the different modes of transports are well-integrated. There is a national integrated ticketing system for public transport, which is organized in tariff networks (for all train and bus services and some boat lines, cable cars and funiculars).
Switzerland has an extensive collection of narrow-gauge railways, almost all of which are metre gauge and electrified with different voltages. Most lines have at least one interchange station with the standard gauge Swiss Federal Railways or Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway .
The following is a complete list of all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory. It also includes routes of foreign railway companies (e.g. Deutsche Bahn), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.
Switzerland has an extensive network of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railways, many of which interchange traffic (most prominent is the Rhaetian Railway). They are concentrated in the more heavily mountainous areas. The Jungfrau Railway terminates at the highest station in Europe.
Lake Zürich right-bank railway line; Landquart–Davos Platz railway line; Landquart–Thusis railway line; Langenthal–Huttwil railway; Langenthal–Melchnau railway line; Langenthal–Oensingen railway line; Lausanne–Bern railway; Lausanne–Geneva railway; Lausanne–Bercher line; List of mountain railways in Switzerland; Lötschberg railway