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The Schynige Platte Railway is built to 800 mm gauge (2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in gauge) and is electrified using a 1500 V DC overhead supply. It is a rack railway , using the Riggenbach rack with a maximum gradient of 25% (1 in 4).
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]
It is also the valley terminus of the Schynige Platte Railway, whose trains operate to the Schynige Platte and are stabled at a depot bordering the station. [1] [4] The two lines use different gauges, and there is no physical connection between them. However the trains operate from adjacent platforms within the same station. [1]
Breitlauenen station was created from the purchase of the inn at Breitlauenen when the Schynige Platte Railway was constructed in 1891. [3] The station, the inn and surrounding geography, are extensively covered in late 1890s literature. [4] [5] The inn at the station closed in 1974. [6]
The BOB is owned by the Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG, a company that also owns the 800 mm (2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Schynige Platte Railway. Through that company it is part of the Allianz – Jungfrau Top of Europe marketing alliance, which also includes the separately owned Wengernalpbahn , Jungfraubahn , Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen–Mürren , Harderbahn ...
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.
The Schynige Platte (Scheinige Platte on the old Siegfried Map) [1] is a small mountain ridge and a viewpoint in the Bernese Highlands and belongs to the Schwarzhorn group. The mountain range consists of three peaks: Gumihorn (2,099 m (6,886 ft)), Tuba (2,076 m (6,811 ft)), and the closest summit next to the viewpoint, Geiss (2,067 metres (6,781 ft)).
Schynige Platte Railway; Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS), including: Zollikofen–Bern railway; Trams in Bern; Wengernalp Railway - 800 mm track gauge; Funiculars: Gelmer Funicular; Giessbachbahn; Gurten Funicular; Harderbahn - in Interlaken; Reichenbachfall Funicular; Closed lines: Trams in Biel/Bienne (closed 1948)