Bern–Schwarzenburg railway line

The Bern–Schwarzenburg railway line is a railway line in Switzerland. It was built by the Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn (Bern-Schwarzenburg Railway, BSB). It was opened on 1 June 1907 between Bern and Schwarzenburg.

Bern–Schwarzenburg
Overview
Line number	306
Termini	Bern Schwarzenburg
Technical
Line length	20.75 km (12.89 mi)
Number of tracks	1 or 2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline	3.5%
Route map km elev from Olten from Lucerne 0.12 Bern 540 m Donnerbühl (401 m) 2.18 Bern Weyermannshaus Spw. 551 m to Lausanne 2.54 Holligen 551 m 2.54 BLS-BN line to Neuchâtel to Lausanne 3.12 Bern Europaplatz (Ausserholligen GBS until 2014 ) 546 m 3.52 Bern Fischermätteli 551 m 3.52 BLS-GTB line to Belp and Thun 5.00 Liebefeld 563 m 5.71 Köniz 572 m 7.80 Moos 628 m 8.87 Gasel 650 m 10.89 Niederscherli 656 m Scherligraben 45 m 12.82 Mittelhäusern 669 m Schwarzwasser 180 m 14.66 Schwarzwasserbrücke 645 m 17.83 Lanzenhäusern 741 m 20.87 Schwarzenburg 792 m Source: Swiss railway atlas

Route map

Share certificate issued with a face value of 250 francs of the Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn of 28 September 1907

A train derailed in Ausserholligen station on 28 June 1916 and a carriage and overturned; one passenger died and 20 were injured.

The railway company merged on 1 January 1944 with the Gürbetalbahn (GTB) to form the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn (GBS), which continued the operation of the BSB line.

The GBS was then part of an operating group led by the Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn, BLS). The four group companies merged in 1997 to form the BLS Lötschberg Railway, which in turn merged with the Regionalverkehr Mittelland (RM) in 2006 to form BLS AG, which now owns the former BSB line.

References

Sources

• Wägli, Hans G. (2010). Schienennetz Schweiz und Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+ (in German). Zürich: AS Verlag. ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9.