Swiss RailwaysFilip Hercík

DLO 2

Presentation contains• Swiss Federal Railways

• Tracks

• Stations

• Trains

• Mountain trains

• Connection to other countries

Swiss Federal Railways• SBB = Schweizerische Bundesbahnen

• 1902

• Bern

• Ulrich Meyer (CEO)

• 3011 km normal gauge

• 74 km meter gauge

Tracks

St.Gallen

Zürich

Biel Bern

Lausanne

Geneve

Throught Bern

Throught Biel

North – South track

BaselZürich

Luzern

Bellinzona

Lugano

From Basel

From Zürich

Southern trackGeneve

Lausanne

Sion

Visp

Brig

Southern track

East - South

Romanshorn

Zürich

Bern

Visp

Brig

East – South track

Stations

• Zürich HB – 340 000 passengers per day

• Bern HB – 150 000 passengers per day

• Geneve – 40 000 passengers per day

• Next stations : Lausanne, St.Gallen, Luzern, …

Trains

• Steam locomotives

• Diessel locomotives

• Electric locmotives

Mountain trains

• Glacier Express (Zermatt – St.Moritz)

• Bernina Express (Chur – Lugano)

• Golden Pass Line (Luzern – Montreaux)

• Voralpen Express (Romanshorn – Luzern)

• Chocolate Train (Montreaux – Broc)

Connection to other countries

Italy

• Simplon pass (Geneve – Milano)

• Chiasso / Como (Basel – Milano)

• Tirano (Bernina Express)

• Locarno / Domodossola

France

• Geneve (Paris – Geneve)

• Basel (Paris – Zürich)

• Vallorbe (Paris – Lausanne)

• Frasne (Paris – Bern)

Austria

• St.Margrethen (Bregenz)

Zürich - München

Germany

• Basel (Dortmund, Berlin)

• Neuhasen (Singen)

• Kreuzlingen (Karlsruhe)

Liechtenstein

Buchs (CH)

Vaduz

Feldkirch (A)

Sources

• System IDOS

• http://www.sbb.ch

• My experience

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