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.
List of companies and lines
The cantons listed below are the principal areas of operation, but some lines may extend into parts of neighbouring cantons and countries:
Canton of Aargau
Cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and St. Gallen
Canton of Basel-Landschaft
Canton of Basel-Stadt
Canton of Bern
Canton of Geneva
- Trams in Geneva
- Geneva (Chantepoulet) – Ferney (France) - Gex (France) tramway - closed in 1938 and replaced by a bus service
Canton of Fribourg
Canton of Glarus
Canton of Grisons
Cantons of Grisons, Uri and Valais
Canton of Jura
Cantons of Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Bern
Canton of Neuchâtel
Canton of Schwyz
Canton of Solothurn
Cantons of Thurgau and St. Gallen
Canton of Ticino
Canton of Valais
Canton of Vaud
Canton of Zürich
Trams
There are trams operating on nine systems in seven Swiss cities. Street-running tramways are nearly all 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). The Chemin de fer Bex–Villars–Bretaye (BVB) in Bex is more of a mixed interuban light rail line connected to a rack railway but it does have some street running portions, particularly in Bex where the BVB operates along the right of way of a tramway system originally built in the 1890s.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Buckley, Richard (2000). Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Light Rail Transit Association. ISBN 0-948106-27-1.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rail travel in Switzerland.
- Swiss narrow-gauge railways