The Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn (BLS), known between 1997 and 2006 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, was a Swiss railway company. In 2006 the company merged...
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network, SBB transferred the operation of the S1 and S3 to the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn (BLS). The network now consisted of the following services: The...
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In order to expand the Lötschberg-Simplon axis into a powerful transit axis, various extensions to the access lines (from Bern and Lausanne in the north...
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Bernese Oberland to Upper Valais, through the Lötschberg Tunnel in the middle of the line. Together with the Simplon Tunnel south of Brig, it constitutes one...
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by the Swiss Federal Railways, the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway (BLS) and the metre gauge Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Trains calling at the...
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Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn (BLS) assumed operation from the SBB in December 2004, and the S11 began running as a rush-hour supplement between Bern and...
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Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn, BLS). The four group companies merged in 1997 to form the BLS Lötschberg Railway, which...
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With the opening of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in 2007, Visp station became an interchange station between services from the Bern region to Zermatt and...
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the GBS, were part of the BLS Group under the direction of the Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (BLS) and, until 1912, the Lake Thun Railway (Thunerseebahn...
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Rail transport in Switzerland (section S-Bahn)
line) and the Simplon Tunnel (Domodossola to Brig-Lausanne-Geneva line). Total route length: 3,173 km (1,971.6 mi). BLS (Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon) operates...
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Gemmi, and the Lötschberg, connecting Valais with the Swiss Plateau, through the Bernese Oberland. The Lötschberg, together with the Simplon, is one of the...
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Brig–Zermatt railway line (redirect from Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn)
and SBB trains heading towards the Lötschberg, Lake Geneva and Simplon Tunnel. With the opening of the Lötschberg base tunnel, a large portion of the...
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project to create a series of new intercity locomotives and cars. Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon-Bahn received eight units in 1994 (as Re 465), the Finnish State Railways...
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(Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn) WM (Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn) BLM (Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren) BLS (BLS AG), merger of BLS (Bern - Lötschberg - Simplon bahn) RM (Regionalverkehr...
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Spiez–Zweisimmen railway (redirect from Spiez-Erlach-Zweisimmen-Bahn)
the Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn (GBS), the Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn (BN) and the Berner Alpenbahn-Gesellschaft Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon (BLS) to form...
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Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern) TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel) TPG Transports Publics Genevois (Geneva) ABB Altstätten-Berneck-Bahn (later...
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NRLA (section Lötschberg axis)
its operator: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). The Lötschberg axis, with the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) in the Bernese Alps, was built by BLS Alp...
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6-kilometre-long (21.5 mi), Lötschberg Base Tunnel opened, which is part of the 449 km of infrastructure owned and operated by BLS AG. The Lötschberg base tunnel was...
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line), Lausanne-Sion-Brigue-Simplon-Domodossola-Milan By BLS line (Lötschberg line), Zürich HB or Basel-Berne-Spiez-Brigue-Simplon-Domodossola-Milan Only in...
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through the Aare valley in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Lötschberg-Simplon axis between Germany and Italy. It was opened in 1859 by the Swiss...
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interchange station with the standard gauge Swiss Federal Railways or Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway. The cantons listed below are the principal areas of operation...
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including the Wald-Rüti Railway (WR) Wohlen-Bremgarten Railway (WB) Jura-Simplon-Bahn (JS) including the Brünigbahn (the latter in 1903) Other companies were...
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Tunnel, followed in 1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and 1913 by the Lötschberg Tunnel, and more recently, in 2007, by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel. The 57.1-km long...
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1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and the Lötschberg Tunnel in 1913. As part of the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) in 2007 the Lötschberg Base Tunnel...
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standard gauge railway lines, namely the Simplon railway, the Milan–Domodossola railway, and the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway, operated by either SBB CFF...
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Visp railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
Link through the Alps (NRLA), connecting (Bern and) Spiez with Brig and the Simplon Tunnel, via the Lötschberg Base Tunnel and Visp. All of the standard...
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57 km long Gotthard Base Tunnel and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the approach to the Simplon Tunnel. The Lötschberg Base Tunnel was opened in 2007, but most...
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Ceneri Base Tunnel further south (opened on 3 September 2020) and the Lötschberg Base Tunnel on the other main north–south axis. It is referred to as a...
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Alpenbahn-Gesellschaft Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon (Bernese Alpine Railway Company Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon) built the MLB to improve access to its Lötschberg line. While...
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