The Furka Oberalp Railway (German: Furka Oberalp Bahn) is a narrow gauge mountain railway in Switzerland with a gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). It...
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The Furka Oberalp Bahn bypasses the pass through the 1,390 m (4,560 ft) high Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982 to replace the seasonal Furka Summit...
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Glacier Express (section Oberalp section)
Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (VZ), the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), and the Rhätische Bahn (RhB). From 2003 to 2017, the train was operated by Rhätische Bahn (RhB) and...
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is an old mountainous section of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) that was abandoned after the construction of the Furka Tunnel.: 86 It has been gradually brought...
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Brig–Zermatt railway line (redirect from Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn)
later branded as BVZ Zermatt-Bahn. It merged with the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) in 2003 to form the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB). The mountain village...
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(3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ). The name comes from the Matterhorn and St. Gotthard...
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The Furka–Oberalp Railway Deh 4/4 II, now known as the Matterhorn–Gotthard Railway Deh 4/4 91–96, is a class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric multiple...
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The Furka Base Tunnel is a Swiss railway base tunnel on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn's Furka–Oberalp line, an east–west railway connecting the cantons...
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The Furka Oberalp Bahn Deh 4/4 I, now known as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Deh 4/4 51–55, is a five member class of metre gauge, rack rail, electric...
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The Furka Oberalp Bahn Ge 4/4 III, now known as the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Ge 4/4 III, is a two member class of metre gauge electric locomotives operated...
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Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO). However, that line, which, along with the summit tunnel, was closed in 1981 and reopened in 2000, is now part of the Furka Cogwheel...
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Andermatt railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), serving the town and municipality of Andermatt, in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. The station is connected, via the Furka Pass...
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and Oberwald, on the Furka Oberalp Bahn (now part of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn) Furka Summit Tunnel (opened 1925), between Furka and Muttbach-Belvédère...
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Zermatt railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO). The station is across the street...
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It was then owned and operated from that point until 1981 by the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen...
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crosses the pass is closed in winter, but the Furka-Oberalp railway line, now part of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, runs year round and provides a limited shuttle...
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Rail transport in Switzerland (section S-Bahn)
former Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) was a metre-gauge railway in the high southern alps. Its name referred to two passes, the Furka Pass and the Oberalp Pass...
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4/4s are the two HGm 4/4s that were delivered a year later to the Furka Oberalp Bahn. The Gem 4/4 locomotives, which bear the traffic numbers 801 and 802...
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5577°N 8.3550773°E / 46.5577; 8.3550773 on the former Furka Oberalp Bahn, now Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke Heritage Railway. This is a single track partial...
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HGe 4/4 II (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn locomotives)
series of five prototypes was procured by a consortium made up of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and the SBB-CFF-FFS, which wanted them for the Brünigbahn, now...
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Sedrun railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
Switzerland. The station is at the eastern end of the Oberalp Pass. It forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Andermatt...
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line Lausanne Flon-Gare Matterhorn-Gotthard Railway (MGB) (former Furka Oberalp Bahn and Brig-Visp-Zermatt Railway) Mühleggbahn (1950-1975, funicular before...
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Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn Gornergratbahn Gotthardbahn Jungfraubahn Harderbahn Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (formerly BVZ Zermatt-Bahn, Furka Oberalp Bahn) Monte Generoso...
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Fiesch railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
Switzerland. The station forms part of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via Furka Base Tunnel, Andermatt in Uri, with Göschenen...
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the western Alps, such as the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line, the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) and the Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat Railway (GFM). The tourist-oriented...
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Oberwald railway station (category Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn stations)
station is close to the western portal of the Furka Base Tunnel, on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO), which connects Brig in Valais, via the base...
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Switzerland portal Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn Furka Oberalp Bahn Rhaetian Railway SBB-CFF-FFS "Société anonyme des ateliers de Sécheron"...
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(BLS) Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB) BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ) Domodossola–Locarno railway (Centovallina) CISALPINO AG Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO) Glacier Express...
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merger in 2003 of the Furka Oberalp Bahn and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn. The MGB operates the Glacier Express jointly with the RhB. Furka Steam Railway - a preserved...
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buffer support (balance lever coupling) Electric locomotive of the Furka Oberalp Bahn (today MGB ) with balance lever coupling Buffers and chain coupler...
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