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910 RhB Chur - Davos

910 RhB Chur - Davos
46 photos
updated : 2022-09-10
The Landquart - Davos line runs through the Prättigau, the valley of the Landquart River. It connects the resorts of Klosters and Davos to the SBB at Landquart and connects to the Unterengadin via the Vereina Tunnel. The line isn’t as spectacular as the Albula route but does have some very pleasant locations.

950 RhB St Moritz - Tirano

950 RhB St Moritz - Tirano
42 photos
updated : 2022-09-09
The Berninabahn links St. Moritz with Tirano, just across the border in Italy and has a character of its own. It retains the original 1000V DC power supply and climbs on gradients as steep as 1 in 14 to a summit 2253m above sea level, the highest crossing of the Alps by a conventional adhesion only railway.

960 RhB Pontresina - Scuol-Tarasp

960 RhB Pontresina - Scuol-Tarasp
43 photos
updated : 2022-09-09
This line serves the Engadin or the En Valley. From Pontresina in the Upper Engadin, a broad, alpine valley flanked by high peaks and popular with tourists, the railway continues 57km north-east to Scuol-Tarasp, deep in the Lower Engadin and 500m lower, a much remoter area but no less scenic.

930 Chur - Arosa

930 Chur - Arosa
2 photos
updated : 2022-09-09
The Arosa line runs 25km into the mountains south of Chur, climbing 1155m to the resort of Arosa. It is largely a self contained operation, running from its own platforms on Chur station forecourt with a connection across the standard gauge line east of the station to allow the transfer of rolling stock.

920 Chur - Disentis

920 Chur - Disentis
51 photos
updated : 2022-09-09
From Reichenau-Tamins the line follows the Vorderrhein valley west to Disentis / Muster where it makes an end on connection with the former FO (now MGB) metre gauge line to Andermatt and Brig. Traffic is fairly heavy with Glacier Express and freight trains in addition to the regular passengers.

940 RhB Chur - St Moritz

940 RhB Chur - St Moritz
113 photos
updated : 2022-09-09
The Albula route is the Rhätischebahn’s principal main line and links Chur with St Moritz. Trains climb to a summit 1823m above sea level in the 5.8km Albula Tunnel that gives access to the Oberengadin. The route includes the famous Landwasser viaduct and a series of spirals above Bergün.

760 Zürich - Schaffhausen

760 Zürich - Schaffhausen
1 photo
updated : 2022-09-07
The Schaffhausen line runs north from Zürich, past the airport and through a succession of small towns and villages to cross the Rhein at Eglisau before reaching Schaffhausen. As well as SBB fast and local services, the line carries international passenger trains to Singen and Stuttgart and some freight.

800 Zürich Area

800 Zürich Area
7 photos
updated : 2022-09-06
Zürich is a major hub on the Swiss rail network, with regular passenger trains to all parts of the country and a large freight yard, RB Limmattal, west of the city. Zürich HB is the city's main station, where classic Re4/4iis and 460s mix with various EMUs, German ICEs, French TGVs and Austrian Railjets.

310 Interlaken - Spiez

310 Interlaken - Spiez
9 photos
updated : 2022-09-05
The Spiez - Interlaken line is less than 20km long and is unphotographable for much of its length, running alongside a main road and squeezed into a narrow strip between the lake and forested hills. However, one of the few good shots on the line is the classic position at Faulensee, overlooking the Thunersee.

600 Gotthardbahn

600 Gotthardbahn
96 photos
updated : 2016-09-04
The Gotthardbahn combined the superb scenery of the Swiss Alps with heavy passenger and freight traffic, making it a prime target for photography. The Gotthard Base Tunnel opened in 2016, since when the mountain route has seen few freights or loco hauled passenger trains.

300 BLS Lötschberg Line

300 BLS Lötschberg Line
15 photos
updated : 2016-09-04
The Lötschberg main line is a busy freight and passenger route across the Swiss Alps. As well as being a major trunk route, it’s a scenic delight and a real engineering marvel. These pictures were taken in the last weeks before the opening of the base tunnel bypassing the most scenic sections of the line.

100 Lausanne - Brig

100 Lausanne - Brig
7 photos
updated : 2016-09-04
This scenic line runs alongside Lake Geneva from Lausanne to Villeneuve then follows the Rhone Valley to Brig in the heart of the Alps. The line carries both domestic and international traffic, including a half-hourly loco-hauled passenger service, EMUs on local trains and a fair amount of freight.

314 Schynige Platte Bahn

314 Schynige Platte Bahn
4 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Schynige Platte Bahn is a short, 800mm gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland, electrified at 1500V DC. The line climbs from Wilderswil, close to Interlaken, to Schynige Platte, 1967m above sea level, and is operated by ancient 4-wheel electric rack locos, all of them now over 100 years old.

311-312 Wengeralpbahn

311-312 Wengeralpbahn
5 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Wengernalpbahn operates two short 800mm gauge, 1500V DC, rack lines in the Bernese Oberland, linking Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald with Kleine Scheidegg, where they connect with the Jungfraubahn. Motive power is entirely EMUs and motor coaches, some of them dating from the 1940s.

311-312 Jungfraubahn

311-312 Jungfraubahn
4 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Jungfraubahn operates the highest railway in Europe, starting at Kleine Scheidegg, 2061m above sea level and terminating 3454m asl at Jungfraujoch. It's a metre gauge rack line and one of the few railways to still use a 3-phase electrification system to power its EMUs and motor coaches.

410 Biel/Bienne - Olten

410 Biel/Bienne - Olten
28 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
This is the northern end of the Jurafuss route, linking Basel and Zürich with Lausanne and Genève via Neuchatel and Biel. Units work most passengers but freight traffic is quite heavy with oil tanks and postal trains predominating. A few freights were still worked by class Ae6/6 locos in late 2012.

510 Olten - Luzern

510 Olten - Luzern
11 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Olten - Luzern line runs through pleasant countryside and was one of the last lines where Ae6/6s worked freight, making it a must for a visit in the summer of 2012 when the class was living on borrowed time. There were plenty of other loco hauled trains and units around as well.

210 Lausanne - Biel/Bienne

210 Lausanne - Biel/Bienne
15 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Lausanne - Biel/Bienne line is the southern part of the main route linking Basel and Zürich with Lausanne and Genève. Passenger traffic is almost entirely worked by units but there's a healthy level of freight traffic and a number of trains were regularly hauled by Ae6/6s in late 2012.

142-143 MGB Disentis - Visp

142-143 MGB Disentis - Visp
12 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn was formed by the merger of the Brig Visp Zermatt and Furka Oberalp railways in 2003 and runs from Zermatt to meet the RhB at Disentis. The route goes via Visp, Brig, the Furka base tunnel and the Oberalp Pass (No prizes for guessing where its predecessors got their names).

320 Spiez - Zweisimmen

320 Spiez - Zweisimmen
10 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Spiez - Zweisimmen line is a standard gauge electrified branch operated by BLS and connecting the Lötschberg main line with the northern end of the MOB metre gauge line to Montreux. Most trains are worked by EMUs but there were a handful of loco hauled workings as well in 2013.

470 Interlaken - Luzern

470 Interlaken - Luzern
17 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Interlaken - Luzern line, also known as the Brünigbahn, is a metre gauge line with rack sections but, like the MGB and RhB, has a main line character. Until late 2013 most IR services were worked by locomotives north of Meiringen and 1940s built motor luggage vans between there and Interlaken.

880 Sargans - St Gallen

880 Sargans - St Gallen
5 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
The Chur - Sargans - St.Gallen route is a secondary line connecting the two most important centres in the east of Switzerland. It's not particularly busy but it did have loco hauled passengers as late as 2013 and there were some very attractive mountain backgrounds, especially around Sevelen.

900 Zürich - Chur

900 Zürich - Chur
4 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
Chur is the largest town in Graubunden and is linked to Zürich by a double track electrified line running via Sargans, the junction for trains to Austria and north-east Switzerland. The line sees frequent passenger services and some freight traffic, including Austrian Railjets and international freight west of Sargans.

915 RhB Davos - Filisur

915 RhB Davos - Filisur
14 photos
updated : 2016-07-21
This is one of the quieter lines on the RhB system but is not devoid of interest. From Filisur it follows the Landwasser river east through deeply incised gorges until the valley widens on the approach to Davos. The line has seen a variety of traction over the years, including Ge4/4i, Ge4/4ii and Ge4/4iii class locos.
Switzerland is famed the world over for its beautiful alpine scenery and its excellent, punctual and well connected transport system. The railways are a real delight with a huge variety of gauges, railway companies, locomotives and liveries all running through the picturesque Swiss landscape.
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