List of railway companies in Switzerland
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[edit] Standard gauge
The following is a complete list of all standard gauge railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory. It also includes routes of foreign railway companies (e.g. Deutsche Bahn), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.
Not included are railway companies which do not operate their own routes (e.g. Cisalpino, Hupac or the former Lokoop) as well as operators of short connecting goods lines.
If there is no abbreviation shown, it means that this company always appears with its full name.
[edit] Companies in operation today
Company | Abbreviation | Since | Notes |
AlpTransit Gotthard | ATG | 1998 | Erstfeld-Amsteg Grund, 5.25 km, partly narrow gauge |
Appenzeller Bahnen | AB | 2006 | Former Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn |
BLS Lötschbergbahn | BLS | 1996 | |
Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève | 1888 | Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF | |
Chemins de fer du Jura | CJ | 1944 | Partly standard gauge |
Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres | VCh | 1904 | Route leased to SBB |
Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland | DVZO | 2000 | Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 |
Deutsche Bahn | DB AG | 1994 | Around Schaffhausen and Basel |
Ferrovie dello Stato (Now Known as Trenitalia) | FS | 1992 | Passenger services: Trenitalia |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt | HBS | 1924 | Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft | HBL | 1940 | Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only |
Kriens-Luzern-Bahn | KLB | 1886 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy | LO | 1877 | Funicular before 1958 |
Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn | OeBB | 1899 | |
Österreichische Bundesbahnen | ÖBB | 1947 | Around Buchs and St. Margrethen |
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG | RM | 1997 | Merger |
Rigi-Bahnen | RB | 1992 | |
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn | RHB | 1875 | Merged with Appenzeller Bahnen in 2006 |
SBB-CFF-FFS | SBB CFF FFS | 1902 | |
Swiss Confederation | CH | 1968 | Courtemaîche-Bure, 4.72 km, connecting line to army camp |
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG | SOB | 2001 | Merger |
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn | SZU | 1973 | |
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français | SNCF | 1938 | Around Basel and Geneva |
Sursee-Triengen-Bahn | ST | 1912 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois | TOSL | 1991 | |
THURBO | 2002 | Subsidiary of SBB | |
Transports de Martigny et Régions | TMR | 2001 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports publics Fribourgeois | TPF | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois | TRN | 1999 | Partly narrow gauge |
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix | TRAVYS | 2001 |
[edit] All companies
Company | Abbreviation | From | Until | Notes |
ATG | 1998 | Erstfeld-Amsteg Grund, 5.25 km, partly narrow gauge | ||
BLS | 1996 | Merger | ||
BLS | 1907 | 1996 | ||
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SFB | 1901 | 1906 | |
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TSB | 1893 | 1912 | |
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BB | 1872 | 1900 | |
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BN | 1901 | 1996 | |
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GBS | 1944 | 1996 | |
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BSB | 1907 | 1943 | |
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GTB | 1901 | 1943 | |
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SEZ | 1942 | 1996 | Also known as Simmentalbahn |
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EZB | 1902 | 1941 | |
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SEB | 1897 | 1941 | |
Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève |
1888 | Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF | ||
Chemins de fer du Jura |
CJ | 1944 | partly narrow gauge | |
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RPB | 1901 | 1943 | |
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RSG | 1904 | 1943 | Narrow gauge since 1953 |
Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres |
VCh | 1904 | Route leased to SBB | |
Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland |
DVZO | 2000 | Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 | |
SBB | 1947 | (2000) | Bäretswil-Bauma, transferred to DVZO in 2000 | |
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UeBB | 1901 | 1948 | |
DB AG | 1994 | Around Schaffhausen and Basel | ||
DB | 1952 | 1994 | ||
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SWDE | 1948 | 1952 | Under sequestration |
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DR | 1945 | 1948 | Under sequestration |
DR | 1924 | 1945 | ||
DRB | 1920 | 1924 | ||
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BadStB | 1855 | 1920 | |
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1862 | 1889 | Integrated into BadStB in 1889 | |
FS | 1992 | Passenger services: Trenitalia | ||
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FS | 1905 | 1991 | |
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SFM | 1885 | 1905 | |
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SFAI | 1876 | 1885 | |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt |
HBS | 1924 | Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only | |
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft |
HBL | 1940 | Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only | |
Kriens-Luzern-Bahn |
KLB | 1886 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only | |
LO | 1877 | Funicular before 1958 | ||
NStCM | 1916 | End of the line in La Cure (Swiss-French border) since 1958 | ||
Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn |
OeBB | 1899 | ||
ÖBB | 1947 | Around Buchs and St. Margrethen | ||
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ÖStB | 1945 | 1947 | |
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DR | 1945 | 1945 | Under sequestration |
DR | 1938 | 1945 | ||
BBÖ | 1921 | 1938 | ||
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ÖStB | 1919 | 1921 | |
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KKÖStB | 1885 | 1919 | |
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VB | 1872 | 1885 | |
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG |
RM | 1997 | 2006 | Merger; merged with BLS |
EBT | 1942 | 1996 | ||
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BTB | 1899 | 1941 | |
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EB | 1875 | 1941 | |
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SCB | (1854) | (1883) | Section Solothurn-Biberist EBT |
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SMB | 1908 | 1996 | |
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VHB | 1944 | 1996 | |
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HWB | 1895 | 1943 | |
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LHB | 1927 | 1943 | |
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HEB | 1915 | 1926 | |
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LHB | 1889 | 1926 | |
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RSHB | 1908 | 1943 | |
RB | 1992 | |||
ARB | 1873 | 1992 | ||
VRB | 1969 | 1992 | Change of name | |
RB | 1871 | 1969 | ||
RHB | 1875 | 2006 | Merged with Appenzeller Bahnen in 2006 | |
SBB CFF FFS | 1902 | |||
AS | 1874 | 1901 | ||
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1875 | 1902 | ||
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1894 | 1912 | ||
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PLM | 1862 | (1894) | |
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LG | 1858 | 1862 | |
GB | 1874 | 1909 | ||
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JN | 1886 | 1913 | |
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JBL | 1884 | (1886) | Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches |
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JS | 1890 | 1903 | |
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JBL | 1884 | 1889 | Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches to JN in 1886 |
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BLB | 1875 | 1884 | |
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BSB | 1861 | (1875) | Gümligen-Langnau |
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1860 | 1861 | ||
JB | 1874 | 1884 | ||
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JI | 1857 | 1875 | |
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PD | 1872 | 1876 | |
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BSB | 1861 | 1877 | Gümligen-Langnau to BLB in 1875 |
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1860 | 1861 | ||
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PV | 1886 | 1890 | |
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SOS | 1881 | 1889 | |
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SO | 1872 | 1881 | |
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FS | 1859 | 1871 | |
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LFB | 1858 | 1871 | |
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GV | 1858 | 1858 | |
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OS | 1855 | 1871 | |
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JE | 1870 | 1876 | |
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S | 1874 | 1881 | |
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LI | 1859 | 1874 | |
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SCB | 1854 | 1901 | |
EST | 1854 | 1872 | Section Basel-St. Johann-Grenze | |
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1844 | 1854 | ||
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NOB | 1853 | (1881) | Section Suhr-Zofingen |
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NOB | 1853 | 1902 | Suhr-Zofingen to SCB in 1881 |
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SG | 1876 | 1885 | |
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BR | 1865 | 1876 | |
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EH | 1876 | 1885 | |
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1847 | 1853 | First railway company of Switzerland | |
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SNB | 1875 | 1880 | |
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ZZL | 1864 | 1891 | |
STB | 1883 | 1921 | ||
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STB | 1904 | 2000 | |
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TB | 1870 | 1902 | |
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TTB | 1875 | 1917 | |
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UeBB | 1901 | 1948 | |
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VSB | 1857 | 1902 | |
1856 | 1857 | |||
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1855 | 1857 | ||
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1853 | 1857 | Not to be confused with today's SOB | |
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WR | 1876 | 1902 | |
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WB | 1876 | 1901 | |
CH | 1968 | Courtemaîche-Bure, 4.72 km, connecting line to army camp | ||
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG |
SOB | 2001 | Fusion | |
BT | 1910 | 2000 | ||
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SOB | 1890 | 2000 | |
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WE | 1877 | 1889 | |
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ZGB | 1878 | 1889 | |
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn |
SZU | 1973 | ||
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SiTB | 1892 | 1972 | |
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BZUe | 1922 | 1972 | Change of name |
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UeB | 1875 | 1922 | |
SNCF | 1938 | Around Basel and Geneva | ||
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AL | 1918 | 1938 | |
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EL | 1872 | 1918 | |
EST | 1854 | 1872 | ||
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1844 | 1854 | ||
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PLM | 1862 | 1938 | |
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LG | 1858 | 1862 | |
Sursee-Triengen-Bahn |
ST | 1912 | Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only | |
Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois |
TOSL | 1991 | ||
2002 | Subsidiary of SBB | |||
MThB | 1911 | 2002 | ||
SBB CFF FFS | (1902) | (2002) | Regional services in north-eastern Switzerland | |
Transports de Martigny et Régions |
TMR | 2001 | Partly narrow gauge | |
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MO | 1910 | 2001 | |
TPF | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge | ||
GFM | 1942 | 2000 | Partly narrow gauge | |
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BR | 1868 | 1941 | |
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FMA | 1903 | 1941 | |
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FM | 1898 | 1903 | |
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois |
TRN | 1999 | Partly narrow gauge | |
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RVT | 1883 | 1998 | |
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |
TRAVYS | 2001 | ||
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OC | 1894 | 2000 | |
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PBr | 1899 | 2000 | |
Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn |
WM | 1916 | 1997 | † merged with BD to BDWM Transport AG on 31 May 1997 |
[edit] Narrow gauge
[edit] All companies
Company | Abbreviations | From | Until | Notes |
ATG | 1998 | Tscheppa-Las Rueras | ||
Appenzeller Bahnen AG |
AB | 1988 | ||
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AB | 1885 | 1988 | |
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AWW | 1940 | 1947 | Name change |
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SB | 1912 | 1939 | |
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SLB | 1875 | 1885 | |
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SGA | 1947 | 1988 | |
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AG | 1911 | 1947 | |
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SGA | 1931 | 1947 | |
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ASt | 1889 | 1931 | |
RHB | 1875 | 2006 | Standard gauge | |
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RhW | 1896 | 1200 mm gauge, now part of Appenzeller Bahnen AG | |
Aare Seeland mobil |
ASm | 1999 | Merger | |
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BTI | 1945 | 1999 | |
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SLB | 1916 | 1945 | |
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RVO | 1990 | 1999 | |
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OJB | 1958 | 1990 | |
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LJB | 1907 | 1958 | |
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LMB | 1917 | 1958 | |
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SNB | 1918 | 1999 | |
Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges |
BAM | 1895 | ||
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AL | 1896 | 1899 | |
Museumsbahn Blonay-Chamby |
BC | 1968 | ||
CEV | 1902 | (1968) | Blonay-Chamby to BC in 1968 | |
BDWM Transport AG |
BDWM | 2000 | Merger with WM | |
BD | 1902 | 2000 | ||
BLM | 1891 | |||
BLT | 1974 | |||
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BEB | 1902 | 1974 | |
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BTB | 1887 | 1974 | |
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BUeB | 1921 | 1974 | |
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TBA | 1907 | 1974 | |
Biel-Meinisberg Bahn |
BMB | 1913 | 1940 | † 30 June 1940 |
BOB | 1890 | |||
SPB | 1893 | 1895 | ||
BRB | 1892 | |||
Chemins de fer du Jura |
CJ | 1944 | ||
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CTN | 1927 | 1943 | |
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TBN | 1913 | 1927 | |
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TT | 1884 | 1927 | |
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RSG | 1904 | 1943 | Standard gauge before 1953 |
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SC | 1892 | 1943 | |
DFB | 1987 | |||
FO | 1925 | (1987) | Section Gletsch-Furka | |
FO | 1925 | (1989) | Section Furka-Realp | |
Ferrovie autolinee regionali ticinesi |
FART | 1961 | Change of name | |
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FRT | 1923 | 1961 | Centovalli Railway |
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LPB | 1907 | 1948 | Maggia Valley Railway † 29 November 1965 |
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STL | 1908 | 1922 | Tramway Locarno † 30 April 1960 |
FB | 1912 | |||
FLP | 1912 | |||
FM | 2003 | Heritage railway (since 1995) | ||
RhB | 1895 | (2003) | Castione-Cama to Ferrovia Mesolcinese | |
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BM | 1907 | 1941 | Bellinzona-Castione -Cama-Mesocco |
Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn |
FW | 1887 | ||
GGB | 1997 | Change of name | ||
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GGB | 1889 | 1997 | |
JB | 1898 | |||
Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher |
LEB | 1913 | ||
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CV | 1889 | 1912 | |
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LE | 1873 | 1912 | |
Leuk-Leukerbad-Bahn |
LLB | 1915 | 1967 | † 27. Mai 1967 |
MGB | 2003 | Fusion | ||
BVZ | 1991 | 2002 | Change of name | |
BVZ | 1961 | 1991 | Change of name | |
VZ | 1890 | 1961, | now BVZ Zermatt-Bahn | |
FO | 1925 | 2002 | ||
BFD | 1915 | 1925 | ||
SchB | 1917 | 1961 | ||
MIB | 1946 | Change of name | ||
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KWO | 1926 | 1946 | |
MOB | 1901 | |||
MVR | 2001 | Merger | ||
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CEV | 1902 | 2001 | Partial discontinuations |
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MTGN | 1992 | 2001 | |
MGN | 1987 | 1991 | ||
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GN | 1892 | 1986 | |
MGl | 1909 | 1986 | ||
TG | 1883 | 1991 | ||
PB | 1889 | |||
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn |
RBS | 1984 | ||
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SZB | 1922 | 1983 | |
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BZB | 1912 | 1921 | |
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ESB | 1916 | 1921 | |
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VBW | 1927 | 1983 | |
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BWB | 1907 | 1926 | |
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BMGWB | 1898 | 1907 | |
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WT | 1913 | 1926 | |
RhB | 1895 | |||
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BB | 1908 | 1942 | |
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BM | 1907 | 1941 | † 27. Mai 1972 Bellinzona-Castione † 9 December 1979 Cama-Mesocco Remainder to Ferrovia Mesolcinese in 2003 |
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ChA | 1914 | 1941 | |
LD | 1889 | 1895 | ||
Rigi-Scheidegg-Bahn |
RSB | 1874 | 1931 | † 31 December 1942 |
Sernftalbahn |
SeTB | 1905 | 1969 | † 31. Mai 1969 |
Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie |
SSIF | (1912) | Joint operation with FART | |
Trait-Planches |
TP | 1898 | 1912 | † 11 November 1912 |
Transports de Martigny et Régions |
TMR | 2001 | Partly standard gauge | |
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MC | 1906 | 2001 | |
TPC | 1977 | Collaboration | ||
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AL | 1900 | ||
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AOMC | 1946 | ||
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AOM | 1907 | 1945 | |
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MCM | 1908 | 1945 | |
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ASD | 1913 | ||
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BVB | 1943 | ||
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BGVC | 1906 | 1942 | |
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BGV | 1898 | 1906 | |
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VB | 1913 | 1942 | |
TPF | 2000 | Partly standard gauge | ||
GFM | 1942 | 2000 | Partly standard gauge | |
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CEG | 1903 | 1941 | |
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CBM | |||
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CP | 1901 | 1907 | |
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |
TRAVYS | 2001 | Partly standard gauge | |
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YSteC | 1893 | 2000 | |
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois |
TRN | 1999 | Partly standard gauge | |
Trogenerbahn |
TB | 1903 | ||
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VBSG | 1950 | 1957 | Tramway discontinued, section to TB |
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TStG | 1897 | 1950 | † 1 October 1957 |
Uster-Oetwil Bahn |
UOe | 1909 | 1949 | † 1 October 1949 |
WAB | 1893 | |||
Waldenburgerbahn |
WB | 1880 | ||
Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn |
WMB | 1903 | 1950 | † 13 May 1950 |
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn |
WSB | 1957 | Marketing name since 2002: AAR bus+bahn |
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AS | 1901 | 1956 | |
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WTB | 1904 | 1956 | |
ZB | 2005 | Merger | ||
LSE | 1964 | 2005 | ||
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StEB | 1898 | 1964 | |
SBB | (1903) | (2005) | Interlaken-Luzern since 1914 | |
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JS | 1890 | 1903 | Brienz-Luzern |
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JBL | (1888) | 1889 | Brienz-Alpnachstad |
[edit] External links
- RAIL-INFO SWITZERLAND (in English)
[edit] Tramways
- BLT Baselland Transport AG (Basel)
- BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (Basel)
- RiT Riffelalptram (Zermatt)
- SVB BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern)
- TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel)
- TPG Transports publics genevois (Geneva)
Company | Abbreviation | From | Until | Notes |
VBZ | 1950 | Change of name | ||
StStZ | 1896 | 1950 | ||
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(ZStG) | 1882 | 1896 | |
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EStZ | 1894 | 1896 | |
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ISZ | 1898 | 1902 | |
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ZZB | 1895 | 1905 | |
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StZH | 1898 | 1923 | |
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AGB | 1907 | 1925 | |
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ZOeS | 1897 | 1931 | |
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LSB | 1900 | 1931 |
[edit] Closed or merged
- ABB Altstätten-Berneck-Bahn (later RhStB)
- AF Altdorf-Flüelen (closed 26 March 1951)
- CBV Tramway Chillon-Byron-Villeneuve (later VMCV)
- ESZ Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug (closed 21 May 1955)
- MRA Trambahn Meiringen-Reichenbach-Aareschlucht (closed 16 September 1956)
- RhStB Rheintalische Strassenbahn (later RhV)
- RhV Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe (closed 2 June 1973)
- SSS Strassenbahn Schwyz-Seewen (later SStB)
- SStB Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (closed 15 December 1963)
- StrStM Strassenbahn St. Moritz (closed 18 September 1932)
- SchSt Schaffhauser Strassenbahn (closed 6 March 1970)
- StSS Strassenbahn Schaffhausen-Schleitheim (closed 1 October 1964)
- StSt Strassenbahn Stansstad-Stans (closed)
- StStW Städtische Strassenbahn Winterthur (closed 2 November 1951)
- STI Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken (closed 31 May 1958)
- STL Tramway Locarno (closed 30 April 1960)
- SVB Spiezer Verbindungsbahn (closed 25 September 1960)
- (TB) Tramway Bellavista (closed 31 October 1913)
- TC Tramway de La Chaux-de-Fonds (closed 15 June 1950)
- TEL Tram Lugano (closed 17 December 1959)
- TEM Tram Mendrisio (closed 31 December 1950)
- TF Tramway de Fribourg (closed 1 April 1965)
- TL Tramways lausannois (closed 6 January 1964)
- TP Tramway-funiculaire Trait-Planches (closed 11 November 1912)
- TrB Tramway de Bienne/Biel (closed 9 December 1948)
- TrL Tram Luzern (closed 11 November 1961)
- TrMB Tramway Martigny-Bourg (closed 31 December 1956)
- TStG Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen (closed 1 October 1957)
- VMC Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon (later VMCV)
- VMCV Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (closed 19 January 1958)
- ZBB Zuger Berg- und Strassenbahn (closed 10 May 1959)
[edit] See also
- Rail transport in Switzerland
- List of railway companies
- Mountain railways in Switzerland
- Rack railways in Switzerland
[edit] External links
- Jane's World Railways (hard copy)