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Bever–Scuol-Tarasp Railway
The Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway—also called the Engadinerbahn (Engadine Railway), Engadinerlinie (Engadine Line), Unterengadinerbahn (Lower Engadine Railway) or Unterengadinerlinie (Lower Engadine Line)—is a Swiss Metre-gauge railway, metre-gauge railway, which is operated by the Rhaetian Railway (''Rhätischen Bahn''; RhB) and connects the Lower Engadine with the Albula Railway. The Samedan–Pontresina railway is often also considered part of the line. Both lines are closely linked with each other. The Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway is part of the RhB mainline network, so the kilometrage (chainage) has its zero point in Landquart railway station, Landquart. History After the construction of the Albula Railway the canton of Grisons and the federal military authorities, among others, were very interested in a railway line through the Engadine. Originally this line was intended only as a branch line, but due to its high popularity it was given a higher priority. The line was fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bever (Rhaetian Railway Station)
Bever railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Bever, Switzerland, Bever, in the Switzerland, Swiss Canton of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Graubünden, Graubünden. It is located at the junction of the Albula Railway, Albula and Bever–Scuol-Tarasp railway, Bever–Scuol-Tarasp lines of the Rhaetian Railway. It is located to the southwest of the village of Bever at 1710 m above sea level. The station is normally served only by the passenger trains that operate on the Engadine line. The hourly Chur–St. Moritz Regional Express does not normally stop in Bever. Some early morning and late evening regional services on the Chur–St. Moritz route do stop. Services The following services stop at Bever: * InterRegio: limited service between and . * RegioExpress: hourly service between and St. Moritz. * Regio (Swiss railway train), Regio: ** hourly service between and . ** limited service between Chur and St. Moritz. References External links * * Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesen Viaduct
The Wiesen Viaduct (or Wiesener Viaduct; german: Wiesener Viadukt) is a single-track railway viaduct, made from concrete blocks with dimension stone coverage. It spans the Landwasser southwest of the hamlet of Wiesen, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. Designed by the then chief engineer of the Rhaetian Railway, Henning Friedrich, it was built between 1906 and 1909 by the contractor G. Marasi (Westermann & Cie, Zürich) under the supervision of P. Salaz and Hans Studer (RhB). The Rhaetian Railway still owns and uses it today for regular service. An important element of the Davos–Filisur railway, the viaduct is high and long; it has a main span of . Location The Wiesen Viaduct forms part of the Davos–Filisur railway section between Wiesen and Filisur. Just southwest of Wiesen railway station, it has, on its south side, a separate pedestrian bridge giving hikers access to Filisur. At the western end of the viaduct is a non functioning Hippsche turning wheel. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samedan (Rhaetian Railway Station)
Samedan railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Samedan, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is an important interchange station on the Rhaetian Railway network between the Albula Railway line (between Chur and St. Moritz) and the Samedan–Pontresina railway. Hourly services operate on each line. Services The following services stop at Samedan: * ''Glacier Express'': Several round-trips per day between Zermatt and St. Moritz. * InterRegio: hourly service between and St. Moritz. * RegioExpress RegioExpress (RE) is a fast regional train service in Switzerland, run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) or other railway companies (such as TILO, BLS, tpf, transN, THURBO or RhB). It is comparable to the Regional-Express in Germany, ...: hourly service between and St. Moritz. * Regio: ** hourly service between and . ** limited service between Chur and St. Moritz. References External links * * Railway stations in Graubünden Railway s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bever may refer to: * Bever, Belgium, a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant *Strombeek-Bever, part of the Belgian municipality of Grimbergen *Bever, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Maloja of the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland ** Bever railway station, a Rhaetian Railway station *Bever (Ems), a tributary to the river Ems, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Bever (Oste), a tributary to the river Oste, Lower Saxony, Germany *Bever (Weser), a tributary to the river Weser, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *Bever (Wupper), a tributary to the river Wupper, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany People with the surname *Adolphe van Bever (1871–1927), French bibliographer * Georges Bever (1884–1973), French actor * James Bever, American biologist * Steve Bever, American baseball coach *Thomas Bever Thomas G. Bever (born December 9, 1939) is a Regent's Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Bear
The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is known as the Kodiak bear. It is one of the largest living terrestrial members of the Order (biology), order Carnivora, rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear (''Ursus maritimus''), which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on average. The brown bear's range includes parts of Russia, Central Asia, the Himalayas, China, Canada, the United States, Hokkaido, Scandinavia, Finland, the Balkans, the Picos de Europa and the Carpathian region (especially Romania), Iran, Anatolia, and the Caucasus. The brown bear is recognized as a national and state animal in several European countries. While the brown bear's range has shrunk, and it has faced local extinctions across its wide range, it remains listed as a least con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klosters (Rhaetian Railway Station)
Klosters Platz railway station station (formerly Klosters railway station) is located in the municipality of Klosters-Serneus in the district of Prattigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is the main Rhaetian station in the village of Klosters on the Landquart–Davos Platz railway (not to be confused with the second station in Klosters on this line, the smaller Klosters Dorf railway station) and is the northern end of the Vereina Tunnel. The Vereina car shuttle service operates from the nearby station of . Services The following services stop at Klosters Platz: * RegioExpress: :* Hourly service between Disentis/Mustér and Scuol-Tarasp. :* Hourly service between Landquart and St. Moritz. :* Hourly service between Landquart and Davos Platz , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/6
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 4/6 was an eight member class of metre gauge 1′D1′ electric locomotives formerly operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Cantons of Switzerland, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The class was so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, ''Ge 4/6'' denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of six axles, four of which are drive axles. Two members of the class are now preserved, one of them in operational condition. History For the opening of the Samedan to Scuol railway line in 1913, the Rhaetian Railway needed a class of powerful electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or gas ...s. As the AC electric pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/4
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 2/4 was a class of metre gauge 1′B1′ electric locomotives formerly operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB), which is the main railway network in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Four members of the class are now preserved, with one of them in operational condition. The class was so named under the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification system. According to that system, ''Ge 2/4'' denotes a narrow gauge electric adhesion locomotive with a total of four axles, two of which are drive axles. Technical details As delivered In 1912-1913, the Rhaetian Railway purchased seven examples of the Ge 2/4, numbered 201 to 207, for the newly constructed and electrified Engadin line. The long locomotives had a top speed of and a power output of . They also weighed . Their mechanical components were manufactured by the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM), while Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) furnished the electrical components. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bever, Switzerland
Bever ( Romansh: ; German and official until 1943 ''Bevers'') is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History Bever is first mentioned in 1139 as ''ad Bevero''. Geography Bever has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 15.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 15.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 68.4% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by and the agricultural land has decreased by .Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits accessed 2 May 2016 Until 2017 the municipality was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district, after 2017 it was part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernina Pass
The Bernina Pass (el. .) ( it, Passo del Bernina) is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons) in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina. The pass lies a few kilometres east of Piz Bernina, and south of Val Minor. The Bernina Pass is crossed by both the Hauptstrasse 29 road and the Bernina railway line, with a popular tourist train, the ''Bernina Express'' operating year-round between Chur and Tirano. The train crosses the pass west of the road at a slightly lower (at Ospizio Bernina) - it is the highest adhesion railway route in Europe. Lago Bianco, Lej Nair and Lej Pitschen are located on the pass. History The pass was an important trade route over the Alps during the Middle Ages. In 1410 several communities north and south of the pass agreed to work together to mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Poschiavo
Val Poschiavo ( lmo, Pus'ciaf, german: Puschlav, ) is a valley in the southern, Italian-speaking part of the Swiss canton of Graubünden (Grisons). The main town is Poschiavo. Geography Val Poschiavo can be reached from the Upper Engadin valley in the north via Bernina Pass (''Passo del Bernina'') and from the Italian ''comune'' of Livigno via Livigno Pass. In the south it stretches down to the village of Campocologno at the end of the valley, bordering directly on the Italian town of Tirano. Beneath Bernina Pass, the Val da Camp mountain valley leads up to Val Viola Pass in the northeast. The valley is drained by the Poschiavino river, flowing through Lago di Poschiavo. Smaller lakes in its basin include Lago Bianco, Lago di Saoseo, and Lago di Val Viola. From north to south, the valley descends from an altitude of to , passing through different altitudinal zones. The surrounding mountains of the Bernina Range and the Livigno Alps include the Piz Palü, , Piz Cambrena, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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