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Travers–Buttes Railway
The Travers–Buttes railway is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It was built by the Régional du Val-de-Travers (RVT), officially the ''Compagnie du Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers'' (Val-de-Travers Regional Railway Company), which operated an almost 14 km-long Y-shaped RVT line from Travers, Switzerland, Travers via Fleurier to Saint-Sulpice, Neuchâtel, St-Sulpice and Buttes, Neuchâtel, Buttes. Today the line is owned and operated by the Transports publics Neuchâtelois. History The ''Compagnie du Chemin de fer régional du Val-de-Travers'' was founded in Fleurier in 1881 with the aim of providing rail access to the villages in the Val-de-Travers District, Val de Travers. Although the Franco-Swiss Company (''Compagnie Franco-Suisse'') had already opened a railway line through the Val-de-Travers on 25 July 1860, this ran through the higher ground of the valley of Les Verrières and on to Pontarlier. In order to reach the necessary altitude, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travers, Switzerland
Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers Val-de-Travers is a municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers ....Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Office Of Transport
The Federal Office of Transport (FOT, german: Bundesamt für Verkehr (BAV); french: Office fédéral des transports (OFT); it, Ufficio federale dei trasporti (UFT); rm, Uffizi federal da traffic (UFT)) is a division of the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. It is the supervisory authority for the fields of public and freight transport in Switzerland, covering rail transport, cableways, ships, trams and buses. The FOT is responsible for safety, finance and infrastructure, as well as the legal and political frameworks of all said transport modes. The FOT is not responsible for civil aviation, which is the responsibility of the Federal Office of Civil Aviation, nor for roads, which are the responsibility of the Federal Roads Authority. The FOT is located in Ittigen, near Switzerland's de facto capital city of Bern, and employs about 310 people. The director of the FOT is Peter Füglistaler. References External links * {{Auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Anonyme Des Ateliers De Sécheron
The (SAAS, in English translated as ''"Anonymous Society of Sécheron Workshops"'') was a joint-stock company based in Geneva, Switzerland. It specialized in electrical engineering, including the manufacture of electrical equipment and locomotives. In 1989, the company was split into four successor companies, ABB Sécheron SA, ABB Power Generation (closed in 1995), ABB Systèmes de Transport and Sécheron SA. History In 1879, Alfred de Meuron set up a small workshop in Geneva to manufacture electrical appliances. This workshop ultimately formed the basis for the establishment of SAAS on 9 July 1918. The following year, 1919, Brown Boveri & Cie (BBC) became SAAS's main shareholder. Five years later, SAAS resumed its independence. The company remained independent until 1969, when competitive pressures forced it to seek new partners. In 1970, BBC took over as sole shareholder. However, the company's name was changed only in 1982, when it became BBC Sécheron SA. In 1988, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ateliers De Constructions Mécaniques De Vevey
Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey (ACMV) was a metal engineering company based in Vevey, Switzerland. Founded as ''Ateliers B. Roy & Cie.'' in 1848 by Benjamin Roy it became ''Ateliers de constructions mécaniques de Vevey SA'' in 1895. The company manufactured large metal structures, freight wagons, and later trams. The plant in Vevey closed in 1992. As of 2011 the company's Villeneuve factory is part of Bombardier Transportation (Switzerland), and manufactures long distance, regional and mass transit passenger trains, and trams. History The company ''Ateliers B.Roy & Cie'' was founded in 1848 by Benjamin Roy. The company repaired agricultural equipment and repaired mill wheels. Later large scale metal manufacturing was carried out, including tunnel boring machines, hydroelectric equipment, bridges and liquified gas tanks. The plant in Vevey was modernised in 1962, but closed in 1992. A factory in Villeneuve, opened in 1948 for construction of rail vehicles, prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Impartial
''L'Impartial'' (literally "The Impartial") is a Swiss French language daily newspaper published by Société Neuchâteloise de Presse SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel. Published since 1880, it is a sister newspaper to ''L'Express (Neuchâtel), L'Express'' (English: ''The Express''). The newspaper's ISSN number is . See also * List of newspapers in Switzerland External links limpartial.ch(in Swiss French), the newspaper's official website L'Impartial archive (in Swiss French) 1880 establishments in Switzerland Daily newspapers published in Switzerland French-language newspapers published in Switzerland Newspapers established in 1880 La Chaux-de-Fonds {{Switzerland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compagnie Des Transports En Commun De Neuchâtel Et Environs
The Compagnie des Transports en commun de Neuchâtel et environs (TN) was a public transport operator in and around the Swiss city of Neuchâtel. It operated the city's network of trams, trolleybuses and motor buses, under the marketing name Transports Publics du Littoral Neuchâtelois. It merged with in 2012 to form the Transports publics Neuchâtelois. See also * Trams in Neuchâtel * Trolleybuses in Neuchâtel The Neuchâtel trolleybus system (french: Réseau de trolleybus de Neuchâtel) is part of the public transport network in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Opened in 1940, it gradually replaced the urban lines of the Neuchâtel tramway network. The ... Transport in Neuchâtel {{Switzerland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régional Du Val-de-Ruz
Régional was a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connected hubs at Paris, Lyon to 49 airports in Europe. The airline operated in Air France livery, retaining its name in small titles and logo on the front fuselage and engines. It became the first European operator of the Embraer E190 aircraft in November 2006.Airliner World January 2007 It was headquartered in Bouguenais at the Nantes Atlantique Airport.Contact " Régional. Retrieved on 30 April 2010. The airline, along with and , was fully merged in |
Martigny–Orsières Railway
The Martigny–Orsières Railway (''Chemin de fer Martigny–Orsières''; MO) was a railway company in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. It merged in 2000 with the Martigny-Châtelard Railway (''Chemin de fer Martigny-Châtelard'', MC) to form Transports de Martigny et Régions (TMR). The MO's line consisted of the 19 km-long line from Martigny via Sembrancher to Orsières in the Val d’Entremont and the 6 km-long branch line from Sembrancher to Le Châble in the Val de Bagnes. History The MO was granted a concession to build a standard gauge line from Martigny to Orsières in 1906. The railway company was established as a result of British Aluminium's plan to build an aluminum plant in Orsières. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on 23 July 1907 and operations commenced on 1 September 1910. The railway has been electrified at 8000 V 15 Hz AC since the beginning of operations. Traffic remained modest because neither the aluminium works nor the planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560
The RBDe 560 (in the old naming style, the RBDe 4/4) and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) network. The derivative versions belong to the SBB as well as various private railroads. The locomotive and its matching Bt model ''Steuerwagen'' (translation: control car/cab car/driving trailer) form compositions generally known as the ''Neuer Pendelzug'' (New Push-pull Train), which is the source of the acronym NPZ. An NPZ trainset usually includes one or more intermediate cars. General information In 1984 four pre-series sets (each consisting of a motor car and a driving trailer) were delivered. Ordered in 1981, they originally bore the RBDe 4/4 designation and road numbers 2100-2103. All four trainsets (RBDe 560 + Bt) were delivered in different color schemes, one of which was the livery used for the main series (blue over white sides, yellow doors, and red faces). The striking contrast to the green co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
