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Biel–Täuffelen–Ins Railway Line
The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins railway line is a railway line in Switzerland that runs from to along the east side of the Lake Biel. The line is owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil (ASm). History The line was originally built by Seeländische Lokalbahnen (SLB), which was founded in 1912 with its headquarters in Täuffelen. The first section of the line from Nidau to Siselen was opened on 4 December 1916 and the section from Siselen to Ins, Switzerland, Ins followed on 19 March 1917. Since the line ends in Ins next to the Standard-gauge railway, standard-gauge line of the Bern–Neuchâtel railway (BN), a transporter wagon yard was opened at the same time for the carriage of standard gauge freight cars on the metre-gauge line. The line was electrified at 1200 V DC from construction. The last section between Nidau and the station forecourt (''Bahnhofplatz'') followed on 21 August 1926. A transporter wagon system was opened here, too; wagon could be delivered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aare Seeland Mobil
The Aare Seeland mobil AG (branded ''asm'' or ''asmobil'') based in Langenthal is a transport company in Switzerland. It was created in 1999 from the merger of Oberaargau Regional Transport (''Regionalverkehr Oberaargau''; RVO), the Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway (''Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn''; SNB), the Biel-Täuffelen-Ins Railway (''Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn''; BTI) and the ''Oberaargauische Automobilkurse'' (a bus company; OAK). History The legal merger of the transport companies in ''Aare Seeland mobil AG'' had long been preceded by company agreements between individual companies. The Langenthal-Jura Railway (''Langenthal-Jura-Bahn''; LJB) was opened in 1907 and it also provided the operational management of the Langenthal–Melchnau-Bahn (; LMB), which was opened in 1917. The Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway (''Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn'', SNB), which opened in 1918 also immediately agreed to cooperate with the LJB. The LJB and the LMB formally merged in 1958 to form the Oberaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transporter Wagon
A transporter wagon, in railway terminology, is a goods wagon, wagon (International Union of Railways, UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment. Normally, it is used to transport equipment of a different rail gauge. In most cases, a transporter wagon is a narrower gauge wagon for transporting a wider gauge equipment, allowing freight in a wider gauge wagons to reach destinations on the narrower gauge network without the expense and time of transshipment into a narrower gauge wagons. This is an attempt to overcome one of the primary problems with differing gauge systems—gauge incompatibility. However, it means that the narrower gauge network must be built to a structure gauge large enough to accommodate the loading gauge of the wider gauge equipment, negating one of the cost advantages of a narrower gauge construction. Additionally, a large wider gauge wagon balanced on a narrower gauge transporter wagon is not very stable, and is generally res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadler GTW
The Stadler GTW (, ) is an articulated railcar for local transport made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. History The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins-Bahn near Bern, Switzerland was looking for a lighter train model to replace its aging fleet, so that a low-floor system does not require heavy installations on the roof. Based on that requirement Stadler came up with a concept of placing most of the equipment in a central unit between the seating cars. While the BTI-Bahn tracks are meter gauge, Stadler presented the first prototype in 1995 set on standard-gauge track, and the Mittelthurgau-Bahn tested three prototypes on its standard-gauge network during 1996. The rolling stock for Mittelthurgau was later expanded to ten GTW 2/6 units (built 1998–1999) that are now part of the THURBO fleet (the three prototypes were sold to Italy). The next lots were produced in meter gauge and were delivered to the BTI-Bahn and the CEV-Bahn ( Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans) in 1997although t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation and the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons. It is the largest rail and transport company of Switzerland; it operates on most standard gauge lines of the Rail transport in Switzerland, Swiss railway network. It also heavily collaborates with most other transport companies of the country, such as the BLS AG, BLS, one of its main competitors, or (SOB), to provide fully integrated public transport timetable, timetables with Clock-face scheduling, cyclic schedules. SBB was ranked first among national Rail transport in Europe, European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for its intensity of use, quality of service, and safety rating. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberaargau-Jura Railway
The Oberaargau-Jura Railways (, OJB) was a former railway company in Switzerland. It was created in 1958 from the merger of the Langenthal-Jura Railway (''Langenthal-Jura-Bahn''; LJB) with the Langenthal–Melchnau-Bahn (; LMB). The name refers to the Oberaargau (Upper Aargau) and the Swiss Jura. The OJB changed its name to Regionalverkehr Oberaargau ("Oberaargau Regional Transport"; RVO) on 2 July 1990. In 1999, it merged with the Biel–Täuffelen–Ins railway (''Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn''; BTI), the Solothurn-Niederbipp Railway (''Solothurn-Niederbipp-Bahn''; SNB) and the ''Oberaargauische Automobilkurse'' (OAK) to form Aare Seeland mobil (''ASm''), which now operates the 22 km-long, metre-gauge line from Langenthal to Niederbipp and Melchnau respectively. History The ''Oberaargau-Jura-Bahnen'' (OJB) (Melchnau-Langenthal-Niederbipp) based in Langenthal was formed in 1958 from the merger of the ''Langenthal-Jura-Bahn'' (LJB) and the ''Langenthal-Melchnau-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1200 V DC
This is a list of the power supply systems that are, or have been, used for railway electrification. Note that the voltages are nominal and vary depending on load and distance from the substation. , many trams and trains use on-board solid-state electronics to convert these supplies to run three-phase AC traction motors. Tram electrification systems are listed here. Key to the tables below * Volts: voltage or volt * Current: ** DC = direct current ** # Hz = frequency in hertz (alternating current (AC)) *** AC supplies are usually single-phase (1φ) except where marked three-phase (3φ). * Conductors: ** overhead line or ** conductor rail, usually a third rail to one side of the running rails. Conductor rail can be: *** top contact: oldest, least safe, most affected by ice, snow, rain and leaves. Protection boards are installed on most top contact systems, which increases safety and reduces these affections. *** side contact: newer, safer, less affected by ice, snow, rain and leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transporter Wagon
A transporter wagon, in railway terminology, is a goods wagon, wagon (International Union of Railways, UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment. Normally, it is used to transport equipment of a different rail gauge. In most cases, a transporter wagon is a narrower gauge wagon for transporting a wider gauge equipment, allowing freight in a wider gauge wagons to reach destinations on the narrower gauge network without the expense and time of transshipment into a narrower gauge wagons. This is an attempt to overcome one of the primary problems with differing gauge systems—gauge incompatibility. However, it means that the narrower gauge network must be built to a structure gauge large enough to accommodate the loading gauge of the wider gauge equipment, negating one of the cost advantages of a narrower gauge construction. Additionally, a large wider gauge wagon balanced on a narrower gauge transporter wagon is not very stable, and is generally res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard-gauge Railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world, with about 55% of the lines in the world using it. All high-speed rail lines use standard gauge except those in Russia, Finland, Uzbekistan, and some line sections in Spain. The distance between the inside edges of the heads of the rails is defined to be 1,435 mm except in the United States, Canada, and on some heritage British lines, where it is defined in U.S. customary/ British Imperial units as exactly "four feet eight and one half inches", which is equivalent to 1,435.1mm. History As railways developed and expanded, one of the key issues was the track gauge (the distance, or width, between the inner sides of the rail heads) to be used, as the wheels of the rolling stock (locomoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
