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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] |
