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Sonceboz-Sombeval–Moutier Railway
The Sonceboz-Sombeval–Moutier railway is a single-track standard gauge railway line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). History The line from Biel/Bienne via Sonceboz-Sombeval to Moutier was built by the Chemins de fer du Jura bernois, Jura bernois (JB) and was part of the international connection from Bern to Delémont and on to Belfort via Delle or Basel. The Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway, Biel/Bienne–Sonceboz-Sombeval–Tavannes section was opened along with the Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds railway, Sonceboz-Sombeval–Convers(–La Chaux-de-Fonds) line on 30 April 1874. Two years later, on 16 December 1876, the Tavannes–Court, Switzerland, Court section was opened together with the Basel–Biel/Bienne railway, Moutier–Delémont railway. The intermediate Court–Moutier section followed on 24 May 1877. The Jura bernois changed its name to Chemins de fer du Jura bernois#Jura–Bern–Luzern, Jura–Bern–Luzern (JBL) in 1884. The JBL merged with the West ... [...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] |
