The Vallorbe–Le Brassus railway line is a standard gauge railway line in southwestern Switzerland. It runs from to via and . It shares the section between Vallorbe and Le Day with the Simplon line. Originally built by the Pont–Vallorbe Railway and Pont–Brassus Railway between 1886 and 1899, it is now owned by

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 be ...

and

Travys Travys is the brand name of a public transport company operating several rail and bus lines in the Yverdon region in the north of the Swiss canton of Vaud. Its name is based is on an acronym for ''Transports Vallée de Joux–Yverdon-les-Bains–S ...

, with Travys operating passenger services over the entire route.

History

The Pont–Vallorbe Railway () opened the line between and on 31 October 1886. Jura–Simplon Railways acquired the Pont–Vallorbe Railway on 1 January 1891. The Pont–Brassus Railway () extended the line southwest from Le Pont to ; the extension opened on 21 August 1899. Jura–Simplon Railways was one of several Swiss companies nationalized in 1902, becoming part of

. The Pont–Brassus Railway was not included, and remained independent until merging with the Yverdon–Ste-Croix Railway in 2001 to form

. The line was electrified at 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC on 2 October 1938.

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