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The Zollikofen–Bern railway is a
The originally approximately eight-kilometer-long railway line was opened by the former Bern-Zollikofen-Bahn on 13 July 1912. The Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Bahn (Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Railway, SZB) was responsible for its operation from 1 January 1922.
It is now long as a result of the line being rebuilt in the city of Bern in 1965 and the closure of the -long Zollikofen– Unterzollikofen section in 1974. It is shared by the trains of the Solothurn–Worblaufen railway and the trains of the Worb Dorf–Worblaufen railway between Worblaufen and Bern.
All three routes have been operated since 1 January 1984 by
metre-gauge
Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...
and electrified railway line in the canton of Bern
The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...
in Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.
History
The originally approximately eight-kilometer-long railway line was opened by the former Bern-Zollikofen-Bahn on 13 July 1912. The Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Bahn (Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Railway, SZB) was responsible for its operation from 1 January 1922.
It is now long as a result of the line being rebuilt in the city of Bern in 1965 and the closure of the -long Zollikofen– Unterzollikofen section in 1974. It is shared by the trains of the Solothurn–Worblaufen railway and the trains of the Worb Dorf–Worblaufen railway between Worblaufen and Bern.
All three routes have been operated since 1 January 1984 by Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn RBS () is a Switzerland, Swiss public transport company. It operates train, tram, and bus lines between Bern, Solothurn and Worb.
History
There had been a desire for a direct connection between Solothurn and Bern ...
(RBS) and are integrated into the Bern S-Bahn
The Bern S-Bahn (; ) is an S-Bahn commuter rail network focused on Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. The network is roughly coterminous with Bern's urban agglomeration. Its services connect with those of Lucerne S-Bahn, RER Fribourg, RER ...
. The line to Unterzollikofen is served by line S9. Worblaufen is its operating centre and is also the location of a depot and a workshop. By contrast, the current terminus at Unterzollikofen has only one dead-end track with a single platform edge.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zollikofen-Bern railway Railway lines in Switzerland Railway lines opened in 1916 1916 establishments in Switzerland Metre-gauge railways in Switzerland