S1 (Bern S-Bahn)
{{Short description|Railway in Bern, Switzerland}}
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| operator = BLS AG
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- Swiss Federal Railways (1995–2005)
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The S1 is a railway service of the Bern S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between {{rws|Fribourg/Freiburg}} and {{rws|Thun}} via {{rws|Bern}}. BLS AG, a private company primarily owned by the federal government and the canton of Bern, operates the service. The S1 is the oldest of the Bern S-Bahn routes, tracing its roots back to 1987.
Operations
The S1 operates every half hour between {{rws|Fribourg/Freiburg}} and {{rws|Thun}} via {{rws|Bern}}. In Fribourg, the S1 makes a connection with the IC 1 or IR 15 for {{rws|Lausanne}}. In Thun, the S1 makes a connection with the IC 6 or IC 8 for {{rws|Spiez}} and {{rws|Brig}}. The S1 is joined between {{rws|Flamatt}} and {{rws|Gümligen}} by the S2, for a total of four trains per hour between those stops. The S2 makes local stops between {{rws|Thörishaus Dorf}} and {{rws|Niederwangen}}, which the S1 skips.{{cite web | url=https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2023/301.pdf | title=Fribourg/Freiburg - Bern - Thun (S-Bahn Bern, Linien S1, S2) | date=2022-11-02 | accessdate=2022-12-25 | lang=de}} {{As of|2022}}, most services are operated by BLS RABe 515 multiple units.{{Cite web |last=BLS |date=2016-09-15 |title=Charter trains: RABe 515 double-decker train "MUTZ" - charter & fleet |url=https://www.bls.ch/en/freizeit-und-ferien/charter/flotte-rabe-515-mutz |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=BLS |language=en}}
History
{{main|Bern S-Bahn#History}}
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) had run trains on a half-hourly schedule over the Lausanne–Bern and Bern–Thun railway lines since 1987. Trains ran between Thun and Flamatt every 30 minutes, continuing to either {{rws|Laupen BE}} or Fribourg.{{Cite news |date=1993-07-14 |title=Berner S-Bahn fährt ab 1995 auf zwei Linien |language=de |pages=21 |work=Der Bund |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19930714-01.2.12.19.5 |access-date=2022-12-25}} The service gained the designation "S1" on 28 May 1995 when the S2 began operating.{{Cite news |date=22 May 1995 |title=Neue S-Bahn-Linie Langnau-Schwarzenburg |language=de |pages=3 |work=Thuner Tagblatt |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TTB19950522-01.2.19.6 |access-date=2022-12-25}}
The S1 has continued relatively unchanged since then. The Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn (BLS) assumed operation from the SBB in December 2004, and the S11 began running as a rush-hour supplement between Bern and Fribourg.{{cite web | url=http://www.rvk5.ch/fileadmin/media/Angebotskonzept/Kantonales_Angebotskonzept_2005-2008.pdf | title=Angebotskonzept Des Kantons Bern Für Den Öffentlichen Orts - Und Regionalverkehr 2005 - 2008 | date=December 2004 | lang=de | pages=21; 70}} Beginning in December 2008, the S11 was eliminated, and the S1 ceased serving Laupen BE: all trains continued to Fribourg on a half-hourly schedule. The re-routed S2 took over service between Flamatt and Laupen BE.{{cite web | url=http://nzz-files-prod.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/download/pdf/Fahrplan09.pdf | title=Der Fahrplan 2009 | lang=de | date=10 November 2008 | accessdate=25 December 2022 | page=6}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2023/301.pdf 2023 timetable]
{{Bern S-Bahn}}