list of railway companies in Switzerland
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The following is a list of railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory.
Standard gauge
The following is a complete list of all {{Track gauge|1435mm|allk=on}} railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory. It also includes routes of foreign railway companies (e.g. Deutsche Bahn), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.
Not included are railway companies which do not operate their own routes (e.g. Cisalpino, Hupac or the former Lokoop) as well as operators of short connecting goods lines.
If there is no abbreviation shown, it means that this company always appears with its full name.
=Companies in operation today (standard gauge)=
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!Company !Abbreviation !Since !Notes |
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|AB |2006 |Merger of Appenzeller Bahnen, Trogenerbahn (both {{Track gauge|1000mm|disp=s}} gauge), Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn (rack, full interchange) and Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Bahn ({{RailGauge|1200mm|disp=s}}) |
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|BDWM |1997 |Merger of Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn and Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn, {{Track gauge|1000mm|disp=s}} gauge passenger traffic, {{Track gauge|1435mm|disp=s}} gauge for freight: Wohlen - Villmergen and Wohlen - Bremgarten West (dual gauge, still owned by SBB) |
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|BLS |2006 |Merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland |
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|CJ |1944 |Mostly {{Track gauge|1000mm}} gauge |
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!Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland |DVZO |2000 |Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 |
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|DB AG |1994 |Operates railway lines around Schaffhausen and Basel, owned by the German state |
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| ETB | 2014 | Sumiswald-Grünen–Huttwil |
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!Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (now called Trenitalia) |FS |1992 |Passenger services: Trenitalia; only a few meters into Switzerland at Chiasso |
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![https://port-of-switzerland.ch/hafenfirmen/hafenbahn-schweiz-ag/ Hafenbahn Schweiz] | HBSAG | 2011 | Merger of former Hafenbahn des Kantons Basel-Stadt in Kleinhüningen and former Hafenbahn des Kantons Basel-Landschaft in Au and Birsfelden. Freight only, 2 separate networks |
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![https://www.oebb.ch/ Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn] |OeBB |1899 | |
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|ÖBB |1947 |from the Rhine bridges to Buchs and St. Margrethen, owned by the Austrian state |
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|RB |1992 |Rack railway, very restricted interchange |
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|SBB CFF FFS |1902 |Company since 1999, fully owned by the Swiss Confederation |
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|SOB |2001 |Merger |
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!Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn |SZU |1973 | |
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!SNCF |SNCF |1938 |train services to Basel and Geneva, no tracks owned |
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|ST |1912 |Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
| Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois
| TL | 2012 | Métro and rubber-tyred metro, small profile, TSOL and LO until 2012 |
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| |2002 |90% Subsidiary of SBB |
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!Transports de Martigny et Régions |TMR |2001 |Partly {{Track gauge|1000mm}} gauge |
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!Transports publics Fribourgeois |TPF |2000 |Partly {{Track gauge|1000mm}} gauge |
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!Transports publics Neuchâtelois |transN |2012 |Partly {{Track gauge|1000mm}} gauge |
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!Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |TRAVYS |2001 |Partly {{Track gauge|1000mm}} gauge |
=All companies=
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!Company !Abbreviation !From !Until !Notes |
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| |ATG |1998 | |building company, subsidiary of SBB, no public railway tracks currently |
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| |BLS |2006 | | |
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| |BLS |1996 | | |
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| ::Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn |BLS |1907 |1996 | |
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| |SFB |1901 |1906 | |
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| |TSB |1893 |1912 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| ::::Bödelibahn |BB |1872 |1900 | |
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| |BN |1901 |1996 | |
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| ::Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn |GBS |1944 |1996 | |
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| |BSB |1907 |1943 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| :::Gürbetalbahn |GTB |1901 |1943 | |
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| ::Spiez-Erlach-Zweisimmen-Bahn |SEZ |1942 |1996 |Also known as Simmentalbahn |
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| |EZB |1902 |1941 | |
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| |SEB |1897 |1941 | |
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| |RM |1997 |2006 | |
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| |EBT |1942 |1996 | |
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| |BTB |1899 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| :::Emmentalbahn |EB |1875 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| ::::Schweizerische Centralbahn |SCB |(1876) |(1883) |Section Solothurn-Biberist EBT |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SMB |1908 |1996 | |
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| |VHB |1944 |1996 | |
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| |HWB |1895 |1943 | |
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| |LHB |1927 |1943 | |
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| |LHB |1889 |1926 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |HEB |1915 |1926 | |
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| :::Ramsei-Sumiswald-Huttwil-Bahn |RSHB |1908 |1943 | |
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| Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève |CFEG |1888 | |Genève-Eaux-Vives–Annemasse, operated by SNCF on behalf of the canton. After construction of the Eaux-Vives–La Praille link, it will become the property of the SBB |
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| |CJ |1944 | |partly narrow gauge |
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| |RPB |1901 |1943 | |
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| :Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier |RSG |1904 |1943 |Narrow gauge since 1953 |
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| |VCh |1904 | |Route leased to SBB |
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| Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland |DVZO |2000 | |Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978 |
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| |SBB |1947 |(2000) |Bäretswil-Bauma, transferred to DVZO in 2000 |
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| |UeBB |1901 |1948 | |
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| |DB AG |1994 | |Around Schaffhausen and Basel, tracks owned by the German state |
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| |DB |1952 |1994 | |
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| ::Betriebsvereinigung der Südwestdeutschen Eisenbahnen |SWDE |1948 |1952 |Under sequestration |
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| :::Deutsche Eisenbahn-Strecken in der Schweiz |DR |1945 |1948 |Under sequestration |
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| |DRB |1937 |1945 | |
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| :::::Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft |DRG |1924 |1937 | |
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| ::::::Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen | |1920 |1924 | |
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| :::::::Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen |BadStB |1855 |1920 | |
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| ::::::::Wiesentalbahn | |1862 |1889 |Integrated into BadStB in 1889 |
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| |FS |1992 | |Passenger services: Trenitalia |
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| |FS |1905 |1991 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |SFM |1885 |1905 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Società ferroviaria dell'Alta Italia |SFAI |1876 |1885 | |
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| | | 2010 | | |
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| :Hafenbahn des Kantons Basel-Stadt | HBS | 1924 | 2010 | Kleinhüningen, St. Johann, freight only |
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| :Hafenbahn des Kantons Basel-Landschaft | HBL | 1940 | 2010 | Au, Birsfelden, freight only |
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| |KLB |1886 | |Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
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| |LO |1877 | |Funicular before 1958 |
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| |OeBB |1899 | | |
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| |ÖBB |1947 | |Around Buchs and St. Margrethen |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Österreichische Staatseisenbahnen |ÖStB |1945 |1947 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Deutsche Eisenbahn-Strecken in der Schweiz |DR |1945 |1945 |Under sequestration |
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| |DR |1938 |1945 | |
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| |BBÖ |1921 |1938 | |
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| :::::Österreichische Staatsbahnen |ÖStB |1919 |1921 | |
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| ::::::Kaiserlich-königliche österreichische Staatsbahnen |KKÖStB |1885 |1919 | |
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| :::::::Vorarlbergerbahn |VB |1872 |1885 | |
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| |RB |1992 | | |
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| |ARB |1873 |1992 | |
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| |VRB |1969 |1992 |Change of name |
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| |RB |1871 |1969 | |
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| |RHB |1875 |2006 |Merged with Appenzeller Bahnen in 2006 |
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| |SBB CFF FFS |1902 | | |
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| |AS |1874 |1901 | |
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| | |1875 |1902 | |
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| | |1894 |1912 | |
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| |PLM |1862 |(1894) | |
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| :::Lyon-Genève |LG |1858 |1862 | |
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| |VCh |1904 |2013 |Route leased to SBB |
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| |GB |1874 |1909 | |
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| |JN |1886 |1913 | |
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| |JBL |1884 |(1886) |Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches |
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| |JS |1890 |1903 | |
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| |JBL |1884 |1889 |Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches to JN in 1886 |
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| |BLB |1875 |1884 | |
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| |BSB |1861 |(1875) |Gümligen-Langnau |
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| :::::Schweizerische Ostwestbahn | |1860 |1861 | |
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| :::Jura bernois |JB |1874 |1884 | |
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| ::::Jura industriel |JI |1857 |1875 | |
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| ::::Porrentruy-Delle |PD |1872 |1876 | |
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| |BSB |1861 |1877 |Gümligen-Langnau to BLB in 1875 |
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| :::::Schweizerische Ostwestbahn | |1860 |1861 | |
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| |PV |1886 |1890 | |
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| |SOS |1881 |1889 | |
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| |SO |1872 |1881 | |
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| ::::Franco-Suisse |FS |1859 |1871 | |
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| |LFB |1858 |1871 | |
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| :::::Genève-Versoix |GV |1858 |1858 | |
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| ::::Ouest Suisse |OS |1855 |1871 | |
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| ::::Jougne-Eclépens |JE |1870 |1876 | |
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| :::Simplon |S |1874 |1881 | |
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| ::::Ligne d'italie |LI |1859 |1874 | |
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| |SCB |1854 |1901 | |
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| |EST |1854 |1872 |Section Basel-St. Johann-Grenze |
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| | |1844 |1854 | |
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| |NOB |1853 |(1881) |Section Suhr-Zofingen |
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| |NOB |1853 |1902 |Suhr-Zofingen to SCB in 1881 |
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| ::Sulgen-Gossau (Bischofszellerbahn) |SG |1876 |1885 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BR |1865 |1876 | |
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| ::Effretikon-Wetzikon-Hinwil-Bahn |EH |1876 |1885 | |
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| | |1847 |1853 |First railway company of Switzerland |
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| |SNB |1875 |1880 | |
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| |ZZL |1864 |1891 | |
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| |STB |1883 |1922 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |STB |1904 |2000 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |TB |1870 |1902 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |TTB |1875 |1917 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |UeBB |1901 |1948 | |
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| |VSB |1857 |1902 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| | |1856 |1857 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Sankt-Gallisch-Appenzellischen Eisenbahn | |1855 |1857 | |
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| | |1853 |1857 |Not to be confused with today's SOB |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |WR |1876 |1902 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |WB |1876 |1901 |line leased to Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn in 1912, dual gauge |
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| |SOB |2001 | |Fusion |
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| |BT |1910 |2000 | |
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| |SOB |1890 |2000 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |WE |1877 |1889 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |ZGB |1878 |1889 | |
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| |SZU |1973 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SiTB |1892 |1972 | |
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| :Bahngesellschaft Zürich-Üetliberg |BZUe |1922 |1972 |Change of name after bankruptcy of earlier company{{cite web | url = http://www.szu.ch/fileadmin/szu/pdf/unternehmen/geschichte/Geschichte_Uetlibergbahn_10.pdf | title = Geschichte der Uetlibergbahn | language = German | trans-title = History of the Uetlibergbahn | publisher = SZU | accessdate = 2011-09-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331131944/http://www.szu.ch/fileadmin/szu/pdf/unternehmen/geschichte/Geschichte_Uetlibergbahn_10.pdf | archive-date = 2012-03-31 | url-status = dead }} |
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| |UeB |1875 |1922 | |
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| Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français |SNCF |1938 | |Around Basel and Geneva |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |AL |1918 |1938 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Reichseisenbahn Elsaß-Lothringen |EL |1872 |1918 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |EST |1854 |1872 | |
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| ::::Strasbourg-Bâle | |1844 |1854 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |PLM |1862 |1938 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |LG |1858 |1862 | |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |ST |1912 | |Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois |TOSL |1991 | | |
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| | |2002 | |Subsidiary of SBB |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |MThB |1911 |2002 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SBB CFF FFS |(1902) |(2002) |Regional services in north-eastern Switzerland |
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| Transports de Martigny et Régions |TMR |2001 | |Partly narrow gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Martigny-Orsières-Le Châble |MO |1910 |2001 | |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports publics Fribourgeois |TPF |2000 | |Partly narrow gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat |GFM |1942 |2000 |Partly narrow gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BR |1868 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Fribourg-Morat-Anet |FMA |1903 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |FM |1898 |1903 | |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois |TRN |1999 | |Partly narrow gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers |RVT |1883 |1998 | |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |TRAVYS |2001 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |OC |1894 |2000 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |PBr |1899 |2000 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |WM |1916 |1997 |† merged with BD to |
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Narrow gauge
=All companies=
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!Company !Abbreviations !From !Until !Notes |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb" STANDARD GAUGE
| |AB |1988 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |AB |1885 |1988 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Appenzell-Weissbad-Wasserauen Bahn |AWW |1940 |1947 |Name change |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| ::: {{ill|Säntisbahn|de}} |SB |1912 |1939 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Localbahnen |SLB |1875 |1885 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Elektrische Bahn St. Gallen - Gais - Appenzell |SGA |1947 |1988 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |AG |1911 |1947 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Elektrische Bahn St. Gallen - Gais - Appenzell |SGA |1931 |1947 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Appenzeller-Strassenbahn-Gesellschaft |ASt |1889 |1931 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |TB |1903 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt St. Gallen |VBSG |1950 |1957 |Tramway discontinued, section to TB |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen |TrStG |1897 |1950 |bgcolor="#ddbbbb"|† 1 October 1957 |
| ---- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |RHB |1875 |2006 |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen |RhW |1896 | | {{convert|1200|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} gauge, now part of Appenzell Railways |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |ASm |1999 | |Merger |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BTI |1945 |1999 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |SLB |1916 |1945 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |RVO |1990 |1999 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |OJB |1958 |1990 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |LJB |1907 |1958 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |LMB |1917 |1958 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SNB |1918 |1999 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges |BAM |1895 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |AL |1896 |1899 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Museumsbahn Blonay-Chamby |BC |1968 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans |CEV |1902 |(1968) |Blonay-Chamby to BC in 1968 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |BDWM |2000 | |Merger with WM |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BD |1902 |2000 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |BLM |1891 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |BLT |1974 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BEB |1902 |1974 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BTB |1887 |1974 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn |BUeB |1921 |1974 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |TBA |1907 |1974 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |BMB |1913 |1940 |† 30 June 1940 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |BOB |1890 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SPB |1893 |1895 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |BRB |1892 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |CJ |1944 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Tavannes-Le Noirmont |CTN |1927 |1943 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont |TBN |1913 |1927 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Tavannes-Tramelan |TT |1884 |1927 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier |RSG |1904 |1943 |Standard gauge before 1953 |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds |SC |1892 |1943 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |CCB |1911 |1955 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |DFB |1987 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |FO |1925 |(1987) |Section Gletsch-Furka |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |FO |1925 |(1989) |Section Furka-Realp |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi |FART |1961 | |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |FRT |1923 |1961 |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Locarno - Ponte Brolla - Bignasco |LPB |1907 |1948 |bgcolor="#ddbbbb"|Maggia Valley Railway † 29 November 1965 |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Società tramvie elettriche locarnesi |STL |1908 |1922 |bgcolor="#ddbbbb"|Tramway Locarno † 30 April 1960 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |FB |1912 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| | LCD | 1911 | 1970 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |FLP |1912 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| | LT | 1909 | 1967 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| | BA | 1911 | 1973 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |FM |2003 | |Heritage railway (since 1995) |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |RhB |1895 |(2003) |Castione-Cama to Ferrovia Mesolcinese |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Societa Ferrovia elettrica Bellinzona-Mesocco |BM |1907 |1941 |bgcolor="#ddbbbb"|Bellinzona-Castione |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |FW |1887 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |GGB |1997 | |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |GGB |1889 |1997 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |JB |1898 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher |LEB |1913 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |CV |1889 |1912 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens |LE |1873 |1912 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |LLB |1915 |1967 |† 27. Mai 1967 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |MGB |2003 | |Fusion |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BVZ |1991 |2002 |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BVZ |1961 |1991 |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |VZ |1890 |1961, |now BVZ Zermatt-Bahn |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |FO |1925 |2002 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BFD |1915 |1925 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |SchB |1917 |1961 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |MIB |1946 | |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |KWO |1926 |1946 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |MG |1890 | |Owned by the Migros group |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn |MOB |1901 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera |MVR |2001 | |Merger |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans |CEV |1902 |2001 |Partial discontinuations |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Montreux-Territet-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye |MTGN |1992 |2001 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye |MGN |1987 |1991 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye |GN |1892 |1986 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion |MGl |1909 |1986 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion |TG |1883 |1991 | |
| --- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |NStCM |1916 | |End of the line in La Cure (Swiss-French border) since 1958 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |PB |1889 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn |RBS |1984 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Bahn |SZB |1922 |1983 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BZB |1912 |1921 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Elektrische Schmalspurbahn Solothurn-Bern |ESB |1916 |1921 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |VBW |1927 |1983 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |BWB |1907 |1926 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Bern-Muri-Gümligen-Worb Bahn |BMGWB |1898 |1907 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |WT |1913 |1926 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |RhB |1895 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |BB |1908 |1942 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Societa Ferrovia elettrica Bellinzona-Mesocco |BM |1907 |1941 |bgcolor="#ddbbbb"|† 27. Mai 1972 Bellinzona-Castione |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |ChA |1914 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |LD |1889 |1895 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |RSB |1874 |1931 |† 31 December 1942 |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |SeTB |1905 |1969 |† 31. Mai 1969 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| {{ill|Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie|de|Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie}} |SSIF |(1912) | |Joint operation with FART |
| ---- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |TP |1898 |1912 |† 11 November 1912 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports de Martigny et Régions |TMR |2001 | |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de Fer de Martigny au Châtelard |MC |1906 |2001 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports Publics du Chablais |TPC |1977 | |Collaboration |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |AL |1900 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery |AOMC |1946 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Aigle-Ollon-Monthey |AOM |1907 |1945 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Monthey-Champéry-Morgins |MCM |1908 |1945 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Aigle-Sepey-Diablerets |ASD |1913 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye |BVB |1943 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Bex-Gryon-Villars-Chesière |BGVC |1906 |1942 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Chemin de fer Bex-Gryon-Villars |BGV |1898 |1906 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemin de fer Villars-Bretaye |VB |1913 |1942 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports publics Fribourgeois |TPF |2000 | |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat |GFM |1942 |2000 |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère |CEG |1903 |1941 | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon |CBM | | | |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| :::Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Palézieux |CP |1901 |1907 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix |TRAVYS |2001 | |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-Croix |YSteC |1893 |2000 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Transports publics Neuchâtelois |transN |2012 | |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :{{ill|Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois|de}} & {{ill|Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois|fr}} |TRN |1999 |2012 |Partly standard gauge |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |UOe |1909 |1949 |† 1 October 1949 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |WAB |1893 | | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| Waldenburgerbahn[http://www.waldenburgerbahn.ch/] |WB |1880 | | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddbbbb"
| |WMB |1903 |1950 |† 13 May 1950 |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |WSB |1957 | |Marketing name since 2002: |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |AS |1901 |1956 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |WTB |1904 |1956 | |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |ZB |2005 | |Merger |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |LSE |1964 |2005 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |StEB |1898 |1964 | |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| |SBB |(1903) |(2005) |Interlaken-Luzern since 1914 |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |JS |1890 |1903 |Brienz-Luzern |
| --- bgcolor="#eaeaea"
| |JBL |(1888) |1889 |
| --- |
External links
- [http://www.rail-info.ch/index.en.html RAIL-INFO SWITZERLAND] (in English)
Tramways
- BLT Baselland Transport AG (Basel)
- BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (Basel)
- RiT Riffelalptram (Zermatt)
- SVB BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern)
- TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel)
- TPG Transports Publics Genevois (Geneva)
| class="wikitable"
!Company !Abbreviation !From !Until !Notes |
| ---- bgcolor="#bbddbb"
| |VBZ |1950 | |Change of name |
| --- bgcolor="#ddddbb"
| :Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich |StStZ |1896 |1950 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Zürcher Strassenbahn Gesellschaft |(ZStG) |1882 |1896 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Elektrische Strassenbahn Zürich |EStZ |1894 |1896 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Industriequartier-Strassenbahn Zürich |ISZ |1898 |1902 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |ZZB |1895 |1905 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |StZH |1898 |1923 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |AGB |1907 |1925 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| ::Strassenbahn Zürich-Oerlikon-Seebach |ZOeS |1897 |1931 | |
| --- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| |LSB |1900 |1931 | |
| --- |
=Closed or merged=
- ABB Altstätten-Berneck-Bahn (later RhStB)
- AF Strassenbahn Altdorf-Flüelen (closed 26 March 1951)
- CBV Tramway Chillon-Byron-Villeneuve (later VMCV)
- ESZ Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug (closed 21 May 1955)
- MRA Trambahn Meiringen-Reichenbach-Aareschlucht (closed 16 September 1956)
- RhStB Rheintalische Strassenbahn (later RhV)
- RhV Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe (closed 2 June 1973)
- SSS Strassenbahn Schwyz-Seewen (later SStB)
- SStB Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (closed 15 December 1963)
- StrStM Strassenbahn St. Moritz (closed 18 September 1932)
- SchSt Schaffhauser Strassenbahn (closed 6 March 1970)
- StSS Strassenbahn Schaffhausen-Schleitheim (closed 1 October 1964)
- StSt Strassenbahn Stansstad-Stans (closed)
- StStW Städtische Strassenbahn Winterthur (closed 2 November 1951)
- STI Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken (closed 31 May 1958)
- STL Tramway Locarno (closed 30 April 1960)
- SVB Spiezer Verbindungsbahn (closed 25 September 1960)
- (TB) Tramway Bellavista (closed 31 October 1913)
- TC Tramway de La Chaux-de-Fonds (closed 15 June 1950)
- TEL Tram Lugano (closed 17 December 1959)
- TEM Tram Mendrisio (closed 31 December 1950)
- TF Tramway de Fribourg (closed 1 April 1965)
- TL Tramways lausannois (closed 6 January 1964)
- TP Tramway-funiculaire Trait-Planches (closed 11 November 1912)
- TrB Tramway de Bienne/Biel (closed 9 December 1948)
- TrL Tram Luzern (closed 11 November 1961)
- TrMB Tramway Martigny-Bourg (closed 31 December 1956)
- TStG Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen (closed 1 October 1957)
- UOeB Uster-Oetwil-Bahn (closed 10 January 1949)
- VMC Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon (later VMCV)
- VMCV Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (closed 19 January 1958)
- WMB Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (closed 13 May 1950)
- ZBB Zuger Berg- und Strassenbahn (closed 10 May 1959)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205185702/http://jwr.janes.com/public/jwr/index.shtml Jane's World Railways] (hard copy)
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