Markus, I saw a report in a news source that the ownership of the BLS Infrastructure is being separated from BLS AG because of concerns that it could fall...
... Majority of BLS AG is in the hands of the Canton of Bern. The Confederation holds around 20%, the rest being split between other cantons and private...
For those living far away, here is a report (in German, but with pictures - click on Bildergalerie) of yesterday's collision of a tram and a bus in Basel that...
... Quite a lot has been already said in the group about the Lötschberg route 'after base tunnel'. May I suggest that you look at my post 9864, and search the...
... I did wonder why I got diverted on the 16 tram route yesterday !!! I had my iPod on so I didn't catch the full announcement, but enjoyed the rare track :-)...
Hello, My wife and I are recent converts to Swiss Rail travel having last summer made our first major rail journeys, and hopefully not our last! In the...
... Photos of the first of the two SZU Re 456 (ex-Re 450) (Re 456 551) is now available on the www.reissweb.net website. I must say that I think that the train...
Can anyone advise what the classification is for these electric multiple units: Are they ABe4/8 or Be4/8? and when were they introduced into service? (all @...
... Originally they were delivered as Be 4/8. They later all got an extra centre car with first class section, and thus are now ABe 4/12. ... RM stands for...
... multiple ... Nos 62 - 72 are listed as ABe 4/12 and entered service between 1992 - 1995. ... RM Bahn is Regionalverkehr Mittelland and since 1997 is part...
... Sorry, no, they were delivered as Be 4/8 62-64 ABe 4/8 65-72 and were converted to ABe 4/12 in two steps: ABe 4/12 62-64 1993/2001 ABe 4/12 65-72...
Two ancient Brünig first class coaches with center entrance, last used as FO/MGB B 4244 and 45 have been sold to FGC for their cog raiwlay Ribes de Freser -...
Hi there and I just wanted to tell you about my recent visit to Switzerland. My main purpose of the visit was to do the L&CI railtour in conjuction with BLS....
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ch/priv…diesel/pix.html ex DB 323 812 as Tm 236 009 24.03.03 http://www.bahnbilder.de/name/einzelbild…Cdost-Bahn.html ex...
I have often had this problem when using this timetable. Just now I entered two stations; LUGANO and RIVIERA-BIRONICO. Then it gave me a choice of about 6...
... I doubt you're doing anything wrong. I FREQUENTLY get that error message from the sbb online timetable. It's often so bad I just use www.bahn.de for most...
... From: SwissRail@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SwissRail@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rh1067 Sent: 11 April 2008 14:40 To: SwissRail@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
... My experience with sbb.ch is excellent. It's almost always very fast, and unlike sncf.fr gives me all the train connections, not just the ones that SNCF...
... Well, if I may say it rather bluntly: you are simply spelling the name in a slightly wrong manner, because the station is called RIVERA-Bironico and not...
... I tried it. Not even the wrong spelling could stop my computer from bringing the right answer immediately. After that I went back and waited. After a long...
As a general point, a fault with several online timetables is expecting the user to know which of several stations in a city is the direct route. Tony ...
... 1) If you don't know where to go, just stay at home. 2) If you know the address of your destination but not the name of the nearest station, just enter the...
... name in a slightly wrong ... Bironico... ;-) ... Not at all blunt. Just a good answer. I have seen it spelled both ways and I have tried it both ways. The...
While preparing some documentation for someone proposing to visit the Bodensee it became apparent that six IRR locomotives are unaccounted for in my records....
... Form time to time I go through articles of the English Wikipedia. It is incredible how many place names appear with a wrong spelling. Why can't people type...
... Did you test it with SBB online timetable? - If you are searching for a city, mostly the best connections appear without asking you to select a station....