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August 26, 2009

Abandoned railway lines in Switzerland

Filed under: Eisenbahn — Tags: , , , — tranminhtu @ 10:03 pm

Abandoned railway lines in Switzerland with tracks still left:

  • Lines where no trains run more, which are cut out of the railway network:
    • Laupen – Gümmenen near Bern
    • Büren an der Aare – Solothurn
    • (Boncourt) – Delle (France) – Belfort (France) on the other side of the Jura
    • St-Gingolph – Evian les Bains (France) on the other side of Lake Geneva
  • Lines where no passenger trains run more, but still in function (cut out of the passenger train network):
    • Laufenburg – Koblenz along the Rhine
    • Sihlbrugg – Sihlwald near Zurich
    • Wettingen – Mellingen near Baden
    • Affoltern-Weier  -  Huttwil near Burgdorf
  • Museum lines:
    • Hinwil – Bauma in Zuricher Oberland (DVZO)
    • Realp – Furka – Gletsch – Oberwald (Furka-Dampfstrecke)
    • [some others]

Comment: why did they not demount the tracks when they stopped using these railway lines?

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