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The train continues climbing, rising more than 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) above sea level near Saanenmöser before arriving in Zweisimmen, two hours and four minutes and 62.4 kilometres (38.8 mi) from Montreux. [2] [3] In Zweisimmen, the train goes through the gauge-changing operation and a locomotive swap, with a BLS AG locomotive handling the ...
The Golden Pass Panoramic Express near Gstaad (with seating on the front) The Golden Pass in Lucerne main station. The GoldenPass Line is a tourist-orientated train route in the Swiss Alps with its base in Montreux. It is not a legal entity but operates and manages the following companies: Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (MOB)
This is a route-map template for the GoldenPass Express, a railway service in Switzerland.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Locomotive (Usually 6003 Saanen, in special Chocolate Train livery) / Belle Epoque Ars / Belle Epoque Ars / Golden Pass Panorama observation car (No. 116 or 117) operating in Push – Pull mode. Other trains Montreux–Zweisimmen may be pulled by a Ge 4/4, GDe 4/4 or an ABDe 8/8 and they can have up to five coaches.
It was formerly owned by the Spiez-Erlenbach-Zweisimmen-Bahn (SEZ), also called the Simmentalbahn (Simme Valley Railway). The line runs from Spiez through the Simmental to Zweisimmen . It is marketed as part of the GoldenPass Line between Lucerne and Montreux , which also includes the metre-gauge Brünig Railway and Montreux–Lenk im Simmental ...
The line was further extended from Les Avants to Montbovon on 1 October 1903, [3] Chateau d'Œx on 19 August 1904, Gstaad on 20 December 1904, and Zweisimmen on 6 July 1905. [4] The extension between Zweisimmen and Lenk im Simmental opened on 8 June 1912. [5] Passenger service on the Lenk–Zweisimmen section was suspended between 1975–1979. [6]
Zweisimmen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zweisimmen) is a railway station in the municipality of Zweisimmen, in the Swiss canton of Bern.It is the terminus of the standard gauge Spiez–Zweisimmen line (from north) and of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Montreux–Zweisimmen and Zweisimmen–Lenk im Simmental lines (separately from south, Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line).
The station complex is in many ways a rarity. Montreux is most distinctive for being one of the few stations in the world (and the only station in Switzerland) served by three different track gauges: [5] SBB-CFF-FFS 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), MOB 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and MVR 800 mm (2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).