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The RER Vaud lines were substantially reorganized for the December 2022 timetable change. The "new" S4 was a combination of the former S2 and S22 , making local stops on the Simplon line between Vallorbe and Lausanne, and limited stops between Lausanne and Aigle, with limited service from Aigle to St-Maurice. [ 9 ]
Passenger trains are primarily run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), with additional international trains run by companies from neighbouring France . There is also a network of local services from Lausanne, primarily as part of the RER Vaud, and platforms for line 2 of the Lausanne Métro.
Re 460, one of the principal locomotives used on InterCity lines in Switzerland. As part of the Rail 2000 project, a new line capable of 200 km/h (120 mph) was built and put into service at the end of 2004 in order to reduce the journey time between the stations of Bern and Olten to less than half an hour and from Bern. in Zurich in less than ...
At Andermatt, the line connects with the former Schöllenenbahn to Göschenen on the standard gauge Gotthard Railway of Swiss Federal Railways. Brig in the canton of Valais is a rail junction with standard gauge lines of Swiss Federal Railways and BLS. It sits at the north end of the Simplon Tunnel on the Milan–Lausanne line and Milan–Bern ...
Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB; [b] French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF; [c] Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS [d]) [1] is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company, founded in 1902, is headquartered in Bern. [8]
On the Swiss exit Basel's BVB bus No. 50 [80] connects the airport to the Basel SBB railway station, which is the main Swiss and French railway station in Basel. During weekdays, there is a service every 7–8 minutes and on weekends, every 10 minutes during daytime. The duration of the trip is about 20 minutes.
Basel SBB railway station (German: Bahnhof Basel SBB, or in earlier times Centralbahnhof or Schweizer Bahnhof) is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station. Basel SBB is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB
The train continues from Bellinzona to Lugano station, in the southern Swiss city of Lugano on the lake of the same name. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The whole journey takes about 5 hours and 30 minutes, [ 1 ] divided roughly evenly between the boat and train rides, and operates once a day in both directions, almost daily (except on Mondays) between mid ...