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Once this work was finished, the CFM recognised the tourist potential of the line, and the first tourist trains were run. [1] [2] Today the petit train is reached by a gondola from a lower station at Artouste-Fabrèges, on the Lac de Fabrèges in the valley of the Gave du Brousset. This lower station is at an altitude of 1,240 m (4,068 ft) and ...
Some trains feature an area (indicated either near or on the doors), or even an entire railroad car (e.g. trains on the Altstätten–Gais railway line), for transportation of bicycles. [41] Most railway stations have a bicycle parking [42] and/or bicycle parking station. [43] Some railway stations also offer bicycle washing and repair services ...
The InterCity, abbreviated IC, is a category of mainline train services in Switzerland operated by Swiss Federal Railways, connecting the country's major cities, the range of services (in Switzerland) of which is located between InterRegio (IR) (inter-regional) and EuroCity (EC).
Chur is served by three S-Bahn lines, and regional trains on the Chur–Arosa line: [5] Chur S-Bahn S1 / S2: half-hourly service between Rhäzüns and Schiers and hourly service to Thusis. St. Gallen S-Bahn S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line to Sargans. Regio: hourly service over the Chur–Arosa line to Arosa.
The InterRegio is a train service in use in some European countries with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi-fast long-distance trains with more stops and usually lower prices than more upscale long-distance trains such as the InterCity.
Many long-distance trains from this line continue to and terminate at the airport, 6 minutes away. There is also significant traffic to France westwards along the Lyon-Geneva line , which, for the first few kilometres, runs as a single track line alongside the double-track line to the airport.
The following is a complete list of all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge 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.
The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (French: Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland Bernois, German: Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB) is a company that operates an electrified railway line, the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line, in southwest Switzerland, one of the oldest electric railways in the country.