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Urban rail transit in Switzerland includes trams and light rail in several cities, commuter rail systems centered around cities (known as S-Bahn), a single, small metro system and funiculars. Plans for a rapid transit in Zurich , Switzerland's largest city, were discontinued after a referendum.
' Tariff Association of Northwestern Switzerland ', which was introduced in 1987. The first and only [citation needed] transport association is the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV, lit. ' Zurich Transport Network '), which is in operation since 1990. [2] The stated aim is to establish a pan-Switzerland ticketing system. [citation needed]
Switzerland has an extensive and reliable public transport network. Due to the clock-face schedule, the different modes of transports are well-integrated. There is a national integrated ticketing system for public transport, which is organized in tariff networks (for all train and bus services and some boat lines, cable cars and funiculars).
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With approximately 9 million train kilometres per year, the Bern S-Bahn is the second-largest S-Bahn in Switzerland. It handles around 100,000 passengers daily (175,000 on weekdays), and thus carries the majority of the agglomeration's regional public transport traffic.
Network map. The Léman Express [3] [4] [5] is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève [6] (Greater Geneva) in west Switzerland and the French Alps (Haute-Savoie and Ain). Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of railway.
The Schynige Platte Railway. This is a list of heritage railways in Switzerland.For convenience, the list includes any pre-World War II railway in the large sense of the term (either adhesion railway, rack railway or funicular) currently operated with at least several original or historical carriages.
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.