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Its continuation into the Vallée de Joux, the Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus, was built between 1886 (Le Pont) and 1899 . In 1915, nine years after the opening of the Simplon Tunnel, the direct Frasne – Lausanne line, including the Vallorbe railway station, was opened in conjunction with the piercing of the Mont d'Or.
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).
The Rochers de Naye (French, lit. "rocks of Naye"; 2,042 metres (6,699 ft)) is a mountain of the Swiss Alps, overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux and Villeneuve, in the canton of Vaud. They lie on the range separating the basin of Lake Geneva from the valley of the Sarine , on the watershed between the Rhone and the Rhine .
The Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), the railways of the canton of Jura in northern Switzerland, is an 85 km (53 mi) long rail network of which 74 km (46 mi) is metre gauge, the remaining 11 km (6.8 mi) being standard gauge. It connects La Chaux-de-Fonds to Glovelier and Tramelan, both via Le Noirmont. [5]
Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève. CFEG 1888 Genève-Eaux-Vives–Annemasse, operated by SNCF on behalf of the canton. After construction of the Eaux-Vives–La Praille link, it will become the property of the SBB Chemins de fer du Jura. CJ 1944 partly narrow gauge Régional Porrentruy-Bonfol: RPB 1901 1943 Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier ...
The Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway (NStCM), French: Chemin de fer Nyon–Saint-Cergue–Morez, is a narrow gauge railway in western Switzerland which nowadays operates between Nyon, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva and the French border at La Cure, the La Cure–Morez section having closed in 1958.
A train in the Rochers-de-Naye platforms at Montreux station A Rochers-de-Naye train in a siding at Montreux; the running line enters the tunnel to the left of the train; the line on the right belongs to the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line MTGN No.4, the line's diesel locomotive at Glion The line between Glion and Caux A train on the Montreux-Rochers de Naye line at Caux Train approaching ...
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.