Lake Thun railway line

Lake Thun railway line
Railway bridge over the Aare in Interlaken
Overview
Owner	BLS AG
Locale	Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Termini	Thun Interlaken
Technical
Line length	27.9 km (17.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC supplied by overhead line
Route diagram km elev SBB line from Bern–Münsingen, BLS line from Bern via Belp BLS line from Burgdorf via Konolfingen 137.02 Thun 560 m 137.59 0.06 km change, SBB BLS property boundary 1.3 Dürrenast 564 m 3.1 Gwatt 561 m 4.4 Gwattstutz 576 m Kander bridge, Einigen 88 m (left) / 86 m (right) 5.4 Einigen 590 m 6.7 Kumm 607 m 8.2 Spiezmoos Nord 626 m BLS line from Zweisimmen 9.7 Spiez 628 m BLS Lötschberg line to Brig 11.8 Faulensee 603 m Krattiggraben 143 m Krattighalde 341 m 15.3 Krattighalde 560 m Leissigbad 270 m 16.3 Leissigen 570 m 22.0 Därligen 562 m Därligen 125 m 26.0 Interlaken West 564 m Lower Aare bridge Interlaken 76 m Upper Aare bridge Interlaken 83 m 28.0 Interlaken Ost 567 m BOB to Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen ZB Brünig line to Lucerne 29.1 Bönigen workshop 567 m 29.5 Lütschinenbrücke Bridge over the Lütschine 30.2 Bönigen This diagram: view talk edit

The Lake Thun railway line is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Bern. It links the towns of Thun, Spiez and Interlaken, running principally along the southern shore of Lake Thun. The line was opened in 1893 by the Lake Thun Railway (German: Thunerseebahn, TSB) company, but incorporates much of the earlier Bödeli Railway (German: Bödelibahn) dating back to 1872.

The line is 27.9-kilometre (17.3 mi) long, and is currently owned and operated by the BLS AG railway company. Besides traffic to and from Interlaken, the section of line between Thun and Spiez also carries heavy traffic to and from the Lötschberg line.