Seetal railway line

Seetal railway line
Seetal railway line
	A modern Seetal train on typical trackage along the route
Overview
Owner	Swiss Federal Railways
Termini	Lenzburg; Lucerne;
Service
Operator(s)	Swiss Federal Railways
History
Opened	1883
Technical
Line length	47 km (29 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Maximum incline	3.8%
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	elev
	in m
	Baden–Aarau railway
	to Baden
	Baden–Aarau railway
	to Aarau
	Heitersberg railway line
	to Aarau
	Heitersberg railway line
	to Killwangen-Spreitenbach
	41.56
	0.00
	Reduced loading gauge
	starts here
	Former branch
	to Beromünster
	Reduced loading gauge
	ends here
	5.9
	5.6
	628 m
	long
	Luzern–Olten line
	to Olten
	88.5
	1.7
	89.2
	0.00
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The Seetal railway line (German: Seetalbahn) is a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard-gauge) railway of the Swiss Federal Railways between Lenzburg and Lucerne in Switzerland. The line was opened in 1883 by the Lake Valley of Switzerland Railway Company, which was owned by British investors, and subsequently owned by the Schweizerische Seethalbahn-Gesellschaft (SthB).

As built, the line had many of the characteristics of a roadside tramway, following the parallel road almost throughout and running within the villages, separating houses from the road. Despite rebuilding to improve its safety record,^{[clarification needed]} much of this nature has survived to the current day.^[1]

^ Kuehn, Axel (June 2006). "Zwickau - Riverline - Seetalbahn - Three countries, three approaches" (PDF). Tramways & Urban Transit. Ian Allan Ltd / Light Rail Transit Association.

[taut-1] Kuehn, Axel (June 2006). "Zwickau - Riverline - Seetalbahn - Three countries, three approaches" (PDF). Tramways & Urban Transit. Ian Allan Ltd / Light Rail Transit Association.

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