Swiss Central Railway

Swiss Central Railway
Rümlingen viaduct, built by the SCB
Overview
Native nameSchweizerische Centralbahn
History
Opened4 February 1853 (1853-02-04)
Closed1902 (1902)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

km
elev
0.00
Basel Centralbahnhof[a]
50.77
Wöschnau
near Aarau
39.29
Olten
43.01
Aarburg
80.29
Solothurn[b]
66.80
Herzogenbuchsee
95.09
Lucerne
99.37
Biel/Bienne
106.13
97.18
Bern
88.20
Thörishaus
near Bern
137.59
Scherzligen
near Thun
Without intermediate stations and without connecting lines.

Chainage data based on the metric chainage introduced
in 1877 with zero point at Basel Centralbahnhof
Far from the city, a train leaves the first station in Lucerne.

The Swiss Central Railway (Schweizerische Centralbahn; SCB or S.C.B.) was one of the five major private railway companies of Switzerland. The SCB with a track length of 332 kilometres was integrated into the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1902.
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