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BLS AG

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BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. [1]

97 relations: Accompanied combined transport, Ausserberg railway station, Bank engine, Bern railway station, Bern S-Bahn, Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway, Bernese Oberland Railway, BLS, BLS RABe 525, Brünig railway line, Brienz, Brienz railway station, Brienz Rothorn Railway, Brig railway station, Brig-Glis, BVZ Zermatt-Bahn, Car shuttle train, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, Control car, DB Cargo, Eggerberg railway station, Franco-Swiss Company, Frutigen railway station, Gampelen, Goppenstein railway station, Gurzelen, Hauenstein railway line, Hohtenn railway station, Index of Switzerland-related articles, Interlaken, Interlaken Ost railway station, Interlaken ship canal, Interlaken West railway station, Iseltwald, Kandersteg railway station, Kaufdorf, Kehrsatz, Lake Brienz, Lake Thun, Lake Thun railway line, Lalden railway station, Lötschberg Base Tunnel, Lötschberg railway line, Lötschberg Tunnel, List of companies of Switzerland, List of European railways, List of largest locomotives, List of named passenger trains of Switzerland, List of railway companies, List of railway companies in Switzerland, ..., List of railway electrification systems, List of spiral tunnels and tunnels on a curved alignment, List of tunnels in Switzerland, Lucerne S-Bahn, Mattstetten–Rothrist new line, Mülenen railway station, Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway, Neuchâtel railway station, NRLA, Olten–Lausanne railway line, Rail 2000, Rail transport in Switzerland, RailML, Regionalverkehr Mittelland, Reichenbach im Kandertal railway station, Rolling highway, Rudolf Stämpfli, SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 6/6, SBB-CFF-FFS Be 3/5, SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 420, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460, Schwarzenburg, Simplon Tunnel, Solothurn railway station, Spiez, Spiez railway station, Stadler FLIRT, Stadler KISS, Standard-gauge railway, Swiss Federal Railways, Swiss railway signalling, Switzerland, Täsch railway station, Thun, Thun railway station, Thun ship canal, Transport in Switzerland, TRAXX, Uetendorf, Vectron (locomotive), Visp railway station, Vossloh G1000 BB, Vossloh G1700 BB, Wahlern, Zermatt railway station, 2006 in rail transport. Expand index (47 more) »

Accompanied combined transport

Accompanied combined transport is a form of intermodal transport, which is the movement of goods in one and the same loading unit or road vehicle, using successively two or more modes of transport without handling the goods themselves in changing modes.

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Ausserberg railway station

Ausserberg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Ausserberg.

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Bank engine

A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker) or helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank).

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Bern railway station

Bern railway station (Bahnhof Bern) serves the municipality of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland.

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Bern S-Bahn

The Bern S-Bahn (S-Bahn Bern; RER Berne) is an S-Bahn commuter rail network focused on Bern, the capital city of Switzerland.

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Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway

The Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon railway (BLS), known between 1997 and 2006 as the BLS Lötschbergbahn, was a Swiss railway company.

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Bernese Oberland Railway

| The Bernese Oberland Railway (or correctly translated Bernese Highlands Railway; Berner Oberland-Bahn, BOB) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland.

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BLS

As an acronym, BLS may stand for.

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BLS RABe 525

The BLS RABe 525, also known as NINA or Nina, is a Swiss electric multiple unit built by Bombardier Transportation with electrical equipment by Alstom.

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Brünig railway line

The Brünig railway line (Brünigbahn) is a Swiss narrow gauge railway line that links Lucerne, in central Switzerland, with Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland.

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Brienz

Brienz is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

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Brienz railway station

Brienz is a railway station in the village of Brienz in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Brienz Rothorn Railway

The Brienz Rothorn Railway (Brienz Rothorn Bahn, BRB) is a tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of Lake Brienz, to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn.

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Brig railway station

Brig railway station is an important railway junction in the municipality of Brig-Glis (French: Brigue-Glis), in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Brig-Glis

Brig, officially Brig-Glis (Brigue-Glis, Briga-Glis) is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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BVZ Zermatt-Bahn

The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ) – officially known between 1991 and 2002 as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn – is a metre gauge railway in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Car shuttle train

A car shuttle train, or (sometimes) car-carrying train, is a shuttle train used to transport accompanied cars (automobiles), and usually also other types of road vehicles, for a relatively short distance.

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Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) brings together 75 railway undertakings and infrastructure companies from the European Union, the candidate countries (Macedonia and Turkey) as well as from the Western Balkan countries, Norway, and Switzerland.

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Control car

A control car, control trailer or driving trailer is a generic term for a non-powered railroad (US) or railway (UIC) vehicle that can control operation of a train from the end opposite to the position of the locomotive.

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DB Cargo

DB Cargo is a European (mainly German) railway cargo carrier.

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Eggerberg railway station

Eggerberg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Eggerberg.

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Franco-Swiss Company

| The Franco-Swiss Company (French: Compagnie Franco-Suisse, FS) was a former railway company in Switzerland, formed in 1859 and absorbed into the Western Swiss Railways in 1872.

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Frutigen railway station

Frutigen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Frutigen.

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Gampelen

Gampelen (Champion) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Goppenstein railway station

Goppenstein is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Ferden.

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Gurzelen

Gurzelen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Hauenstein railway line

The Hauenstein line is a major railway line in Switzerland connecting the cities of Basel and Olten.

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Hohtenn railway station

Hohtenn is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Steg-Hohtenn.

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Index of Switzerland-related articles

The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to Switzerland.

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Interlaken

Interlaken (lit.: between lakes) is a statistic town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Interlaken Ost railway station

Interlaken Ost or Interlaken East is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Interlaken ship canal

The Interlaken ship canal (Interlaken Schiffskanal) is a long canal in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Interlaken West railway station

Interlaken West is a railway station in the resort town of Interlaken, in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Iseltwald

Iseltwald is a village and municipality on the southern shore of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

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Kandersteg railway station

Kandersteg is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern and municipality of Kandersteg.

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Kaufdorf

Kaufdorf is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Kehrsatz

Kehrsatz is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Lake Brienz

Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Lake Thun

Lake Thun (Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore.

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Lake Thun railway line

The Lake Thun railway line is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Lalden railway station

Lalden is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Valais and municipality of Lalden.

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Lötschberg Base Tunnel

The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a half-completed railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland some below the existing Lötschberg Tunnel.

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Lötschberg railway line

The Lötschberg line is a railway in Switzerland, connecting Spiez in the canton of Bern with Brig in the canton of Valais.

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Lötschberg Tunnel

The Lötschberg Tunnel is a long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon Tunnel cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.

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List of companies of Switzerland

Switzerland is a federal republic in Europe.

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List of European railways

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List of largest locomotives

As railroads around the world haul larger quantities of freight efficiently, the title of world's largest locomotive has often been passed to new generations of rolling stock.

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List of named passenger trains of Switzerland

This is a list of named passenger trains in Switzerland.

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List of railway companies

This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country.

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List of railway companies in Switzerland

The following is a list of railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory.

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List of railway electrification systems

This is a list of the power supply systems that are, or have been, used for tramway and railway electrification systems.

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List of spiral tunnels and tunnels on a curved alignment

Lists of spiral (helicoidal) tunnels and tunnels on a curved alignment on roads and railway lines worldwide.

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List of tunnels in Switzerland

This list of tunnels in Switzerland includes all notable road, rail, waterway, or other tunnels in Switzerland.

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Lucerne S-Bahn

The Lucerne S-Bahn (S-Bahn Luzern) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Mattstetten–Rothrist new line

| The Mattstetten–Rothrist new line is Switzerland's fastest railway, running between Mattstetten and Rothrist.

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Mülenen railway station

Mülenen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway

The Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway (Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois, Montreux Berner Oberland Bahn, abbreviated MOB), is a railway operating in southwest Switzerland, one of the oldest electric railways in the country; its main line, in length, built to gauge, connects Montreux, Gstaad, and Zweisimmen, where passengers can transfer to the BLS AG owned, and standard gauge, Zweisimmen to Spiez line.

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Neuchâtel railway station

Neuchâtel railway station (Gare de Neuchâtel) serves the municipality of Neuchâtel, the capital city of the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

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NRLA

The New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) (Neue Eisenbahn-Alpentransversale, NEAT, nouvelle ligne ferroviaire à travers les Alpes, NLFA, Nuova ferrovia transalpina, NFTA), is a Swiss construction project for faster north-south rail links across the Swiss Alps.

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Olten–Lausanne railway line

| The Olten–Lausanne railway line is one of the major railway lines of Switzerland, running between the major rail hub of Olten—where lines from Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lucerne and Neuchâtel come together—the Swiss capital of Bern and the city of Lausanne.

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Rail 2000

Rail 2000 (German: Bahn 2000; French: Rail 2000, Italian: Ferrovia 2000) is a large-scale project of the Swiss Federal Railways (SFR) established in 1987 to improve the quality of the Swiss rail network.

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Rail transport in Switzerland

The Swiss rail network is noteworthy for its density, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-alp freight system.

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RailML

railML (Railway Markup Language) is an open, XML based data exchange format for data interoperability of railway applications.

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Regionalverkehr Mittelland

Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG (RM) was a 1997 merger of.

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Reichenbach im Kandertal railway station

Reichenbach im Kandertal is a railway station in the municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Rolling highway

In rail transportation, a rolling highway, or rolling road is a form of combined transport involving the conveying of road trucks by rail, referred to as Ro-La trains.

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Rudolf Stämpfli

Rudolf Stämpfli (born 3 August, 1955 in Bern) is a Swiss entrepreneur of the graphic arts industry and publisher.

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SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 6/6

The Ae 6/6 is a heavy electric locomotive used by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS).

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SBB-CFF-FFS Be 3/5

The Be 3/5 12201 was one of four test locomotives ordered by the Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (Swiss Federal Railways) (SBB) in June 1917.

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SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560

The RBDe 560 (in the old naming style, the RBDe 4/4) and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) network.

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SBB-CFF-FFS Re 420

The Re 420, originally (and still widely called) Re 4/4II, series are the most common electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways.

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SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460

The Re 460 (popularly known as the Lok 2000) series are modern four-axle electric locomotives of the Swiss Federal Railways.

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Schwarzenburg

Schwarzenburg is a municipality in the district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Simplon Tunnel

The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the homonymous line that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simplon Pass route.

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Solothurn railway station

Solothurn railway station (Bahnhof Solothurn) serves the municipality of Solothurn, the capital city of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.

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Spiez

Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Spiez railway station

Spiez is a railway station in the town of Spiez, in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Stadler FLIRT

Stadler FLIRT (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train; 1) is a diesel or electric multiple unit railcar made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland.

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Stadler KISS

The Stadler KISS is a family of bilevel electric multiple unit commuter train developed and manufactured by Stadler Rail.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Swiss Federal Railways

Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF, Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland.

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Swiss railway signalling

Swiss railway signalling describes the railway signalling systems used in Switzerland by the different railway companies.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Täsch railway station

Täsch railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the municipality of Täsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Thun

Thun (Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 43,783 inhabitants (around 90,000 in the agglomeration), as of 31 December 2013.

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Thun railway station

Thun is a railway station in the town of Thun, in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Thun ship canal

The Thun ship canal (Thuner Schiffskanal) is a long canal in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Transport in Switzerland

Switzerland has a dense network of roads and railways.

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TRAXX

Bombardier TRAXX is a modular product platform of electric and Diesel-electric mainline locomotives built by Bombardier Transportation, built in both freight and passenger variants.

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Uetendorf

Uetendorf is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Vectron (locomotive)

The Vectron is a locomotive series made by Siemens Mobility, introduced at the 2010 InnoTrans trade fair in four prototype versions: diesel, multi-system, and both AC and DC electric power.

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Visp railway station

Visp railway station is a junction station at Visp (French: Viège), in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Vossloh G1000 BB

The Vossloh G1000 BB is a class of off-centre cab diesel-hydraulic B'B' 4 axle locomotives built by Vossloh in Kiel since 2002.

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Vossloh G1700 BB

The Vossloh G1700 BB is a four axle B′B′ medium power diesel-hydraulic locomotive manufactured by Vossloh Locomotives GmbH.

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Wahlern

Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district.

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Zermatt railway station

Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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2006 in rail transport

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References

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