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218:(Bernese Jura Railway). Soon, the Bern-Lucerne Railway could no longer pay the interest on its bonds and was declared bankrupt on 26/27 February 1876. The canton of Lucerne did not take part in the auction of the company's assets on 15 January 1877, so the canton of Berne bid against a consortium in which involved the Central Railway. The representatives of Bern were finally awarded the assets for CHF 8,475,000. The canton of Bern, as the main
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302:(Lucerne) on 1 July 1884. The operating results of this company were always in positive territory, even in difficult times, and allowed the canton of Bern to demand a respectable rent for the Bern-Lucerne line. The main source of income was freight, although passenger transport was also important.
222:, bought the railway for almost the same price that it had sold the Gümligen–Langnau section for. Around CHF 14.5 million was written off in bankruptcy, including the total share capital of CHF 10.6 million. Suppliers of goods and services received 70 percent of the face value of their claims.
188:, built between 1873 and 1875, amounted to CHF 17,045,166. The company asked the canton of Bern to advance funds for the completion of the construction on 23 July 1875. The governing council exceeded its financial powers and handed over a sum that went down in Bernese history as the
321:, JS) on 1 January 1890. The canton of Bern received a sizeable share of the newly created company in return for the Bern-Lucerne Railway and its share in the Jura-Bern-Lucerne Railway. The people of Bern were able to secure a decisive influence on the Jura-Simplon Railways.
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The Bern-Lucerne
Railway was not alone in having to fight against rising prices. Due to massive cost overruns in the construction of the Gotthard Railway in 1877, it was decided to abandon temporally the construction of some of its access lines—including the
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on 26 August 1877. The government councilors accepted the consequences from this rebuff and resigned. In the elections for the Great
Council in the spring of 1878, the Liberals suffered a severe defeat as a result of their financial policies.
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184:, BSB) for CHF 6.6 million and rolling stock from the same source for CHF 703,500. It hoped to improve the profitability of the branch line to Langnau by extending it to Lucerne. The construction costs of the
230:. On the other hand, the Canton of Bern, which attached great importance to the direct connection of the Bern-Lucerne line to the Gotthard Railway, resisted. The Central Railway and the
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The entire share capital of the Bern-Lucerne
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showed little enthusiasm for subscribing for shares because they had already lost a significant amount of money in the failed
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Steam locomotive B3T no. 424 of the Jura–Simplon
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114:, SCB). Resistance emerged to the route through the Entlebuch. Alfred Scheurer campaigned for a line via
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827:(in German). Vol. 2. Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern. Archived from
891:(in German). Jahrbuchvereinigung Oberaargau. pp. 227–264. Archived from
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The main shareholders of the Bern-Lucerne
Railway were the
875:] (in German). Basel and Stuttgart: Birkhäuser Verlag.
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Dampfbetrieb der Schweizerischen Eisenbahnen 1847–1966
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Schweizer Eisenbahnen 1847–1920
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Schweizer Eisenbahnen 1847–1920
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The operation of the railway was still carried out by the
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were developed in the context of the construction of the
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The following is a list of locomotives used by the BLB:
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The steam operation of the Swiss Railways 1847-1966
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106:, would compete with the existing lines of the
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82:An original share of the Bern-Lucerne Railway
57:, on 1 August 1875. It was taken over by the
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779:Frey, Thomas; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich.
758:Frey, Thomas; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich.
502: 1–12, 1875 taken over by the
990:Swiss companies established in 1875
307:Western Switzerland–Simplon Company
270:Operations of the Jura-Bern-Lucerne
86:Plans for a new connection between
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938:The Rail Industry of Switzerland
915:(in German). ZĂĽrich: AS Verlag.
882:"Wie Huttwil zu seiner Bahn kam"
743:Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
294:–Bern–Lucerne through line, the
249:route to the Gotthard Railway.
933:Das Eisenbahnwesen der Schweiz
431:Joint use of a section of the
362:Joint use of a section of the
215:Chemins de fer du Jura bernois
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499:(from 1902: Ec 2/4)
27:Defunct Swiss railway company
930:Weissenbach, Plazid (1913).
889:Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus
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174:Gümligen–Langnau section
944:(in German). p. 66
911:Wägli, Hans G. (2010).
155:Swiss East–West Railway
149:municipalities and the
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808:(in German). ViaStoria
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766:(in German). ViaStoria
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232:Northeastern Railway
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182:Bernische Staatsbahn
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32:Bern–Lucerne railway
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159:Ostwestbahn
974:Categories
718:Now GĂĽtsch
701:References
509:1888–1896
485:Build year
422:Fluhmühle–
263:referendum
196:Bankruptcy
948:13 August
902:16 August
858:ignored (
848:cite book
838:16 August
812:16 August
791:16 August
770:16 August
749:16 August
726:Footnotes
488:Scrapped
388:Gümligen–
247:–Immensee
176:from the
134:in 1871.
120:Affoltern
116:Sumiswald
104:Entlebuch
601:Koechlin
531:Koechlin
379:GĂĽmligen
220:creditor
147:Emmental
141:and the
128:Willisau
731:Sources
473:BLB no.
435:of the
424:Lucerne
390:Langnau
366:of the
348:Length
345:Remarks
342:Opening
339:Section
240:Lucerne
124:Huttwil
88:Romandy
69:History
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47:Langnau
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470:Class
447:Total
288:Delle
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917:ISBN
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