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207:(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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291:(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.
211:, 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.
177:, 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
310:, 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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The financial problems of the canton of Berne, including the "million advanced", had not been settled. It had incurred railway debts of more than CHF 40 million. The subsequent approval of the "million advanced" was vigorously rejected in a
173:, 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
219:. 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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103:, SCB). Resistance emerged to the route through the Entlebuch. Alfred Scheurer campaigned for a line via
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150:, OWB). Nevertheless, at the end of 1872, the Bern-Lucerne Railway had accumulated over
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Railway operations were started on 1 August 1875 by an operating company called the
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816:(in German). Vol. 2. Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern. Archived from
880:(in German). Jahrbuchvereinigung Oberaargau. pp. 227–264. Archived from
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91:, GB). The projected line, running from Langnau to Lucerne through the
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As part of the merger of the Jura-Bern-Lucerne
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158:, while construction costs were estimated at CHF 13.7 million.
34:, BLB) was a railway company in Switzerland, which opened the
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The main shareholders of the Bern-Lucerne
Railway were the
864:] (in German). Basel and Stuttgart: Birkhäuser Verlag.
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Der
Dampfbetrieb der Schweizerischen Eisenbahnen 1847–1966
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bahndaten.ch. Daten zu den
Schweizer Eisenbahnen 1847–1920
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Schweizer Eisenbahnen 1847–1920
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bahndaten.ch. Daten zu den 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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Die Entstehung des demokratischen Volksstaates 1831–1880
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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
902:Schienennetz Schweiz und Bahnprofil Schweiz CH+
95:, would compete with the existing lines of the
134:as well as some municipalities. However, many
201:that had been established by the BLB and the
71:An original share of the Bern-Lucerne Railway
46:, on 1 August 1875. It was taken over by the
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789:Frey, Thomas; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich.
768:Frey, Thomas; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich.
747:Frey, Thomas; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich.
491: 1–12, 1875 taken over by the
979:Swiss companies established in 1875
296:Western Switzerland–Simplon Company
259:Operations of the Jura-Bern-Lucerne
75:Plans for a new connection between
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927:The Rail Industry of Switzerland
904:(in German). ZĂĽrich: AS Verlag.
871:"Wie Huttwil zu seiner Bahn kam"
732:Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
283:–Bern–Lucerne through line, the
238:route to the Gotthard Railway.
922:Das Eisenbahnwesen der Schweiz
420:Joint use of a section of the
351:Joint use of a section of the
204:Chemins de fer du Jura bernois
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488:(from 1902: Ec 2/4)
16:Defunct Swiss railway company
919:Weissenbach, Plazid (1913).
878:Das Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus
578:from 1902: Ed 3/3
52:Chemins de Fer Jura–Simplon
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507:from 1902: C 3/3
300:Suisse-Occidentale–Simplon
225:Schweizerische Nordostbahn
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217:Lucerne–Immensee section
163:Gümligen–Langnau section
933:(in German). p. 66
900:Wägli, Hans G. (2010).
144:Swiss East–West Railway
138:municipalities and the
856:Moser, Alfred (1967).
797:(in German). ViaStoria
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755:(in German). ViaStoria
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386:Taken over from the
221:Northeastern Railway
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171:Bernische Staatsbahn
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21:Bern–Lucerne railway
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281:Biel/Bienne
148:Ostwestbahn
963:Categories
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690:References
498:1888–1896
474:Build year
411:Fluhmühle–
252:referendum
185:Bankruptcy
937:13 August
891:16 August
847:ignored (
837:cite book
827:16 August
801:16 August
780:16 August
759:16 August
738:16 August
715:Footnotes
477:Scrapped
377:Gümligen–
236:–Immensee
165:from the
123:in 1871.
109:Affoltern
105:Sumiswald
93:Entlebuch
590:Koechlin
520:Koechlin
368:GĂĽmligen
209:creditor
136:Emmental
130:and the
117:Willisau
720:Sources
462:BLB no.
424:of the
413:Lucerne
379:Langnau
355:of the
337:Length
334:Remarks
331:Opening
328:Section
229:Lucerne
113:Huttwil
77:Romandy
58:History
40:Lucerne
36:Langnau
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459:Class
436:Total
277:Delle
156:bonds
939:2019
906:ISBN
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