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was operated locally. A new signal box has been in operation since 13 April 2012. It was remotely controlled from Bern from 2012 to 2015 and has been subsequently controlled from Olten. There are plans to operate this in a simplified form (as a dead-end siding) to Laupen station so that the line would run only as far as the bridge over the Sense. Thus would eliminate one level crossing. In the autumn of 2014, all unprotected level crossings were closed and replaced by a new crossing at
Freiburghaus equipped with a barrier system.
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The railway infrastructure between
Flamatt and Laupen as well as a concession to operate railway infrastructure are still owned by the Sense Valley Railway Company, which is managed by SBB. BLS trains run every half hour to Laupen with trains crossing in Neuenegg. The former signal box built in 1966
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can be rented in Laupen to run on the track to Gümmenen. In front of the viaduct there is a picnic area where it is possible to turn the draisines around. The tracks were dismantled for about 60 metres at both ends in Laupen and Gümmenen, so the line is no longer passable by trains.
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military railway was purchased in 1921. With the electrification of the line, the railway procured a CFe 2/4 101 railcar from SWS and SAAS. Until it was delivered in
December, the STB rented Ce 4/4 13502, an MFO test locomotive for electric operations on the
855:(BLS). The last railcars of the STB, BDe 4/6 102 and 103, which had been built in 1938, were taken over from the BLS in 1985. Their old age soon became noticeable and the last trains of the STB included a push-pull train rented from the
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was closed on 23 May 1993 and replaced by buses. The trains only operated between Laupen and
Flamatt. From 2001, the trains were operated by the SBB and from December 2004—with the introduction of the
992:. Freight traffic was greatly reduced as a result of reduced production at the large Amcor Rentsch Laupen printing works, the closure of the oil reserve in Laupen and structural changes in industry.
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The Sense Valley
Railway Company had concessions for the Thörishaus–Neuenegg–Laupen–Gümmenen and Kerzers–Golaten–Wileroltigen–Gurbrü bus routes. In addition, it operated a bus route on behalf of
851:; SOB) in both 1958 and 1964, which were used as Be 4/4 nos. 106 and 107. These were supplemented in 1974 with converted control car Bti 201, which had been acquired from the
839:, along with railcars, from the SBB. Locomotive 13502 was purchased in 1940 and was then used as Ce 4/4 1. It was sold to the SBB in 1964, so that it could be exhibited in the
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Flamatt and Laupen on December 16, 2019, to permit reconstruction of the route and its stations, including a completely new station at
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The Sense Valley
Railway also had licenses for the "Nightbird" night bus routes on the Zürich–Lucerne, Brugg–Basel and Brugg–Olten routes.
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These concessions were transferred to PostBus on 13 December 2009 and as a result the Sense Valley
Railway withdrew from this business.
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Initially, the train traffic was hauled by Ed 3/4 steam-locomotives. They were too heavy and were replaced by so-called
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859:(SZU). Diesel locomotives Tm 238 111 and 114, which had been retained for freight traffic, were sold to the SBB in 2000.
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is a line in
Switzerland that was built and formerly operated by the Sense Valley Railway (
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was opened on 20 January 1904. The shares of the company were acquired by the
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The closed route between Gümmenen and Laupen is now used for tourism. Rail-cycle
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End of the line: the line from Bern to Laupen is served by the BLS.
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has had no freight customers on the STB line since 2005.
843:. The railway company bought an ABe 4/4 railcar from the
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Esslingen in 1908 and originally owned by the
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1145:Klauser, Martin (December 2000). "Sensetalbahn".
1123:(in German). Moers: Steiger Verlag. p. 276.
1202:"Zwischen Flamatt und Laupen fahren wieder Züge"
959:View of the disused Sense Valley Railway to the
1098:"Assoziierte Gesellschaften und Joint Ventures"
1243:(in German). Laupen: Sensetalbahn (STB). 1979.
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1149:(in German). No. 4/2000. p. 14.
1076:]. Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 18.
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901:Museumsbahn Compagnie ferroviaire du Léman
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1264:Standard gauge railways in Switzerland
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826:, Ed 2/2 steam locomotives. A Kittel
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975:The railway line between Laupen and
758:Flamatt–Laupen–Gümmenen railway line
1200:Writz, Jean-Michel (6 April 2021).
805:Share issued with a face value of
25:
1169:"Ausbau Bahnlinie Flamatt–Laupen"
1015:. Service resumed in April 2021.
1274:15 kV AC railway electrification
1119:Messerschmidt, Wolfgang (1984).
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1269:Railway lines opened in 1904
1259:Railway lines in Switzerland
742:Source: Swiss railway atlas
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27:Railway line in Switzerland
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849:Schweizerischen Südostbahn
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943:Solothurn–Moutier railway
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1174:Swiss Federal Railways
1070:Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz
1037:30.550 Laupen-Gümmenen
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1074:Swiss railway atlas
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1135:(factory no. 3469)
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614:link to the
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382:Flamatt Dorf
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117:(until 1993)
47:Sensetalbahn
18:Sensetalbahn
1217:(in German)
1210: [
982:Bern S-Bahn
929:BDe 4/6 102
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873:Glass boxes
823:glass boxes
530:Kriechenwil
349:to Fribourg
134:Track gauge
112:Line length
97:Operator(s)
63:Line number
43:Native name
1253:Categories
1051:References
794:Swiss Post
792:(SBB) and
1155:722128226
1001:draisines
994:SBB Cargo
654:from Bern
470:Laupen BE
347:SBB line
273:from Bern
271:SBB line
207:Route map
107:Technical
977:Gümmenen
961:Gümmenen
916:Gümmenen
832:Prussian
782:Gümmenen
687:Gümmenen
412:Neuenegg
157: in
38:Overview
1234:Sources
1025:PostBus
963:Viaduct
774:Flamatt
313:Flamatt
152:⁄
92:Service
78:Flamatt
71:Termini
1185:24 May
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762:German
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318:552 m
308:-0.04
53:Owner
1223:2021
1187:2020
1151:OCLC
1125:ISBN
1106:2019
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