List of railway companies in Switzerland

List of railway companies in Switzerland

= Standard gauge =

The following is a complete list of all standard gauge railway companies which operate routes on Swiss territory. It also includes routes of foreign railway companies (e.g. Deutsche Bahn), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.

Not included are railway companies which do not operate their own routes (e.g. Cisalpino, Hupac or the former Lokoop) as well as operators of short connecting goods lines.

If there is no abbreviation shown, it means that this company always appears with its full name.

Companies in operation today (standard gauge)

External links

* [http://www.rail-info.ch/index.en.html RAIL-INFO SWITZERLAND] (in English)


= Tramways =

* BLT Baselland Transport AG (Basel)
* BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (Basel)
* RiT Riffelalptram (Zermatt)
* SVB BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern)
* TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel)
* TPG Transports Publics Genevois (Geneva)

Closed or merged

* ABB Altstätten-Berneck-Bahn (later "RhStB")
* AF Altdorf-Flüelen (closed 26 March 1951)
* CBV Tramway Chillon-Byron-Villeneuve (later "VMCV")
* ESZ Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug (closed 21 May 1955)
* MRA Trambahn Meiringen-Reichenbach-Aareschlucht (closed 16 September 1956)
* RhStB Rheintalische Strassenbahn (later "RhV")
* RhV Rheintalische Verkehrsbetriebe (closed 2 June 1973)
* SSS Strassenbahn Schwyz-Seewen (later "SStB")
* SStB Schwyzer Strassenbahnen (closed 15 December 1963)
* StrStM Strassenbahn St. Moritz (closed 18 September 1932)
* SchSt Schaffhauser Strassenbahn (closed 6 March 1970)
* StSS Strassenbahn Schaffhausen-Schleitheim (closed 1 October 1964)
* StSt Strassenbahn Stansstad-Stans (closed)
* StStW Städtische Strassenbahn Winterthur (closed 2 November 1951)
* STI Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken (closed 31 May 1958)
* STL Tramway Locarno (closed 30 April 1960)
* SVB Spiezer Verbindungsbahn (closed 25 September 1960)
* (TB) Tramway Bellavista (closed 31 October 1913)
* TC Tramway de La Chaux-de-Fonds (closed 15 June 1950)
* TEL Tram Lugano (closed 17 December 1959)
* TEM Tram Mendrisio (closed 31 December 1950)
* TF Tramway de Fribourg (closed 1 April 1965)
* TL Tramways lausannois (closed 6 January 1964)
* TP Tramway-funiculaire Trait-Planches (closed 11 November 1912)
* TrB Tramway de Bienne/Biel (closed 9 December 1948)
* TrL Tram Luzern (closed 11 November 1961)
* TrMB Tramway Martigny-Bourg (closed 31 December 1956)
* TStG Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen (closed 1 October 1957)
* VMC Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon (later "VMCV")
* VMCV Tramway Vevey-Montreux-Chillon-Villeneuve (closed 19 January 1958)
* ZBB Zuger Berg- und Strassenbahn (closed 10 May 1959)

See also

* Rail transport in Switzerland
* List of railway companies
* Mountain railways in Switzerland
* Rack railways in Switzerland

External links

* [http://jwr.janes.com/public/jwr/index.shtml Jane's World Railways] (hard copy)


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