List of railway companies in Switzerland
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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
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

), but not routes of Swiss companies in neighbouring countries.

Not included are railway companies which do not operate their own routes (e.g. Cisalpino
Cisalpino
Cisalpino AG was a railway company operating international trains between Switzerland and Italy connecting Basel, Schaffhausen, Zürich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Livorno, and Florence...

, Hupac
Hupac
Hupac is a railway company in Switzerland. Hupac's Shuttle Net has 108 intermodal trains per day across Europe. Hupac also offers a rolling highway from Basel to Lugano. In 2009, volumes carried fell by 13.5%, to 607,284 road consignments; but profit increased...

 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)

Company Abbreviation Since Notes
Appenzeller Bahnen AB 2006 Merger of Appenzeller Bahnen, Trogenerbahn (both meter gauge), Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*...

 (rack, full interchange) and Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Bahn 
BDWM Transport AG BDWM 1997 Merger of Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn is a privately owned railway company in Switzerland. Its railway line connects Wohlen and Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau with Dietikon in the canton of Zurich. The line has been modernised and is part of the S-Bahn Zürich network...

 and Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn, narrow gauge passenger traffic, standard gauge for freight: Wohlen - Villmergen and Wohlen - Bremgarten West (dual gauge
Dual gauge
A dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway has railway track that allows trains of different gauges to use the same track. Generally, a dual-gauge railway consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails. The two outer rails give the wider gauge, while one of the outer rails and the inner rail...

, still owned by SBB)
BLS AG
BLS AG
BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. It is 55.8 % owned by the Canton of Berne, and 21.7 % by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.BLS has a subsidiary BLS...

BLS 2006 Merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG was a 1997 merger of* EBT - Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn* VHB - Vereinigte Huttwiler Bahnen* SMB - Solothun-Münster-Bahnwhich had been under common management for decades already....

Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève CFEG 1888 Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

Chemins de fer du Jura
Chemins de fer du Jura
The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le...

CJ 1944 Mostly narrow gauge
Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres VCh 1904 Route leased to SBB
Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland DVZO 2000 Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

DB AG 1994 Operates railway lines around Schaffhausen and Basel, owned by the German state
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...

 (Now Known as Trenitalia
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...

)
FS 1992 Passenger services: Trenitalia; only a few meters into Switzerland at Chiasso
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt HBS 1924 Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only
Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft HBL 1940 Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only
Kriens-Luzern-Bahn KLB 1886 Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only, all operations to cease by 31 Dec 2009, standard gauge connection to Horw to Zentralbahn
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy
The Métro Lausanne – Ouchy or Métro-Ouchy was a rack railway which linked the lakeside at Ouchy with the main railway station in Lausanne and the core of the city at Flon. The system also included a parallel line between the railway station and Flon...

LO 1877 Funicular before 1958, being converted to rubber-tyred automatic metro
Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn OeBB 1899
Österreichische Bundesbahnen ÖBB 1947 from the Rhine bridges to Buchs and St. Margrethen
Rigi-Bahnen
Rigi-Bahnen
Rigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn and the Arth-Rigi Bahn , along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car.-Vitznau – Rigi Railway...

RB 1992 Rack railway, very restricted interchange
SBB-CFF-FFS
SBB-CFF-FFS
Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

SBB CFF FFS 1902 Company since 1999, fully owned by the Swiss Confederation
Sensetalbahn STB 1904
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG SOB 2001 Merger
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland...

SZU 1973
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français SNCF 1938 train services to Basel and Geneva, no tracks owned
Sursee-Triengen-Bahn ST 1912 Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only
Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois TSOL 1991 Tramway, restricted interchange
THURBO
THURBO
THURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:...

2002 90% Subsidiary of SBB
Transports de Martigny et Régions
Transports de Martigny et Régions
The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express...

TMR 2001 Partly narrow gauge
Transports publics Fribourgeois
Transports publics Fribourgeois
The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :...

TPF 2000 Partly narrow gauge
Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois TRN 1999 Partly narrow gauge
Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix TRAVYS 2001 Partly narrow gauge

All companies

Company Abbreviation From Until Notes

AlpTransit Gotthard
AlpTransit
AlpTransit, also known as New Railway Link through the Alps NRLA , is a Swiss federal project aimed to build faster north-south rail links across the Swiss Alps by constructing base tunnels several hundred metres below the level of the current tunnels...

ATG 1998 building company, subsidiary of SBB, no public railway tracks currently

BLS AG
BLS AG
BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. It is 55.8 % owned by the Canton of Berne, and 21.7 % by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.BLS has a subsidiary BLS...

BLS 2006
BLS Lötschbergbahn
BLS 1996
Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn
BLS 1907 1996
Spiez-Frutigen-Bahn
SFB 1901 1906
Thunerseebahn
TSB 1893 1912
Bödelibahn
BB 1872 1900
Bern-Neuenburg-Bahn
BN 1901 1996
Gürbetal-Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn
GBS 1944 1996
Bern-Schwarzenburg-Bahn
BSB 1907 1943
Gürbetalbahn
GTB 1901 1943
Spiez-Erlach-Zweisimmen-Bahn
SEZ 1942 1996 Also known as Simmentalbahn
Erlenbach-Zweisimmen-Bahn
EZB 1902 1941
Spiez-Erlenbach-Bahn
SEB 1897 1941
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG
Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG was a 1997 merger of* EBT - Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn* VHB - Vereinigte Huttwiler Bahnen* SMB - Solothun-Münster-Bahnwhich had been under common management for decades already....

RM 1997 2006
Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn
EBT 1942 1996
Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn
BTB 1899 1941
Emmentalbahn
EB 1875 1941
Schweizerische Centralbahn
SCB (1876) (1883) Section Solothurn-Biberist EBT
Solothurn-Münster Bahn
SMB 1908 1996
Vereinigte Huttwil-Bahnen
VHB 1944 1996
Huttwil-Wolhusen-Bahn
HWB 1895 1943
Langenthal-Huttwil-Bahn
LHB 1927 1943
Langenthal-Huttwil-Bahn
LHB 1889 1926
Huttwil-Eriswil-Bahn
HEB 1915 1926
Ramsei-Sumiswald-Huttwil-Bahn
RSHB 1908 1943

Chemin de fer de l'Etat de Genève
CFEG 1888 Genève-Eaux-Vives - Annemasse, leased to SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...


Chemins de fer du Jura
Chemins de fer du Jura
The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le...

CJ 1944 partly narrow gauge
Régional Porrentruy-Bonfol
RPB 1901 1943
Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier
RSG 1904 1943 Narrow gauge since 1953

Chemin de fer Vevey-Chexbres
VCh 1904 Route leased to SBB

Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland
DVZO 2000 Bäretswil-Bauma, heritage railway operating since 1978
SBB-CFF-FFS
SBB-CFF-FFS
Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

SBB 1947 (2000) Bäretswil-Bauma, transferred to DVZO in 2000
Uerikon-Bauma-Bahn
UeBB 1901 1948

Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

DB AG 1994 Around Schaffhausen and Basel, tracks owned by the German state
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...

DB 1952 1994
Betriebsvereinigung der Südwestdeutschen Eisenbahnen
SWDE 1948 1952 Under sequestration
Deutsche Eisenbahn-Strecken in der Schweiz
DR 1945 1948 Under sequestration
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...

DRB 1937 1945
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....

DRG 1924 1937
Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen
1920 1924
Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen
BadStB 1855 1920
Wiesentalbahn
1862 1889 Integrated into BadStB in 1889

Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...

FS 1992 Passenger services: Trenitalia
Trenitalia
Trenitalia is the primary train operator in Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport.-Passenger transport:...

Ente Ferrovie dello Stato
FS 1905 1991
Strade ferrate meridionali
SFM 1885 1905
Società ferroviaria dell'Alta Italia
SFAI 1876 1885

Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Stadt
HBS 1924 Basel-Kleinhüningen, goods traffic only

Hafenbahn des Kanton Basel-Landschaft
HBL 1940 Birsfelden-Au, goods traffic only

Kriens-Luzern-Bahn
KLB 1886 Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only

Métro Lausanne-Ouchy
Métro Lausanne-Ouchy
The Métro Lausanne – Ouchy or Métro-Ouchy was a rack railway which linked the lakeside at Ouchy with the main railway station in Lausanne and the core of the city at Flon. The system also included a parallel line between the railway station and Flon...

LO 1877 Funicular before 1958

Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn
OeBB 1899

Österreichische Bundesbahnen
ÖBB 1947 Around Buchs and St. Margrethen
Österreichische Staatseisenbahnen
ÖStB 1945 1947
Deutsche Eisenbahn-Strecken in der Schweiz
DR 1945 1945 Under sequestration
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...

DR 1938 1945
Bundesbahnen Österreichs
BBÖ 1921 1938
Österreichische Staatsbahnen
ÖStB 1919 1921
Kaiserlich-königliche österreichische Staatsbahnen
KKÖStB 1885 1919
Vorarlbergerbahn
VB 1872 1885

Rigi-Bahnen
Rigi-Bahnen
Rigi Railways is a group of railways on Mount Rigi, located between two of the arms of Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland. They include two standard gauge rack railways, the Vitznau-Rigi Bahn and the Arth-Rigi Bahn , along with the Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car.-Vitznau – Rigi Railway...

RB 1992
Arth-Rigi-Bahn
ARB 1873 1992
Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn
VRB 1969 1992 Change of name
Rigibahn
RB 1871 1969

Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*...

RHB 1875 2006 Merged with Appenzeller Bahnen in 2006

SBB-CFF-FFS
SBB-CFF-FFS
Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

SBB CFF FFS 1902
Aargauische Südbahn
AS 1874 1901
Bötzbergbahn
1875 1902
Genève-La Plaine
1894 1912
Paris-Lyon-Méditeranée
PLM 1862 (1894)
Lyon-Genève
LG 1858 1862
Gotthardbahn
Gotthardbahn
Gotthardbahn was the name of a private Swiss railway company which operated the railway line from Immensee to Chiasso . Nowadays this term usually does not refer to that company, but to the railway line itself...

GB 1874 1909
Jura neuchâtelois
JN 1886 1913
Jura-Bern-Luzern
JBL 1884 (1886) Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches
Chemin de fer Jura-Simplon
JS 1890 1903
Jura-Bern-Luzern
JBL 1884 1889 Neuchâtel-Le Locle Col des Roches to JN in 1886
Bern-Luzern-Bahn
BLB 1875 1884
Bernische Staatsbahn
BSB 1861 (1875) Gümligen-Langnau
Schweizerische Ostwestbahn
1860 1861
Jura bernois
JB 1874 1884
Jura industriel
JI 1857 1875
Porrentruy-Delle
PD 1872 1876
Bernische Staatsbahn
BSB 1861 1877 Gümligen-Langnau to BLB in 1875
Schweizerische Ostwestbahn
1860 1861
Chemin de fer Pont-Vallorbe
PV 1886 1890
Suisse Occidentale-Simplon
SOS 1881 1889
Suisse-Occidentale
SO 1872 1881
Franco-Suisse
FS 1859 1871
Lausanne-Fribourg-Berne
LFB 1858 1871
Genève-Versoix
GV 1858 1858
Ouest Suisse
OS 1855 1871
Jougne-Eclépens
JE 1870 1876
Simplon
S 1874 1881
Ligne d'italie
LI 1859 1874
Schweizerische Centralbahn
SCB 1854 1901
Chemins de fer de l'Est
Chemins de fer de l'Est
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est , often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by fusion from Compagnie de Paris à Strasbourg, operating the Paris-Strasbourg line, and Compagnie du chemin de fer de Montereau à Troyes...

EST 1854 1872 Section Basel-St. Johann-Grenze
Strasbourg-Bâle
1844 1854
Schweizerische Nordostbahn
NOB 1853 (1881) Section Suhr-Zofingen
Schweizerische Nordostbahn
NOB 1853 1902 Suhr-Zofingen to SCB in 1881
Sulgen-Gossau (Bischofszellerbahn)
SG 1876 1885
Bülach-Regensberg-Bahn
BR 1865 1876
Effretikon-Wetzikon-Hinwil-Bahn
EH 1876 1885
Schweizerische Nordbahn
1847 1853 First railway company of Switzerland
Schweizerische Nationalbahn
SNB 1875 1880
Zürich-Zug-Luzern-Bahn
ZZL 1864 1891
Seetalbahn
Seetalbahn
The Seetalbahn is a railway of the Swiss Federal Railways between Lenzburg and Lucerne in Switzerland. The track, when created, was originally named the Swiss Lake Valley Railway Company and was owned by British investors. The passengers included tourists from Lucerne doing sightseeing tours to...

STB 1883 1922 original spelling Seethalbahn
Toggenburgerbahn
TB 1870 1902
Tösstalbahn
TTB 1875 1917
Uerikon-Bauma-Bahn
UeBB 1901 1948
Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen
VSB 1857 1902
Glatttalbahn
1856 1857
Sankt-Gallisch-Appenzellischen Eisenbahn
1855 1857
Schweizerische Südostbahn
1853 1857 Not to be confused with today's SOB
Wald-Rüti-Bahn
WR 1876 1902
Wohlen-Bremgarten
WB 1876 1901 line leased to Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn in 1912, dual gauge

Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
SOB 2001 Fusion
Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn
Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn
The Bodensee–Toggenburg-Bahn was a small 'private' railway which operated between Romanshorn on the Bodensee via St. Gallen, Herisau, Degersheim, Wattwil, and Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St...

BT 1910 2000
Schweizerische Südostbahn
SOB 1890 2000
Wädenswil-Einsiedeln-Bahn
WE 1877 1889
Zürichsee-Gotthardbahn
ZGB 1878 1889

Sensetalbahn
STB 1904

Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland...

SZU 1973
Sihltalbahn
SiTB 1892 1972
Bahngesellschaft Zürich-Üetliberg
BZUe 1922 1972 Change of name
Uetlibergbahn
UeB 1875 1922

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français
SNCF 1938 Around Basel and Geneva
Alsace-Lorraine
AL 1918 1938
Reichseisenbahn Elsaß-Lothringen
EL 1872 1918
Chemins de fer de l'Est
Chemins de fer de l'Est
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est , often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by fusion from Compagnie de Paris à Strasbourg, operating the Paris-Strasbourg line, and Compagnie du chemin de fer de Montereau à Troyes...

EST 1854 1872
Strasbourg-Bâle
1844 1854
Paris-Lyon-Méditeranée
PLM 1862 1938
Lyon-Genève
LG 1858 1862

Sursee-Triengen-Bahn
ST 1912 Passenger service discontinued, goods traffic only

Tramway du sud-ouest lausannois
TOSL 1991

THURBO
THURBO
THURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:...

2002 Subsidiary of SBB
Mittelthurgau-Bahn
Mittelthurgau-Bahn
The Mittelthurgaubahn was a private railway company in Switzerland. In 2003 the company was dissolved due to financial problems, most of its activities were taken over by SBB-CFF-FFS subsidiary THURBO....

MThB 1911 2002
SBB-CFF-FFS
SBB-CFF-FFS
Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

SBB CFF FFS (1902) (2002) Regional services in north-eastern Switzerland

Transports de Martigny et Régions
Transports de Martigny et Régions
The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express...

TMR 2001 Partly narrow gauge
Chemin de fer Martigny-Orsières-Le Châble
MO 1910 2001

Transports publics Fribourgeois
Transports publics Fribourgeois
The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :...

TPF 2000 Partly narrow gauge
Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat
Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat
The Chemin de Fer Fribourgeois, Gruyère - Fribourg - Morat is a 1942 merger of two standard gauge and one gauge railways running mainly within the Swiss canton of Fribourg/Freiburg. The company also operates numerous regional buses in the same area...

GFM 1942 2000 Partly narrow gauge
Chemin de fer Bulle-Romont
BR 1868 1941
Chemin de fer Fribourg-Morat-Anet
FMA 1903 1941
Fribourg-Morat
FM 1898 1903

Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois
TRN 1999 Partly narrow gauge
Chemin de fer Régional du Val-de-Travers
RVT 1883 1998

Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix
TRAVYS 2001
Chemin de fer Orbe-Chavornay
OC 1894 2000
Chemin de fer Pont-Brassus
PBr 1899 2000

Wohlen-Meisterschwanden-Bahn
WM 1916 1997 † merged with BD to
BDWM Transport AG on 31 May 1997

All companies

STANDARD GAUGE
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

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Company Abbreviations From Until Notes

Appenzeller Bahnen AG
AB 1988
Appenzellerbahn
AB 1885 1988
Appenzell-Weissbad-Wasserauen Bahn
AWW 1940 1947 Name change
Säntis-Bahn
SB 1912 1939
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Localbahnen
SLB 1875 1885
Elektrische Bahn St. Gallen - Gais - Appenzell
SGA 1947 1988
Altstätten-Gais-Bahn
AG 1911 1947
Elektrische Bahn St. Gallen - Gais - Appenzell
SGA 1931 1947
Appenzeller-Strassenbahn-Gesellschaft
ASt 1889 1931
Trogenerbahn
TB 1903
Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt St. Gallen
VBSG 1950 1957 Tramway discontinued, section to TB
Trambahn der Stadt St. Gallen
TrStG 1897 1950 † 1 October 1957
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn
Rorschach-Heiden-Bahn is a railway line and former railway company in Switzerland. It is a standard gauge mountain rack railway, using the Riggenbach rack system and is part of Appenzeller Bahnen. The route links Rorschach with Heiden.- External links :*...

RHB 1875 2006 Standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen (:de:Bergbahn Rheineck-Walzenhausen)
RhW 1896 1200 mm (47.2 in) gauge, now part of Appenzeller Bahnen AG

Aare Seeland mobil
ASm 1999 Merger
Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn
BTI 1945 1999
Seeländische Lokalbahnen
SLB 1916 1945
Regionalverkehr Oberaargau
RVO 1990 1999
Oberaargau-Jura Bahn
OJB 1958 1990
Langenthal-Jura Bahn
LJB 1907 1958
Langenthal-Melchnau Bahn
LMB 1917 1958
Solothurn-Niederbipp Bahn
SNB 1918 1999

Chemin de fer Bière-Apples-Morges
BAM 1895
Chemin de fer Apples-L'Isle
AL 1896 1899

Museumsbahn Blonay-Chamby
BC 1968
Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans
Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans
The Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans built and operated narrow gauge lines from Vevey to Blonay, Chamby, Châtel-St-Denis and Les Pléiades. The first section to see service, that from Vevey to Chamby, was opened on 1 October 1902. Next section was the branch line from St-Légier to...

CEV 1902 (1968) Blonay-Chamby to BC in 1968

BDWM Transport AG
BDWM 2000 Merger with WM
Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn
The Bremgarten-Dietikon-Bahn is a privately owned railway company in Switzerland. Its railway line connects Wohlen and Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau with Dietikon in the canton of Zurich. The line has been modernised and is part of the S-Bahn Zürich network...

BD 1902 2000

Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren
Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren
The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. The enterprise consists of a connected aerial cableway, also known as the Grütschalpbahn, and a adhesion worked railway.-Operations:The...

BLM 1891

Baselland Transport
Baselland Transport
Baselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme...

 AG
BLT 1974
Birseckbahn
BEB 1902 1974
Birsigtalbahn
BTB 1887 1974
Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn
BUeB 1921 1974
Trambahn Basel-Aesch
TBA 1907 1974

Biel-Meinisberg Bahn
BMB 1913 1940 † 30 June 1940

Berner Oberland Bahn
BOB 1890
Schynige Platte-Bahn
SPB 1893 1895

Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn
BRB 1892

Chemins de fer du Jura
Chemins de fer du Jura
The Chemins de fer du Jura , the railways of the Jura canton in northern Switzerland, came about as the result of an amalgamation, in 1944, of four independent companies connecting Porrentruy to Bonfol, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Glovelier to Saignelégier and Tavannes to Tramelan and Le...

CJ 1944
Chemin de fer Tavannes-Le Noirmont
CTN 1927 1943
Chemin de fer Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont
TBN 1913 1927
Chemin de fer Tavannes-Tramelan
TT 1884 1927
Régional Saignelégier-Glovelier
RSG 1904 1943 Standard gauge before 1953
Chemin de fer Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds
SC 1892 1943

Clarens-Chailly-Blonay
CCB 1911 1955

Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke
DFB 1987
Furka Oberalp Bahn
FO 1925 (1987) Section Gletsch-Furka
Furka Oberalp Bahn
FO 1925 (1989) Section Furka-Realp

Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi
FART 1961 Change of name
Ferrovie regionali ticinesi
FRT 1923 1961 Centovalli Railway
Locarno - Ponte Brolla - Bignasco
LPB 1907 1948 Maggia Valley Railway † 29 November 1965
Società tramvie elettriche locarnesi
STL 1908 1922 Tramway Locarno † 30 April 1960

Forchbahn
Forchbahn
The Forchbahn is a gauge narrow-gauge light railway in the canton of Zürich, linking central Zürich to the eastern suburbs near Esslingen via Forch. The name is often abbreviated to just FB, which also appears on the trains...

FB 1912

Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa
Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa
The Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway is a local railway line in Canton Ticino in Switzerland. The line links the town of Lugano with Ponte Tresa, and is long. It has a gauge of , and is electrified on the overhead system at 1200 volts DC.The FLP is the last working line of a network of three...

FLP 1912

Ferrovia Mesolcinese
Ferrovia Mesolcinese
The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama...

FM 2003 Heritage railway (since 1995)
Rhätische Bahn
RhB 1895 (2003) Castione-Cama to Ferrovia Mesolcinese
Ferrovia Mesolcinese
The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama...

Societa Ferrovia elettrica Bellinzona-Mesocco
BM 1907 1941 Bellinzona-Castione
-Cama-Mesocco

Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn
FW 1887

Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen
GGB 1997 Change of name
Gornergrat-Bahn
Gornergratbahn
The Gornergratbahn is a nine-kilometre metre-gauge mountain rack railway, with Abt rack system. It leads from Zermatt, Switzerland , up to the Gornergrat...

GGB 1889 1997

Jungfraubahn
Jungfraubahn
The Jungfraubahn is an gauge rack railway electrified at 3-phase 1,125 volts 50 Hertz, which runs 9 kilometres from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch...

JB 1898

Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher
LEB 1913
Central Vaudois
CV 1889 1912
Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens
LE 1873 1912

Leuk-Leukerbad-Bahn
LLB 1915 1967 † 27. Mai 1967

Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn
Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn
The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. The track width is . It was created in 2003 through an amalgamation of Furka-Oberalp-Bahn and BVZ Zermatt-Bahn . The name comes from the Matterhorn and St...

MGB 2003 Fusion
BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn – officially known between 1991 and 2002 as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn – is a metre gauge railway in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its 44 kilometre long line links the communities of Brig and Visp in the Rhone Valley with Täsch and the car free holiday resort of Zermatt...

BVZ 1991 2002 Change of name
Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn
BVZ 1961 1991 Change of name
Visp-Zermatt-Bahn
VZ 1890 1961, now BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
BVZ Zermatt-Bahn
The Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn – officially known between 1991 and 2002 as the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn – is a metre gauge railway in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Its 44 kilometre long line links the communities of Brig and Visp in the Rhone Valley with Täsch and the car free holiday resort of Zermatt...

Furka Oberalp Bahn
FO 1925 2002
Brig-Furka-Disentis-Bahn
BFD 1915 1925
Schöllenenbahn
SchB 1917 1961

Meiringen-Innertkirchen Bahn
MIB 1946 Change of name
Kraftwerke Oberhasli
KWO 1926 1946

Montreux-Oberland Bernois-Bahn
MOB 1901

Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera
MVR 2001 Merger
Chemin de fer éléctriques Veveysans
CEV 1902 2001 Partial discontinuations
Chemin de fer Montreux-Territet-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye
MTGN 1992 2001
Chemin de fer de Montreux-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye
MGN 1987 1991
Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye
Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye
The Chemin de fer Glion - Rochers-de-Naye is a mountain railway in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland which links the places in its title, high above the Lake Geneva resort town of Montreux....

GN 1892 1986
Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion
Chemin de fer Montreux-Glion
The line, which links the two places in its title was built by the Chemin de fer Montreux–Glion . Opened in 1909, at its upper terminus it made an end-on junction with the Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye and across its platform with the Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion. Nowadays, the...

MGl 1909 1986
Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion
Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet-Glion
The Chemin de fer funiculaire Territet–Glion is a funicular in Switzerland, which runs between the Territet and Glion suburbs of the the town of Montreux. At its upper terminus, the funicular connects with what was the lower terminus of the Chemin de fer Glion-Rochers-de-Naye mountain railway,...

TG 1883 1991

Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez
NStCM 1916 End of the line in La Cure (Swiss-French border) since 1958

Pilatusbahn
PB 1889

Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn RBS is a Swiss public transport company. It operates train, tram, and bus lines between Bern, Solothurn and Worb.RBS was founded as the Bern-Worb-Bahn in 1898, which grew to RBS in 1984 through a series of mergers...

RBS 1984
Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern Bahn
SZB 1922 1983
Bern-Zollikofen Bahn
BZB 1912 1921
Elektrische Schmalspurbahn Solothurn-Bern
ESB 1916 1921
Vereinigte Bern-Worb Bahnen
VBW 1927 1983
Bern-Worb Bahn
BWB 1907 1926
Bern-Muri-Gümligen-Worb Bahn
BMGWB 1898 1907
Worblentalbahn
WT 1913 1926

Rhätische Bahn
RhB 1895
Bernina-Bahngesellschaft
BB 1908 1942
Societa Ferrovia elettrica Bellinzona-Mesocco
BM 1907 1941 † 27. Mai 1972 Bellinzona-Castione
† 9 December 1979 Cama-Mesocco
Remainder to Ferrovia Mesolcinese
Ferrovia Mesolcinese
The Ferrovia Mesolcinese is a touristic railway in Canton Ticino, Switzerland, operated by Società Esercizio Ferroviario Turistico . It is 13 km long and links Castione with Cama...

 in 2003
Chur-Arosa-Bahn
ChA 1914 1941
Landquart-Davos-Bahn
LD 1889 1895

Rigi-Scheidegg-Bahn
RSB 1874 1931 † 31 December 1942

Sernftalbahn
Sernftalbahn
The Sernftalbahn was an electrical narrow-gauge railway in the Swiss canton of Glarus, which was operated by a private railway company. It led - usually on the valley route - of shrank from GL in the Linthal 14 km along the Sernf upward until Elm GL...

SeTB 1905 1969 † 31. Mai 1969

Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie
SSIF (1912) Joint operation with FART

Trait-Planches
TP 1898 1912 † 11 November 1912

Transports de Martigny et Régions
Transports de Martigny et Régions
The Transports de Martigny et Régions company in the Valais canton of Switzerland operates bus and coach services and two electric railway lines:* Martigny–Châtelard Railway , narrow gauge, with the Mont-Blanc Express...

TMR 2001 Partly standard gauge
Chemin de Fer de Martigny au Châtelard
Chemin de Fer de Martigny au Châtelard
The Martigny–Châtelard Railway, abbreviated MC, French Chemins de fer Martigny–Châtelard, is a rack railway in the canton of Valais, Switzerland....

MC 1906 2001

Transports Publics du Chablais
Transports Publics du Chablais
In the interests of the communities in the Chablais region, at the eastern end of Lake Geneva, it was decided in 1999, to bring together passenger transport companies, to co-ordinate and develop services and investment in transport in the area...

TPC 1977 Collaboration
Chemin de fer Aigle-Leysin
AL 1900
Chemin de fer Aigle-Ollon-Monthey-Champery
AOMC 1946
Chemin de fer Aigle-Ollon-Monthey
AOM 1907 1945
Chemin de fer Monthey-Champéry-Morgins
Chemin de fer Monthey-Champéry-Morgins
The Monthey-Champéry-Morgins Railway was a metre gauge railway operating in the Chablais region of Switzerland.The concession to build the line was awarded on 22 June 1899 but the work proceeded slowly...

MCM 1908 1945
Chemin de fer Aigle-Sepey-Diablerets
ASD 1913
Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye
Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye
The Bex–Villars–Bretaye Railway, abbreviated BVB, French Chemin de fer Bex-Villars-Bretaye, is a metre gauge railway line operating between the towns in its title, situated in the Chablais region of south west Switzerland...

BVB 1943
Chemin de fer Bex-Gryon-Villars-Chesière
BGVC 1906 1942
Chemin de fer Bex-Gryon-Villars
BGV 1898 1906
Chemin de fer Villars-Bretaye
VB 1913 1942

Transports publics Fribourgeois
Transports publics Fribourgeois
The Transports Publics Fribourgeois is a renaming of the former Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat when the municipal Transport en commun de Fribourg was absorbed in 2000.- The Railways :...

TPF 2000 Partly standard gauge
Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat
Chemins de fer Fribourgeois Gruyère-Fribourg-Morat
The Chemin de Fer Fribourgeois, Gruyère - Fribourg - Morat is a 1942 merger of two standard gauge and one gauge railways running mainly within the Swiss canton of Fribourg/Freiburg. The company also operates numerous regional buses in the same area...

GFM 1942 2000 Partly standard gauge
Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère
Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère
The Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère was the name finally adopted by the Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon before operation started. . In 1907 it was enlarged by the amalgamation of the Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Palézieux...

CEG 1903 1941
Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon
Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon
The Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Bulle-Montbovon planned a metre-gauge railway between the towns in its title. The line was constructed and opened in four stages: from Châtel-St-Denis to Vuadens, then to Bulle, then to La Tour-de-Trême and to Montbovon in 1904. At Châtel-St-Denis it formed an...

CBM
Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Palézieux
Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis-Palézieux
The Chemin de fer Châtel-St-Denis–Palézieux was opened in 1901, a metre gauge railway running between the places in its title — Châtel-St-Denis and Palézieux-Gare...

CP 1901 1907

Transports Vallée de Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Ste-Croix
TRAVYS 2001 Partly standard gauge
Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-Croix
Chemin de fer Yverdon - Ste-Croix
The Yverdon-les-Bains to Sainte-Croix Railway is a metre gauge line some long which climbs between the two towns in its title. The railway had been an independent company until 2001 and is now part of the TRAVYS - Transports Vallée-de-Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Sainte-Croix S.A..- History :The...

YSteC 1893 2000

Transports Régionaux Neuchâtelois
TRN 1999 Partly standard gauge

Uster-Oetwil Bahn
UOe 1909 1949 † 1 October 1949

Wengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn
Wengernalpbahn is a 19.091 km long, gauge rack railway line in Switzerland, which runs from Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg, making it the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway....

WAB 1893

Waldenburgerbahn
Waldenburgerbahn
The Waldenburgerbahn is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Country. The long single-track line runs from Liestal, the capital of the canton, to Waldenburg, with stops in Bad Bubendorf, Höstein, Niederdorf, and Oberdorf. The line is operated by Waldenburgerbahn AG. It...

http://www.waldenburgerbahn.ch/
WB 1880

Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn
WMB 1903 1950 † 13 May 1950

Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
The Wyna Valley and Suhre Walley Railway is a privately owned narrow gauge railway company in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It operates under the brand AAR bus+bahn, together with the Busbetrieb Aarau...

WSB 1957 Marketing name since 2002:
AAR bus+bahn
Aarau-Schöftland Bahn
AS 1901 1956
Wynentalbahn
WTB 1904 1956

Zentralbahn
Zentralbahn
The Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that was created on January 1, 2005, with the merger of the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn and the Brünigbahn...

ZB 2005 Merger
Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn
Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn
The Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn is a narrow gauge rack railway in Switzerland with a track gauge of . It connects Lucerne via Stans with the resort of Engelberg....

LSE 1964 2005
Stansstad-Engelberg-Bahn
StEB 1898 1964
SBB Brünig
Brünigbahn
The Brünigbahn was, until 31 December 2004, the only narrow gauge railway of the Swiss Federal Railways . On 30 June 2004, the Swiss Federal Council empowered the SBB to sell the Brünigbahn to Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn , and this company was renamed to Zentralbahn.The Brünigbahn encompasses the...

SBB (1903) (2005) Interlaken-Luzern since 1914
Jura-Simplon-Bahn
JS 1890 1903 Brienz-Luzern
Jura-Bern-Luzern
JBL (1888) 1889 Brienz
Brienz
Brienz is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.The village lies on the north bank of Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.-History:...

-Alpnachstad

Tramways

  • BLT Baselland Transport
    Baselland Transport
    Baselland Transport is a public transport company in Basel, Switzerland. It operates the more suburban routes and its vehicles wear a yellow-and-red colour scheme...

     AG (Basel)
  • BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe
    Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe
    Basler Verkehrsbetriebe is an electric tramway in Basel, Switzerland and has been open from May 6, 1892...

     (Basel)
  • RiT Riffelalptram (Zermatt)
  • SVB BERNMOBIL Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Bern)
  • TN Transports publics du littoral neuchatelois (Neuchâtel)
  • TPG Transports Publics Genevois
    Transports Publics Genevois
    Geneva Public Transport operates most of the public transportation system in Geneva Canton, Switzerland, including the city of Geneva. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy....

     (Geneva)

Company Abbreviation From Until Notes

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich , the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its current name in 1950...

VBZ 1950 Change of name
Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich
StStZ 1896 1950
Zürcher Strassenbahn Gesellschaft
(ZStG) 1882 1896
Elektrische Strassenbahn Zürich
EStZ 1894 1896
Industriequartier-Strassenbahn Zürich
ISZ 1898 1902
Zentrale Zürichbergbahn Zürich
ZZB 1895 1905
Strassenbahn Zürich-Höngg
StZH 1898 1923
Albisgütli-Bahn
AGB 1907 1925
Strassenbahn Zürich-Oerlikon-Seebach
ZOeS 1897 1931
Limmattal-Strassenbahn
LSB 1900 1931

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
    Rail transport in Switzerland
    The railways of Switzerland include and narrow gauge .*Network size: 5,063 km*standard gauge: , of which is electrified.*narrow gauge: , of which is electrified...

  • History of rail transport in Switzerland
    History of rail transport in Switzerland
    The construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened...

  • List of railway companies
  • Mountain railways in Switzerland
  • Rack railways in Switzerland

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