Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line

The Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line (also known in German as the Jurabahn—Jura Railway) is a standard gauge railway line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and the BLS AG. It runs from Basel SBB along the Birs in the French-speaking Jura to Delémont and Biel/Bienne. The traffic on the line is shown in table 230 of the official timetable.

Basel–Biel/Bienne
Basel–Biel/Bienne railway
Overview
Native nameJurabahn
Owner
  • Swiss Federal Railways
  • BLS
Line number230
Termini
Technical
Line length71 km (44 mi)
Number of tracks1 or 2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

km
from Mulhouse
123.0
Basel SBB
SBB line to Olten and Zürich
Basel trams
Wolf tunnel
212 m
121.0
Basel Dreispitz
connecting curve from Muttenz
Birs bridge
right: 44 m
left: 46 m
118.3
Münchenstein
Basel–Dornach railway
115.5
Dornach-Arlesheim
113.0
Aesch
Angenstein tunnel
64 m
111.0
Duggingen
108.8
Grellingen
lower Kessiloch bridge
100 m
upper Kessiloch bridge
91 m
103.5
Zwingen
100.6
Laufen
97.5
Bärschwil
(closed halt)
Bärschwil tunnel
116 m
Liesberg tunnel
184 m
94.2
Liesberg
(closed halt)
Birs bridge, Soyhières
44 m
88.5
Soyhières
(closed halt)
84.6
Delémont
reversal
SBB line to Porrentruy–Delle
81.1
Courrendlin
(closed halt)
Choindez
tunnels:
II 165 m
III 255 m
Choindez I tunnel
30 m
79.2
Choindez
(closed halt)
Verrerie-de-Roches tunnel
112 m
Verrerie-de-Moutier tunnel
32 m
75.8
Roches
(closed halt)
Moutier I tunnel
31 m
Moutier II tunnel
11 m
Moutier III tunnel
7 m
Moutier IV tunnel
8 m
Moutier V tunnel
60 m
Moutier VI tunnel
23 m
Moutier VII tunnel
54 m
Moutier VIII tunnel
18 m
Moutier IX tunnel
13 m
BLS line from Solothurn
73.4
0.0
Moutier
SBB line to Tavannes–Sonceboz
Grenchenberg tunnel
8578 m
Oberdorf bridge
272 m
10.7
Grenchen Nord
Mösli viaduct
285 m
13.0
13.0
88.0
Lengnau
(stop only for trains
to/from Solothurn)
90.2
Pieterlen
(stop only for trains
to/from Solothurn)
94.0
Biel/Bienne Bözingenfeld/Champ
(stop only for trains
to/from Solothurn)
95.8
Biel Mett
(stop only for trains
to/from Solothurn)
98.0
SBB line to/from Bern
99.4
33.8
Biel/Bienne
SBB line to Neuchâtel
Source: Swiss railway atlas
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