Jura–Simplon Railways

The Jura–Simplon Railways (JS), (French: Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Jura–Simplon) was a railway company that was formed in 1890. It was nationalised in 1903 as the largest railway company in Switzerland and integrated into the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).

Jura–Simplon Railways
History
Openedmerger 1890
Closedto SBB 1903
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

border
Basel
Combe Maran (237 m)
Moutier
Crosettes (1618 m)
Sonceboz
Lyss
Zollikofen
Neuchâtel
Gümligen   Törishaus
Les Verrières
Fluhmühle
border
Lucerne
Pontarlier (France)
line of the PLM
 Meiringen
Jougne (France)
Yverdon
border
Romont
Vallorbe
Oron
Daillens (near Éclépens)
Palézieux
Renens VD
Morges
Nyon
St-Gingolph   Saint-Maurice
border   Sion
Simplon Tunnel
(under construction from 1898)

Without intermediate stations and without connecting tracks.

  1. now Basel SBB
  2. connecting with the Olten–Lucerne line of the Centralbahn
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