Lausanne–Bern railway

The Lausanne–Bern railway is a mainline railway in Switzerland. The first part of the line was opened in 1860 and the original line was completed on 4 September 1862. The line was built by the Swiss Central Railway and the Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern Railway, which were taken over by the Swiss Federal Railways on its establishment in 1902.

Lausanne–Bern railway
An EW IV commuter train on the Grandfey Viaduct
Overview
Termini
Technical
Line length97.2 km (60.4 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph)
Route map

km
from Geneva and Biel
0.0
Lausanne
447 m
to Brig
2.4
Pully-Nord
473 m
Viaduct of Conversion (177 m)
4.0
La Conversion
500 m
5.8
Bossière
524 m
8.3
Grandvaux
565 m
Grandvaux tunnel (392 m)
Cornallaz tunnel (494 m)
from Vevey
12.1
Puidoux
617 m
14.6
Moreillon
657 m
TPF line from Bulle
20.6
Palézieux
669 m
to Payerne
24.4
Oron
700 m
30.5
Vauderens
757 m
old route until 2001
Vauderens Tunnel (1.975 m)
old Vauderens Tunnel (921m)
35.4
Siviriez
737 m
40.2
Romont
707 m
45.0
Villaz-St-Pierre
706 m
49.6
Chénens
722 m
52.4
Cottens
713 m
55.4
Neyruz
687 m
57.5
Rosé
668 m
60.4
Matran
643 m
62.1
Villars-sur-Glâne
640 m
66.0
629 m
Fribourg/Freiburg Poya
609 m
72.2
Düdingen
596 m
75.5
Fillistorf
607 m
77.9
Schmitten
606 m
Mühletal tunnel (399 m)
80.3
Wünnewil
588 m
Flamatt tunnel (187 m)
84.1
Flamatt
552 m
Sense (75 m)
86.9
Thörishaus Dorf
575 m
88.2
Thörishaus Station
585 m
89.4
Oberwangen
575 m
91.0
Niederwangen
568 m
93.0
Bern Bümpliz Süd
562 m
94.1
Bern Europaplatz
562 m
94.9
Bern Weyermannshaus
Donnerbühl tunnel (400 m)
97.2
Bern
540 m
RBS line
to Worblaufen and Worb
to Olten and Biel
Source: Swiss railway atlas
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