Brienz–Rothorn rack railway
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| Native name | Brienz Rothorn Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 June 1892, reopened 13 June 1931 |
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| Closed | 1 August 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tracks | single track with passing loops | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest elevation | 2,244 m (7,362 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum incline | 25 % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rack system | Abt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Brienz Rothorn Railway (German: Brienz Rothorn Bahn, BRB) is a tourist rack railway in Switzerland, which climbs from Brienz, at the eastern end of Lake Brienz, to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn. The railway is 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) long, is built to 800 mm gauge (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in gauge), and uses the Abt double lamella rack system. Unusually for Switzerland, the line is not electrified, and most trains are operated by steam locomotives.
The Brienz Rothorn Railway reaches a height of 2,244 metres above sea level and is the fourth highest railway in Switzerland.
The railway was opened on 17 June 1892, after a two years construction period. The two designers, engineer Alexander Lindner and contractor Theo Bertschinger were supported by the mountain railway pioneer Roman Abt, who had responsibility for equipping the line with his newly developed Abt double lamella rack system.
The line connected at Brienz with the Brünig railway, which had been opened in 1888 from Brienz eastwards towards Lucerne. However the Brünig railway was not extended westward to Interlaken until 1916, so many early travelers to the Rothorn had to arrive by boat service on Lake Brienz.
The line was quickly in financial difficulties. The line was designed to carry 25,000 passengers per year but only managed 5,000 passengers in the first year. Tourist traffic was further affected by the opening of Schynige Platte Railway in 1895 and the Jungfraubahn in 1898. The train service was suspended on 1 August 1914 as a result of the First World War, but did not re-open when the war ended.
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