Bernese Oberland Railway

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Bernese Oberland Railway
A BOB train approaches Grindelwald.
Overview
Native name	Berner Oberland-Bahn BOB
Status	operating daily
Owner	Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG
Locale	Bernese Oberland
Termini	Interlaken Ost railway station Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen
Stations	9
Website	BOB
Service
Type	Mountain, partially rack railway
Services	2
Operator(s)	BOB
History
Opened	1890
Technical
Line length	23.69 km (14.72 mi)
Number of tracks	mostly single track with passing points and a double track section at the lower end.
Character	Commuter and touristic railway
Rack system	Riggenbach
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	100%, 1500 V DC, Overhead line
Highest elevation	1,034 m (3,392 ft)
Maximum incline	120 ‰ or 12 %

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Legend
km elev. in M -0.18 Interlaken Ost 567 00.00 03.24 Wilderswil 584 08.18 Zweilütschinen 653 10.42 Sandweid 727 12.29 Lutschental 12.28 Lauterbrunnen 796 14.43 Burglaunen 16.82 Schwendi Grindelwald Terminal 19.41 Grindelwald 1,034
Detailed diagram BLS AG to Spiez, Thun and Bern Interlaken Ost to Ringgenberg BLS carriage sidings Brünig railway line to Brienz and Lucerne BLS depot A 8 to Spiez A 8 to Brienz Schynige Platte depot Wilderswil Schynige Platte Railway to Schynige Platte Zweilütschinen BOB Depot Lütschental Sandweid Burglauenen Lauterbrunnen Schwendi Grindelwald Terminal 2,061 Kleine Scheidegg Jungfrau railway Wengernalpbahn 3,454 Jungfraujoch Grindelwald elev. in M

The Bernese Oberland Railway (German: Berner Oberland-Bahn, BOB) is a narrow-gauge mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. It runs, via a "Y" junction at Zweilütschinen to serve Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald from Interlaken. The railway is rack assisted (that is although an adhesion railway, rack and pinion operation is used on steep sections of the line to assist traction).^[1]

The BOB is owned by the Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG, a company that also owns the 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Schynige Platte Railway. Through that company it is part of the Allianz – Jungfrau Top of Europe marketing alliance, which also includes the separately owned Wengernalpbahn, Jungfraubahn, Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen–Mürren, Harderbahn, and Firstbahn.^[2]