Swiss Central Railway

Swiss Central Railway
Rümlingen viaduct, built by the SCB
Overview
Native name	Schweizerische Centralbahn
History
Opened	4 February 1853 (1853-02-04)
Closed	1902 (1902)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend km elev 0.00 Basel Centralbahnhof[a] Hauenstein Tunnel 50.77 Wöschnau near Aarau 39.29 Olten 43.01 Aarburg 80.29 Solothurn[b] 66.80 Herzogenbuchsee 95.09 Lucerne 99.37 Biel/Bienne Red Bridge (Aare) 106.13 97.18 Bern 88.20 Thörishaus near Bern 137.59 Scherzligen near Thun Without intermediate stations and without connecting lines. Chainage data based on the metric chainage introduced in 1877 with zero point at Basel Centralbahnhof

The Swiss Central Railway (Schweizerische Centralbahn; SCB or S.C.B.) was one of the five major private railway companies of Switzerland. The SCB with a track length of 332 kilometres was integrated into the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1902.
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