ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: BERNMOBIL
| 3 |
Weissenbühl - Saali |
| 5 |
Fischermätteli - Ostring |
| 9 |
Wabern - Guisanplatz (BEA-Expo) / Stadion |
LRT ROUTE
Operator: Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS)
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramway - 17 km.
- LRT - 7 km.
HISTORY
- City trams: compressed air: 1890-1901; steam: 1894-1914; electricity: 1902 - today.
- LRT: steam: 1898 - 1910; electricity: 1910 - today.
GAUGE
SOURCES
PRINT
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse Köln (Germany): Schweers + Wall, 2004.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
PHOTOGRAPHS
Buses and a tram on the Kornhausplatz (July 2005). |
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