Switzerland - Other Private Railways

Four pages are necessary to illustrate the variety of Swiss trains. Other pages show Federal Railways, BLS or Rhätische Bahn

JB train near Kleine Scheidegg A Jungfraubahn train, dwarfed by the Eiger and Mönch as it makes its way from Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch on 6 September 2006.
Gornergratbahn With the Matterhorn in the background, Gornergratbahn unit 3081 stands at Gornergrat summit on 14 November 2008, after arriving from Zermatt.
TMR trains at Sembrancher At Sembrancher on 10 May 2013, 527 514 arrives with the 12.13 Martigny to Le Chable, while another unit waits with the connection for the Orsières branch. These trains are operated by Transports de Martigny et Région.
BLM train near Mürren The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen Mürren is an isolated metre-gauge line running along a mountainside in the Bernese Oberland. Railcar no.22 has just left Mürren with the 13.36 to Grütschalp on 11 May 2013.
TPF train at Semsales Transports Publics Fribourgeois unit 104 approaching Semsales with the 11.16 Bulle to Palézieux on 15 October 2021.
SSIF train at Ponte Brolla The scenic cross-border Centovalli line between Locarno and Domodossola is jointly operated by Swiss company FART and Italian SSIF. This is SSIF unit 85 at Ponte Brolla, with the 16.49 Locarno to Domodossola on 7 May 2013.

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