Bödeli

The Bödelibahn (BB) is a former 8.4 -kilometer standard gauge railway in Switzerland. She joined the lake Thun over Interlaken and the so-called Bödeli with Lake Brienz.

• 3.1 locomotives
• 3.2 car

History

Starting position

On the lakes of Thun and Brienz wrong steamships and brought tourists to the Bernese Oberland and especially to Interlaken, the starting point for discovery and excursions in the Jungfrau region. Since no navigable route between the two lake existed and the sea channel from Lake Thun to Interlaken did not exist, was looking for a way to guests and locals from the ship stations Därligen on Lake Thun and Bönigen to lead in the spa resort on Lake Brienz.

Planning and construction

The original plan was a standard gauge Brünigbahn from Bern to Thun through Guerbetal, then to build on the southern shore of Lake Thun to Interlaken along Lake Brienz and continue along to Brienz and in central Switzerland.

On December 28, 1870, the railway was the first section of the Canton of Bern, the concession for the operation of a railway from Därligen to Bönigen.

Under the direction of the major Russian railway pioneer Blotnitzki Leopold (1817-1879), former chief engineer of the Swiss Central Railway ( SCB), the first section of Därligen to Interlaken on 12 August 1872 and the second section from Interlaken to Bönigen was on July 1, 1874 be opened. To prevent a competing canal construction between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz, the plan was two-time crossing the Aare in the construction with a.

Operation

The slightly more than 8 kilometer route possessed in addition to the termini, two intermediate stations, the station Interlaken, Interlaken West today, and the station customs house, now Interlaken Ost. The web has owned two-axle locomotives, of which the number 3 Zephyr from 1874 still survives. The trains operated mainly in the summer and Noteworthy were the two storey car with open upper deck. In order to enable the transition of cars from other tracks, the train operation by the year 1893 an additional two Trajektdampfer on Lake Thun. Built by Escher Wyss AG screw steamer BB I and shortly thereafter the BB II could carry four to five freight cars on a track per ride and the 18 -kilometer stretch of Scherzligen at Thun to Därligen was completed in an hour and 40 minutes.

The train was up on September 1, 1876 and was self- administered it until December 31, 1888, the Jura -Bern -Luzern -Bahn and went on to a single contractor. For twenty years the wrong Bödelibahn away from any other railway lines on the Lütschinen Delta. On July 1, 1893 the date of operation Opening of Lake Thun Railway section Därligen - Interlaken (Ost ) was leased to the Lake Thun Railway and the section Interlaken (Ost ) Bönigen was myself again and from 1 March 1895 by the Jura -Simplon railway (JS) managed.

On 1 January 1900, the BB sold the entire property of the Lake Thun Railway.

Even today, there is a route network of Bödelibahn yet, so the distance of Därligen ( east end of Lake Thun ) to Interlaken Ost and the industrial track from Interlaken Ost up to the depot site at the BLS Bönigen, which was closed in 1969 for passenger traffic.

Rolling stock

Locomotives

• E 2/ 2 1 Bise, canceled
• E 2/ 2 2 Hair aborted
• E 2/ 2 3 Zephir, receive operational

Car

• Doppelstockwagen