Mattstetten–Rothrist new line

As Mattstetten - Rothrist, built from 1996 to 2004 high-speed railway line from Matt Stetten bei Bern to Olten Rothrist at is called, which was realized in the framework of Rail 2000.

Thanks to the navigable with a maximum speed of 200 kilometers per hour range, it is possible to push the travel time between major hubs of Switzerland such as Bern, Basel and Zurich under an hour and thus to realize a systematic clock schedule.

The web Mattstetten- Rothrist is the first in Switzerland, where the European Train Control System has come in regular operation for the application. Due to technical problems the originally scheduled for December 2004 ETCS has been postponed several times. On 2 July 2006, a nocturnal forward operation has been started. Trains from 21:30 clock wrong here with up to 160 km / h with ETCS. The changeover from conventional signal system with outside signals to the cab signaling system ETCS was then successively shifted forward and since March 18, 2007 the trains all day ETCS out with a speed of 160, since December 2007, with up to 200 km / h

The track-side ETCS equipment consists of a Radio Block Center, the required eurobalises and an electronic signal box. The ETCS - fallback is broken down in the years 2013 and 2014. The cost of the degradation of the signals and adjustments to the signaling and safety systems are estimated at 6.2 million francs. Two editions of the plan approval provided the new line demanded that the fallback would be dissolved later than ten years after commissioning.

The construction of the longest since 1926, new line of Switzerland began in April 1996. As planned completion date while the year 2005 was given. The last track piece was On 30 April 2004, at the Bern and Solothurn cantonal border at Inkwil used.