Brienz BRB railway station explained

Style:Brienz Rothorn Bahn
Brienz BRB
Borough:Brienz
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Brienz Rothorn Bahn
Line:Brienz–Rothorn line
Train Operators:Brienz Rothorn Bahn
Map Type:Switzerland#Canton of Bern
Map Size:300px

Brienz BRB railway station (German: Bahnhof Brienz BRB) is a railway station in the municipality of Brienz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the lower terminus of the Brienz–Rothorn rack railway (BRB) that climbs to the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain.[1] [2]

The station is located across the street from Brienz railway station on the gauge Brünig line of Zentralbahn with service to and . Connections are also available to local bus network provided by PostBus Switzerland, and shipping services operated by the BLS AG on Lake Brienz at an adjacent quay. Amongst other destinations, buses link to the Ballenberg open-air museum, whilst boats link to the lower station of the Giessbach Funicular, which gives access to the Giessbach Falls.[3] [4]

The station opened in 1892, four years after the Jura–Bern–Lucerne Railway opened Brienz railway station.[5]

Services

The following services stop at Brienz BRB:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2013-01-07.
  2. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 33.
  3. Web site: Interlaken–Brienz (Brienzersee) . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 2013-01-08.
  4. Web site: Brienz–Ballenberg–Brienzwiler–Brünig–HaslibergReuti (Hasliberg-Linie) . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 2013-01-08.
  5. Web site: Technical details of the Brienz Rothorn Bahn . Brienz Rothorn Bahn AG . 2016-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914223825/http://www.brienz-rothorn-bahn.ch/en/information/technology/technical-details.html . 2014-09-14 . dead .
  6. Web site: Brienz - Rothorn . Bundesamt für Verkehr . de . 16 October 2019 . 24 June 2020.