Regionalverkehr Mittelland Explained

Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG (RM) was a 1997 merger of^[1]

• EBT - Emmental–Burgdorf–Thun-Bahn
• VHB - Vereinigte Huttwil-Bahnen
• SMB - Solothurn–Münster-Bahn

which had been under common management since 1943.^[2]

In 2006 the main owners of RM and BLS Lötschbergbahn, the canton of Bern and the Swiss Confederation merged the two companies, forming the new BLS AG.^[3]

References

1. http://zefix.admin.ch/zfx-cgi/hrform.cgi/hraPage?alle_eintr=on&pers_sort=original&pers_num=0&language=4&col_width=366&amt=007 The commercial registers in Switzerland (include former versions/cancelled names)
2. Otto Schuppli: Die Vereinigten Huttwil-Bahnen. [6], Minirex, Luzern 1989,, Seite 68
3. Werner Weber, Jürg Suter: Solothurn–Münster-Bahn. Die Linie Solothurn–Moutier der BLS AG. Band 322, Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 2008,, Seite 65