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Aargau Southern Railway
Aargau Southern Railway () is a former railway company in Switzerland. Between 1873 and 1882, the Schweizerische Centralbahn (SCB) and the Schweizerische Nordostbahn (NOB) jointly built a connecting line to the Gotthardbahn. The line was operated by the SCB and ran from Rupperswil to Immensee. Branch lines ran from Wohlen to Bremgarten and from Hendschiken to Brugg. History The routes were opened in this order: * 23 June 1874: Rupperswil - Lenzburg - Hendschiken - Wohlen * 1 June 1875: Wohlen - Muri * 1 September 1876: Wohlen - Bremgarten West * 1 December 1881: Muri - Immensee * 1 June 1882: Hendschiken - Brugg In 1902, the Aargauische Südbahn (together with the SCB and NOB) became part of the Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremgarten, Switzerland
Bremgarten is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Aargau. It serves as seat of the Bremgarten (district), district of Bremgarten. The medieval old town is listed as a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. In 2013, Bremgarten was the first municipality in Europe to introduce laws forbidding asylum seekers from visiting certain public places such as libraries, swimming pools, schools and churches. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Hermetschwil-Staffeln merged into the municipality of Bremgarten.Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz accessed 13 December 2014 History ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Railway Companies Of Switzerland
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Brugg–Hendschiken Railway Line
The Brugg–Hendschiken railway line is a standard gauge railway line located in the Aargau, canton of Aargau, in Switzerland. It runs from to . The line runs north-south and interchanges with several other lines, including the Rupperswil–Immensee railway line, Rupperswil–Immensee, Heitersberg railway line, Heitersberg / Zofingen–Wettingen railway line, Zofingen–Wettingen, Baden–Aarau railway line, Baden–Aarau, and Bözberg Line, Bözberg. The Aargau Southern Railway opened the line in 1882 and it has belonged to Swiss Federal Railways since 1902. History The Aargau Southern Railway completed the line on 1 June 1882. It was the final line built by that company. The line passed to Swiss Federal Railways in 1902 after the Aargau Southern Railway, along with its corporate parents the Swiss Central Railway and Swiss Northeastern Railway, were nationalized. SBB electrified the line at in 1927, completing the work on 5 May. Double-tracking came in stages: in the area ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muri, Aargau
Muri, formerly known as Muri ( Freiamt), is a municipality in southeastern Swiss Canton Aargau and is the capital of same district. The present municipality of Muri was created in 1816 from the merging of the four municipalities Langdorf, Egg, Hasli and Wey. Geography The community consists of three districts. Immediately west of the monastery lies the community of Wey, slightly more than a kilometer south of the district Langdorf (formerly known as Dorfmuri). East of the railway line, at a distance of half a kilometer of the village is Egg. There are also several hamlets: Hasli is located one kilometer north of the monastery, Vili one kilometer in a northwesterly direction, and Langenmatt one kilometer to the west. Türmelen, a hamlet, which lies directly on the eastern boundary of the municipality, is now merged with Egg. There are also numerous isolated farms scattered throughout the area. Muri is located in the upper end of the Bünztal at the foot of Lindenberg, Covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Aargau and is the capital of the Lenzburg District. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal, Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and Staufen, Switzerland, Staufen have grown together in an agglomeration. History A Neolithic grave field of the Cortaillod culture has been discovered on the ''Goffersberg'' (close to the Lenzburg Castle) dating from 4300 - 3500 BCE. A Roman theatre (structure), Roman theater was uncovered when a motorway was built in 1964. It was part of a small settlement with 500 inhabitants that existed for approximately 200 years. The settlement was abandoned in the 3rd century. In the 5th and 6th centuries, an Alamanni settlement existed. Lenzburg is first mentioned in 924 as ''de Lencis''. In 1036, Lenzburg Castle was used for the first time as seat for the Count of Lenzburg, then an impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brugg, Switzerland
Brugg (sometimes written as Brugg AG in order to distinguish it from other ''Brugg''s) is a Swiss municipality and a town in the canton of Aargau and is the seat of the district of the same name. The town is located at the confluence of the Aare, Reuss, and Limmat, with the Aare flowing through its medieval part. It is located approximately from the cantonal capital of Aarau; from Zürich; and about from Basel. Brugg is the Swiss German term for bridge (). This is an allusion to the purpose of the medieval town's establishment under the Habsburgs, as the town is located at the narrowest point on the Aare in the Swiss midlands. The Habsburgs’ oldest known residence is located in the neighborhood of Altenburg, which had previously been an independent community. Prior to their relocation to Austria, Brugg was the center of the Habsburgs' territory. Between 1415 and Napoleon’s invasion in 1798, Brugg was a subject territory of Bern. Since then it has belonged to the canton of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendschiken
Hendschiken is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lenzburg (district), Lenzburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Hendschiken is first mentioned in 1160 as ''Hentschikon''. During the Middle Ages, the major landowners in Hendschiken included Muri Abbey, Säckingen Abbey and St. Urban Abbey as well as the Counts of Lenzburg and House of Habsburg, Habsburg. In the 14th century most of the land went to the Habsburg owned Königsfelden Abbey. The right to administer High, middle and low justice, low justice was acquired between 1264-1273 by the Lords of Hallwyl castle, Hallwyl, who held it until 1798. In 1415 the village came under the control of Bern and became part of the Lenzburg district (). After it became a village in the 15th century, the farmers were allowed to freely choose their ''Zwing und Bann, Twingherren'' from among any member of the Hallwyl family. With the Act of Mediation in 1803, Hendschiken j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wohlen, Aargau
Wohlen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Bremgarten (district), Bremgarten in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest known settlements in Wohlen date from the late Hallstatt culture, Hallstatt era (600-500 BC). This settlement left two clusters of tumulus, burial mounds in ''Hohbühl'' and ''Häslerhau''. While the graves were discovered and excavated in 1925–1930, the location of the settlement is still unknown. During the Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman era two large estates were built at Oberdorf and the Brünishalde. Both estates date from about 50 AD and supported a number of fields. The harvested grain was probably for the maintenance of the Roman troops at the military camp Vindonissa. Of the estates all that remains is masonry, tile, mosaic pieces and coins, as well as some foundations at ''Häslerhau''. During the migration of the Alemanni in the 5th century into the area, they built th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation and the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons. It is the largest rail and transport company of Switzerland; it operates on most standard gauge lines of the Rail transport in Switzerland, Swiss railway network. It also heavily collaborates with most other transport companies of the country, such as the BLS AG, BLS, one of its main competitors, or (SOB), to provide fully integrated public transport timetable, timetables with Clock-face scheduling, cyclic schedules. SBB was ranked first among national Rail transport in Europe, European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for its intensity of use, quality of service, and safety rating. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immensee (village)
Immensee may refer to: * Immensee railway station, a railway station on the Gotthard railway line in Switzerland * Immensee (village), one of three villages in Küssnacht, Switzerland * ''Immensee'' (novella) (1848), a novella by German author Theodor Storm * ''Immensee'' (film) (1943), a German film directed by Veit Harlan {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupperswil
Rupperswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lenzburg (district), Lenzburg in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History A partially preserved Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman-era tile kiln from the 2nd century was discovered in 1911. There is also evidence of the emergence of a late-Alamanni village in the 8th century. The modern village of Rupperswil is first mentioned in 1173 as ''Rubeswile''. It belonged to the realm of Schloss Lenzburg, Lenzburg and passed from the Lenzburg family to the House of Kyburg, Kyburgs then in 1273 to the rule of the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs. After the conquest of the Aargau in 1415 it became part of the Bernese District () of Lenzburg. Around the beginning of the 13th to the mid-14th century, the Lords of Rubiswile, a Kyburg Ministerialis family (unfree knights in the service of another lord) is mentioned. They were the first ''Zwing und Bann, Twingherren'' of Rupperswil. The ''Twin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
