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Sernftal Tramway
The Sernftal tramway (, SeTB) was an electrical narrow-gauge tramway in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Glarus, which was operated by a private company. The line linked Schwanden railway station, on the Weesen-Linthal railway line, Weesen to Linthal railway line, with communities in the valley of the Sernf river including Engi, Switzerland, Engi, Matt, Switzerland, Matt and Elm, Switzerland, Elm, where the line terminated. The line served a total of 13 stations, and its depot was situated at Engi-Vorderdorf, at roughly the half-way point of the line. In 1879, the valley of the Linth river was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Weesen to Linthal line, but the side-valley of the Sernf river remained unserved. This impacted the local economy, and various proposals were brought forward to provide rail service to the Sernf valley. The eventual result was the Sernftal tramway, which opened on 8 June 1905. The line was largely constructed immediately alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Glarus
The canton of Glarus ( ; ; ; ) is a cantons of Switzerland, canton in east-central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus. The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German. The majority of the population (81%) identifies as Christianity in Switzerland, Christian, about evenly split between Swiss Reformed Church, Protestants and Roman Catholicism in Switzerland, Catholics. History According to legend, the inhabitants of the Linth Valley were converted to Christianity in the 6th century by the Hiberno-Scottish mission, Irish monk Fridolin of Säckingen, Saint Fridolin, the founder of Säckingen Abbey in what is now the Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. From the 9th century, the area around Glarus was owned by Säckingen Abbey, the town of Glarus being recorded as ''Clarona''. The Alemanni began to settle in the valley in the early 8th century. The Alemannic German language took hold only gradually and was dominant by the 11th century. By 1288, the Habsburgs had claimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt, Switzerland
Matt is a village, and former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, in the Glarus Süd, municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Matt lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the village of Matt itself, and the mountain hamlet (place), hamlet of Weissenberge. History Matt is first mentioned in 1273 as ''Mattun''. In 1879, the valley of the Linth river was connected to the Swiss railway network by the opening of the Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen, but Matt, in the side-valley of the Sernf river, remained unserved. This impacted the local economy, and various proposals were brought forward to provide rail service to the Sernf valley. Eventually, on 8 July 1905, the Sernftal tramway, a metre gauge roadside electric tramway, was opened connecting Schwanden, Glarus, Schwanden with Matt and other communities as far as Elm, Glarus, Elm. Service on this line continued until 31 May 1969, when it was replaced by road services. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre-gauge Railways In Switzerland
Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and Germany in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams, but most metre-gauge local railways in France, Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although some still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were built in some cities. The slightly-wider gauge is used in Sofia, Bulgaria. Another similar gauge is . __TOC__ Examples of metre-gauge See also * Italian metre gauge * Narrow-gauge railways A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gaug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stern & Hafferl
Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. is a transport company operating train, bus and boat services in Upper Austria, Austria. The company owns and operates of railways which carry 4.7 million passengers per year. Since 2005 the company has also worked in partnership with Rail Cargo Group in rail freight and from the end of 2012 has provided locomotives for Rail Cargo Group trains on the Salzkammergut railway line and transports 9.4 million tonnes of freight per year. Services Stern and Hafferl operate services on four different railway lines: * : ''Linz - Eferding - Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis / Peuerbach'' (Line S5 of the Upper Austria S-Bahn) * : ''Vöcklamarkt - St.Georgen im Attergau - Attersee'' * : ''Lambach - Vorchdorf'' * Traunseebahn: ''Vorchdorf - Gmunden'' The company also operates bus services and the Gmunden Tramway, which since 2018 has been connected to the Traunseebahn with through services operating over both. A sister company, Atterseeschifffahrt, op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autobetrieb Sernftal
The Autobetrieb Sernftal AG is a bus operating company in the Swiss canton of Glarus. The company operates under the trading name of Sernftalbus. The company is the successor to the company that operated the Sernftal tramway between Schwanden and Elm between 1905 and 1969. It still operates the bus service that replaced that tramway, together with several other bus services in the area, and a coach hire business. The company operates several bus services from Schwanden railway station: * an hourly service up the valley of the Sernf river through Engi and Matt to Elm * an hourly service to Schwändi * a service to Sool, with several return journeys a day * a summer-only service to Kies, with several return journeys a day connecting with the aerial tramway An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre Gauge
Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and Germany in their colonies. In Europe, large metre-gauge networks remain in use in Switzerland, Spain and many European towns with urban trams, but most metre-gauge local railways in France, Germany and Belgium closed down in the mid-20th century, although some still remain. With the revival of urban rail transport, metre-gauge light metros were built in some cities. The slightly-wider gauge is used in Sofia, Bulgaria. Another similar gauge is . __TOC__ Examples of metre-gauge See also * Italian metre gauge * Narrow-gauge railways A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gaug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linth River
The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about in length. The water power of the Linth was a main factor in the creation of the textile industry of the canton Glarus, and is today used to drive the Linth–Limmern power stations in its upper reaches. The river and its upper valley forms the boundary between the mountain ranges of the Glarus Alps, to its east and south, and the Schwyzer Alps, to its west. In its lower part, in the Linth plain (), the Linth Canal forms the boundary between the cantons of Glarus and St. Gallen and part of the boundary between the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz. The river lends its name to the former canton of Linth (1798–1803). Course of the river The river rises to the south-west of the village of Linthal, at the foot the Tödi mountain (elevation ). It collects the water from sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engi, Switzerland
Engi is a village, and former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, in the Glarus Süd, municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. The village lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the three adjacent village parts of Engi-Vorderdorf, Engi-Dörfli and Engi-Hinterdorf. History Engi is first mentioned in 1350 as ''ze engi''. From the 16th century, slate industry, slate mining took place on the Landesplattenberg, overlooking the left bank of Sernf river, which provided slates for roofs, floors and stoves, and later for use in schools. From 1602 the trade was sufficient to support an export tax, and exports to northern and western Europe peaked in the 17th century. The operation declined in the following years, before again increasing with the construction of the first road up the valley in 1826. By 1840, nearly two hundred workers were working in the mine, which was abandoned in 1961 but is now preserved as a tourist attraction. The Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
