Schynige Platte Railway

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The Schynige Platte Railway is a historic narrow-gauge cogwheel mountain railway in Switzerland that climbs from Wilderswil to the Schynige Platte, offering panoramic views of the Bernese Alps.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Schynige Platte Railway canonical 3
Sihltalbahn railway 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cogwheel railway ⓘ
mountain railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
connectsWith Berner Oberland Railway ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
currentTraction electric ⓘ
depotLocation Wilderswil ⓘ
electrification 1500 V DC overhead line ⓘ
electrified true ⓘ
endPoint Schynige Platte ⓘ
gauge 0.8 m ⓘ
800 mm ⓘ
hasRollingStockType electric rack railcar ⓘ
historic wooden coaches ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Alpine garden at Schynige Platte ⓘ
heritageStatus historic railway ⓘ
intermediateStation Breitlauenen ⓘ
Rotenegg ⓘ
languageRegion German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
lineLength 7.26 km ⓘ
locatedIn Canton of Bern ⓘ
linked to: canton of Bern
lowerTerminusElevation approximately 584 m ⓘ
maximumGradient 25 % ⓘ
notableFor panoramic views of the Bernese Alps ⓘ
preserved historic character ⓘ
numberOfStations 4 ⓘ
offersViewOf Bernese Alps ⓘ
Eiger ⓘ
Jungfrau ⓘ
Mönch ⓘ
opened 1893 ⓘ
openingDate 1893-06-14 ⓘ
operator Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG ⓘ
originalTraction steam ⓘ
owner Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG ⓘ
primaryUse tourist transport ⓘ
rackRailway true ⓘ
rackRailwayLength 7.26 km ⓘ
rackSystem Riggenbach rack system ⓘ
region Bernese Oberland ⓘ
safetySystem mountain railway operating rules ⓘ
seasonalOperation summer ⓘ
startingPoint Wilderswil ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ
terminus Schynige Platte ⓘ
Wilderswil ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track with passing loops ⓘ
trackGaugeType narrow gauge ⓘ
upperTerminusElevation approximately 1967 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernese Oberland → railway → Schynige Platte Railway ⓘ
Sihlwald → hasAccess → Sihltalbahn railway ⓘ
linked to: Schynige Platte Railway
Bernese Oberland Railway → connectsWith → Schynige Platte Railway ⓘ
Wilderswil → servedByRailway → Schynige Platte Railway ⓘ