Classic route
Biel–Bern railway
Biel/Bienne → Bern · Switzerland
Bern to Zollikofen opened on 16 June 1857 as part of the Centralbahn line to Olten; the Bernese state railway carried it on over Lyss to Biel in 1864.
- Distance
- 34 km
- Fastest time
- 29 min
- Average speed
- 70 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBiel/Bienne +2
- 10 kmLyss
- 34 kmBern +5
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10533323: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.4 km from the shape of S 31
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Biel–Bern railway?
The Biel–Bern railway runs 34 km from Biel/Bienne to Bern.
How long does the Biel–Bern railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 29 min for the 34 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Biel–Bern railway?
BLS, with S 31.
How old is the Biel–Bern railway?
The line has been in service since 1864. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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