Classic route
IC61 Basel–Interlaken
Basel → Interlaken · Switzerland
IC61 Basel–Interlaken in pictures
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- Distance
- 160 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h
- Average speed
- 80 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- SBB
- Train
- SBB IC61
- Countries
- Switzerland
- In service since
- 1874
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Basel to the Bernese Oberland in one seat: Olten, Bern, then the lakeside crawl past Thun and Spiez to Interlaken under the Eiger.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7791337 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 611
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in DE) ↗
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