Solothurn–Moutier railway line

Solothurn–Moutier
Overview
OwnerBLS
Line number411
Termini
Technical
Line length22.09 km (13.73 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Minimum radius250 metres (820 ft)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline2.8%
Route map

km
73.8
Solothurn
432 m
Aare bridge (104 m)
74.8
0.0
Solothurn West
433 m
1.9
Langendorf
470 m
Geissloch viaduct (186 m)
5.3
Lommiswil
555 m
8.0
Im Holz
618 m
9.6
Oberdorf SO
Gondola Oberdorf
Weissenstein
655 m
Weissenstein Tunnel (3700 m)
Bern / Solothurn cantonal boundary
13.6
Gänsbrunnen
719 m
14.6
Crémines-Zoo
695 m
Corcelles viaduct (96 m)
16.6
Corcelles BE
651 m
17.8
Crémines
624 m
18.8
Grandval
601 m
22.1
Moutier
529 m
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Solothurn–Moutier railway line is a 22 kilometre-long standard-gauge line in Switzerland, connecting Solothurn via the Weissenstein Tunnel to Moutier in the Bernese Jura. At the start of operations in 1908, the Emmentalbahn (Emmental Railway) took over operations of the line, which was owned by the Solothurn-Münster-Bahn (Solothurn-Moutier Railway, SMB). In 1997, it merged with the Emmental-Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn (EBT) and the Vereinigte Huttwil-Bahnen (United Huttwil Railways, VHB)—which already worked together for the operation of trains—to form the Regionalverkehr Mittelland (RM), which then took over the operation of the line. Since a merger in 2006, the line has been part of BLS, while passenger services have been operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) since 2010.