Border geo-coordinates: 47.577577, 7.567573 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 23/09/2022

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: 25 kV/50 Hz~ as far as Basel SNCF
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Train control system: Crocodile/KVB, partially SIGNUM, EuroSIGNUM/ETCS L1 LS
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: Medium

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: North Sea - Mediterranean

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: SBB [CH]; SNCF Réseau [FR]

Language of operation: French

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Kanton Basel-Stadt [CH]; Région Grand Est [FR]

Railway undertaking(s): SBB [CH]; SNCF [FR]

Ministry of transport: UVEK [CH]; Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1846

Closure: -

Passenger services: 356 / 94 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 2,6 km

Average speed of cross border section: 52 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

Background

Photos from Basel St Johann 🇨🇭 – St. Louis 🇫🇷

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