Jura–Simplon Railways

Jura–Simplon Railways
History
Openedmerger 1890
Closedto SBB 1903
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

border
Basel
Combe Maran (237 m)
Crosettes (1618 m)
Fluhmühle
border
Pontarlier (France)
line of the PLM
Jougne (France)
border
border   Sion
Simplon Tunnel
(under construction from 1898)

Without intermediate stations and without connecting tracks.

  1. now Basel SBB
  2. connecting with the Olten–Lucerne line of the Centralbahn

The Jura–Simplon Railways (JS), (French: Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Jura–Simplon) was a railway company that was formed in 1890. It was nationalised in 1903 as the largest railway company in Switzerland and integrated into the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).