Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line

Luzern-Stans-Engelberg railway line
LSE in Engelberg
Overview
OwnerZentralbahn
Service
Operator(s)Zentralbahn
Technical
Rack systemRiggenbach
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Maximum incline25% until December 2010, now 10.5%
Route diagram

Hergiswil
Renggstrasse
Lopperstrasse
Alpnacher See
Seerosenstrasse
Stansstad
Feldstrasse
Rotzlochstrasse
Stansstaderstrasse
Turmatt
Tottikonstrasse
Stans
Bahnhofstrasse/
Tellenmattstrasse
Im Lehli
Wilstrasse
Schulhausstrasse
private road
Engelbergerstrasse
Gerenmühli
Stans–Dallenwil footpath
industrial access road
Dallenwilerstrasse
Dallenwil
Bahnhofstrasse
Niederrickenbach
Oberaustrasse
Holzwolle
Wolfenschiessen
Briggstrasse
private road
Dörfli
Mattli
Waldruh
Grafenort
Grafenort passing loop
Hinter Mettlen
Reinerz
lower portal
Obermatt
Obermatt
Fangtobel passing loop
Start of 25% gradient
rack section
Forest trail
Kantonsstrasse
Grünenwald
Ghärst passing loop
Ghärst passing loop
Restricted access road
upper portal
Alpenstrasse
private access road
Erlenweg
Engelberger Aa
East Branch
Engelberg

The Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line is a Swiss narrow gauge rack railway that connects Luzern, via Hergiswil and Stans, to the resort of Engelberg. The line was built by the Stansstad–Engelberg Railway (German: Stansstad-Engelberg-Bahn, StEB), which became the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg Railway (German: Luzern–Stans–Engelberg-Bahn, LSE) when the line was extended to Luzern.

Today the line is owned by the Zentralbahn railway company, which also owns the Brünig line. Trains on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line use Brünig line tracks to access Luzern from Hergiswil.