★ 🇨🇭4K Cab ride Waldenburg - Liestal, Switzerland [08.2019] Soon part of history!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Today we're looking at a special railway, the 750mm narrow gauge Waldenburg railway, which is the last of it's kind in Switzerland that is operational. The only other operational railway with the same gauge is the Marzilibahn, that is however a funicular.
The story of its conception is an interesting read on wikipedia (at least the German version). Originally a railway was to be constructed via Bubendorf - Reigoldswil with a possible connection to Balsthal with a tunnel. The construction of the tunnel actually started at the end of the 19th century and was stopped due to a lack of expertise. Finally the track was planned via Holstein with its terminus in Waldenburg.
The reason I wanted to document this track, is due to the fact that it will be converted to a 1000m gauge railway in the following years and operated by BLT (Basel Land tram), the company with the yellow trams in Basel. There are talks of making it fully automated. The will then become a historic video of what once was.
Even the trains have already been sold to a narrow gauge railway in Slovakia.
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Keep an eye out for switches in the wrong position. On this line, they're spring loaded and can be driven over in any position. This is indicated by a white green signal latern.
So trains in same direction cannot overtake in those stations.
@@andrearojas1248 They could, you'd just have to change the switch
O ok on in un in je je je in jjj km j
In minutes 05:21 you mean?
This line brings back memories. In August 1981 I was with my family on holiday in Basel. One morning my father phoned my school back home to get the grades for me and my twin sister. Mine were good enough to get into university and my twin sister had passed her courses and could start her nursing studies. To celebrate we went on a day trip on the Waldenburgerbahn and even got a little souvenir plate with a picture of the train. Since then this little railway has had a special place in my heart. Thanks for the video lorirocks.
Ah, that woman at 20:50. She really tried hard to make the crossing in time. Made me smile.
She needed better shoes . . . LOL!
Fantastic. The trains that go what seems to be in the middle of the road, are great. They are my favorite. The towns themselves are clean and neat. Thanks for showing me a part of Switzerland that I will never see in real life.
Quite amazing that trains, traffic and pedestrians are allowed to mix so closely!
Scares the pants off me seeing the train going down the same streets as the vehicular traffic!! lol! Love all your videos lorirocks! Helped to make it through the long winter nights!
Thank you!
Jolie voyage sur des voies que je n'ai jamais vues . La minutie suisse bien entretenus. merci pour le travail. Amicalement de la Bourgogne ou nous sommes plus habitués à vous voir.
Als Baselbieter ein schönes Zeitdokument ,Danke vielmals fürs hochladen
These videos destress and relax me, Thank you for them! Most of the scenery is so Beautiful!
wonder mooie reis , met goede beeld kwaliteit 💥💥💥📽buiten gewone mooie streek . dit is een genietende reis !!! . 😀😀😀bedank voor het mooie werk en nog vele groetjes uit belgie . julien .
What a delightful and enjoyable 24 minutes spent watching this video! I enjoy each one and wish it was possible to be there in person! Thank you.
Thanks for your comment!
Great Video good to see it the other way round
Excellent! Thank you for the new ride with you. I'm waiting for the next one...
Thanks! Should be next week: Geneva - Bern - Luzern
@@lorirocks777 I look forward to my next trip with you...
@@lorirocks777 Any chance of Bern - Lyss - Biel/Bienne (or vice-versa)? Beautiful line also.
@@kathienally9574 I have part of that track, see the video Cornaux - Lyss - Ostermundigen.
Interesting and diverting journey on a unique narrow gauge railway - beautiful day and well photographed
Wie schön in der Schweiz! Das ist der Ort, an dem ich Leben möchte. Aber mit dem Kasachischen Gehalt von 90$ ist es unwirklich)
Great video! I enjoyed the other one as well which started in Liestal. I didn’t realize until this video that I actually passed a short section of this route when I took a SBB train in 2014 from Basel to Cadenazzo (Ticino). I had a neighbor here in Brooklyn, NY who owned a home in San Nazzaro. He visited his native Switzerland a couple of times every year (originally from Gstaad) and invited my mom and me to stay with him for a few nights. We visited our relatives near Frankfurt, Germany before we visited him. Sadly, he passed away last year.
Thanks.
Sorry for your loss. It's amazing how connections can open up opportunities though.
Saya sangat menikmati perjalanan kereta yang lumayan cepat melalui ini.. Karena saya sangat menyukai kereta api dan pernah berangan angan menjadi masinisnya dan menjelajah kemanapun kereta pergi.
Interessante Strecke. In D wäre die bereits vor 40 - 50 Jahren der "Gummieisenbahn" zum Opfer gefallen. Toll, daß die Schweizer an solchen Bahnen festhalten.
Eine sehr schöne Strecke und immer sehr meditativ. Die Schweiz bietet so schöne Landschaften. Danke für Deine Filme. Amüsant finde ich in diesem Film, das die Weichen alle anders gestellt sind als in Fahrtrichtung 8:27 12:26 15:08 18:33 und 21:25. Ein wunderschöner Moment bietet 20:45 mit der Vorbeifahrt der SBB.
Bei den Kreuzungsstationen sind Handweichen vorhanden , die ausfahrseitig auffahrbar sind(erkennbar an der weissgrünen Ausleuchtung des Weichensignals).
I'd love to go to Solvakia to see the old trains but think I might just end up in Slovakia instead. I am happy to solve your typo. Wonderful video as always. Smiles to you all.
I really needed a Big wide Footbrake and perhaps a Steering wheel. FABULOUS trip. I drive around Dublin and can only at 50kms if and when you gat a bit of a straight road with little traffic and even less Pedestrians.. Edge of the seat for this.. I've noticed that the outgoing Trains divert to the Right ''Passing'' Line while the incoming ones divert to the Right line as well.. So thats part of the design so there is no need for Manual Points Switching at every set of Points on the Line.. I have seen this system on Narrow Gauge lines in Wales and it has to be on a single line system..It is very clever.. Great Fun riding this line at what appears High Speed..
I just loved swiss railway and your channel who showcase this beautiful railway network. Thank you. Please upload all routes in swiss railway
I hope to
Very nice "mitfahrt" and superb quality video, as always! Thank you for sharing! 😉👍
Bin aus Zürich benützte die wb auf dem Rückweg von einer Wanderung interessant fand ich die im Fahrgastraum noch zu erlebende Technik mit der hörbaren Schaltung der Hüpfer war faszinierend und ist leider bald Vergangenheit übrigens alles super Videos leider erst vor zwei Wochen entdeckt seelinie Schaffhausen Rorschach wäre auch sehenswert in der Blütezeit weiter so und vielen Dank
Danke =)
What a civil country. No tailgating on the roads. No screaming & rushing around like self-centered fools. Relaxing & enjoyable. Thank you.
Ich liebe diese Videos, in denen die Züge durch die Straßen der schönen Städte fahren und Sie all ihre schönen Häuser sehen können. Mit diesen spektakulären Landschaften, danke, dass Sie mir Ihr Land gezeigt haben, Grüße aus Mexiko Muchas bendiciones
Danke für den netten Kommentar =)
@@lorirocks777
Danke an dich für deine schönen Videos
What great footage, from standstill to max power brilliant. Greetings from Australia.
Thanks a lot :-)
Thank you beautiful country
It is wonderful to see what homes look like from the outside and the scenery of another country from the U.S. Would be neat to see the passengers get on and off at the stops to see what they wear as to what we wear. Also look for other things they carry as well. LOVE the ride, wish we had more of that in AMERICA.
c'est avec un grand plaisir que je reviens faire une petite ballade ferroviaire dans ce très beau pays qu'est la Suisse ! ( JcP France )
Es ist immer eine Freude an deinen Fahrten teilhaben zu dürfen, aber die Frage der Fragen ist ja, welches Tfz darfst Du nicht fahren...ist ja der Wahnsinn mit was du da umher fährst, egal welche Spurweite ect.pp. Einfach nur toll die Videos und Danke ;-)
Danke schön. In diesem Fall bin ich nicht selber gefahren. Liebe Grüsse
Love how Switzerland has so many narrow gauge railways. Need to go sometime and travel on them!
Arriving in Liestal, the trains from this route make a link with a SBB/CFF/FFS route which follows until Basel.
Merci de nous faire partager ce beau trajet. Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful travel !
Wow, what an exhilarating ride. Thanks for taking me along another bit of Switzerland new to me.
Jedes Mal wenn die Glocke anzeigt dass ein neues Video eingestellt wurde, freue ich mich besonders wenn es von lorirocs777 ist. Dann weiß ich: das wird wieder ein Hochgenuss! Für mich aus dem Norddeutschem Flachland ist diese Landschaft in der Schweiz natürlich besonders faszinierend. Ich genieße diese Aufnahmen dann auch "in vollen Zügen" und habe ihren UA-cam Kanal bereits an Eisenbahnfreunden in Deutschland und den Niederlanden weiter empfohlen. Und auch die sind begeistert. Mehr wollen wir doch nicht oder? Danke für die viele Arbeit die hinter dem Hochladen steckt. Denn ich weiß von einem Freund dass dies viel Zeit braucht. Respekt wer sich das aufbrummt! Bin schon gespannt was als nächstes kommt. Die Vorfreude ist groß! Einen lieben Gruß aus der Grenzregion um Hamburg.
Vielen Dank für den sehr netten Kommentar. Es freut mich dass die Arbeit so geschäzt wird von einige Zuschauer.
Deswegen mache ich es auch. Ich war von jung auf von Eisenbahnen begeistert und habe mir Führerstandsmitfahrten auf VHS Kasetten angeschaut. Jetzt freut es mich selber welche produzieren zu können um anderen dasselbe Erlebniss anbieten zu können.
Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz.
I always enjoy watching these well made videos on Switzerland’s railways. They make me feel as if I am on the train and experiencing the wonderful countryside. ❤️😃
Thank you, glad you like them!
Thanks for the video, I was supposed to leave for Europe two weeks from today and riding this line was on the agenda...thanks COVID.
That sucks.. Hope you can make up for it later on.
muito bom passeio , lindo o lugar
Ohhhh Beautiful Switzerland 💖💖
Excellent video 🤠
Greetings from Serbia 😉😎
Thank you, nice to have you with us
I love your cab drive videos, Switzerland is the land of railways !
I am from France, and here, secondary lines are neglected, and often closed...
That's sad indeed. There's so much railway history in France..
Спасибо за Вашу работу! Ждем новых видео!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you so much !!!
My pleasure =)
Beautiful scenes. I love to see trains street-running along with cars, rather than on their usual right of way. We can't do that in New York City, it's too dangerous. Switzerland is so beautiful! 😍
Faster than TRAM for sure.
Great video! Good to see this line before it changed. I passed one of the new trams on my way back to Basel back in the Summer. I understand some of the trains have been sold to Slovakia?
Yes, I think all of them were. They've had problems with the new ones including one or two derailments. On a number of occasions they had to run a bus replacement service.
Train or tram? That is the question !!! Thanks for this original try !
Train, will be a tram after the rebuild
@@lorirocks777 It has a hell-of-a-acceleration then.
Reminds me - have you ever riden trams from Jablonec to Liberec in CZ? It is similar route, 1000 mm gauge and yes, it is intercity tram line
we enjoyed your programme , this rail line is very fast , we also noticed that rail service has right of way over automobiles . takk skal du ha .
Would be difficult otherwise with that stopping distance. Is there anywhere where trains don't have right of way?
absolutely brilliant.. thank you
Diese schöne Gegend kenne ich, allerdings vom Motorradfahren. Im Schmitt war ich aber gleich schnell wie der Bahn.
750 mm gauge is actually even narrower than the few ex-Kintetsu 762 mm gauge lines southwest of Nagoya in Japan.
Thanks for alerting me to Ride this Line in the coming Days.
The factor that enhances the attraction of nature's beauty in Switzerland , the roads. The roads shown in all videos are on flat bed ground. Thi makes rail tracks crisscross roads with ease. In Himalayas roads are built in the mountains itself, as there are no flat ground. Hence Himalian roads will not appear as attractive as Swiss roads on the same beauty scale due to oppenéss óf Swiss roads.
Ein Beweis, dass man auch auf Schmalspur flott fahren kann, vorausgesetzt, die Gleise liegen akkurat, was hier der Fall ist. Für nur 750 mm Spur fährt der Triebwagen wirklich schnell. In anderen Ländern kaum vorstellbar. Dort würde man bei dieser Spurweite mit Tempo 25 "dahinzuckeln". Noch wahrscheinlicher wäre, dass es eine solche Strecke gar nicht mehr gäbe. Felix Helvetia. Danke für das informative Video.
Excelente. Soy un admirador de tu país. Un saludo desde Argentina 🇦🇷
Excellent choice of line for this video. I hope that such quality of operation does not require too much revenue subsidy.
映像がとても綺麗です。風景も素晴らしいです。交通量も少なくて全体的にすっきりした印象を受けます。動画ありがとうございます。
Congratulations!
01:44 Waldenburg
02:49 Oberdorf
04:35 Winkelweg
06:25 Niederdorf
07:39 Hirschlang
09:28 Hölstein Weidbächli
10:25 Hölstein Süd
11:39 Hölstein
14:17 Lampenberg
16:13 Talhaus
17:40 Bad Bubendorf
20:16 Altmarkt
22:22 Liestal
A very interesting little branch, this. They certainly crack on at a tidy pace; look how quickly they come into stations. Including right at the end; he went up as close to the buffer stops as he possibly could. That lady at 20:50 seemed very anxious to get to the crossing before the barriers came down; I don't know why, as she'd only have to wait about 10 seconds.
Yes, I guess if this is what do do all day, you get good at doing it efficiently.
Ich bin die Strecke schon einige Male mitgefahren und immer hatte ich das Gefühl, ich fahre im Zeitraffer. Etwas weniger Tempo wäre besser. Sonst ein schönes Video 🙂
Quel beau pays!
I love these videos. Knowing other regions, beautiful landscapes.
That makes me glad :-)
красота😊
Extremely interesting video. I can understand why this line is being converted to metre guage; it will be compatible with other BLT lines, and rollling stock will be cheaper to acquire. However, the proposal to convert this totally unfenced line to automated driverless operation is crazy. Would you want to live (or work) in a building which had driverless tram-trains speeding past your door?
Would you want to be on a driverless train that shares the road with cars?!
😂
Servus lorrocks! Ich möchte wissen, ob es schon ein Video der neugebauten Strecke gibt??? Beste
Grüße aus Bad Vöslau in Niederösterreich!
Zwischenzeitlich habe ich die Strecke per Auto aufgenommen. Sie sind noch daran, sie fertigzustellen. Fahrleitungen sind zB noch nicht vorhanden und an manche Orten fehlt das Gleis noch.
Nice videos
Excellent swift and interesting ride.
nobody:
absolute nobody:
Waldenbergbahn and Mariazellerbahn: we are speed
@Claudia Akemi O. Angi okokokok
Are you referring to Lightning Mcqueen?
@@carsonzhang1635 check mariazell railway on wikipedia and yes i am referring to the lightning mcqueen
Thank you so much! Very nice video!
very practical mentality ! you can bild functional railways everywhere !
I really enjoyed your video. Great channel. ⭐️ 👁
Greetings from Albania. 👋🏼 🇦🇱
Thank you!
What a beautiful little railway. It's a real shame something like this can't be kept going.
Great video!!!
bellisimo video ,muchas gracias desde argentina ,buenos aires ,abrazo
Mungu aliumba Uswisi bila haraka yoyote, mazingira ya asili yake ni nzuri sana 😃
The current line from Zurich to Munich would also be interesting to watch as the line will take another path with electrified tracks in 2021.
Great video as always
Its better if you put some kind of map with progress information to guide viewer where the train is currently at.
Bei der Waldenburgerbahn gibt es keinen Triebwagen BDe 4/4 mit der Nummer 119. Das ist der Steuerwagen Bt 119.
Dein Video ist aber sehr gut gemacht.
Brilliant, thank you very much!
hahaha... dislike in the first 10 seconds. Very amusing. I'm sorry you didn't like the first 5 seconds of the video. What were you expecting under the term cab ride?
He probably had his phone oriented wrong and hit the thumbs down thinking it was a thumbs up.
@@wishusknight3009 Lmao brilliant
wishus knight I have done that! Although it's more me fat-fingering the wrong button.
Might be they were thinking, soon it will going to fly. I thoroughly enjoyed. Regards
lorirocks777
I like your video always, because very interested
W latach 70tych to takie ruiny jeździły w Warszawie, tylko drzwi miały zamykane ręcznie.
In the UK narrow gauge is only used on a few heritage lines which operate at more or less walking pace. The speed here is most impressive!
12:21 on the right of the track at the zebra crossing (seen earlier also)... "warte-luege", how much more Swiss German can you get? ;)
So clean and orderly, the way Germany wishes it was these days.
Patrick Fitzgerald: End all NAZI far right drunkhards, hire and properly train more cleaning people and you won't have to bother anymore!
But why the change at all? Anything wrong with the line shown in the video?
Yes, the line and rolling stock needed renewal.
I didnt know that there are still those gauge tracks in Switzerland. But if youre correct that its gonna get remade in 2021 then I still have time to take a ride on those trains
It's such a shame to see these trains go, it's a beautiful line, so interesting. But I would think that the new trams will have their own character, the real shame is the job losses, but that's progress I suppose.
Parabéns pelo vídeo. Top.💚 💛 💚 💛
Thank you
75km/h bei 750mm Schmalspur? Unfassbar.
In Sachsen fahren die Schmalspurbahnen nur so 30, allerdings mit Dampflok... :D
bei einer Testfahrt wurden sogar 90 km/h erreicht
@@wblars haha unglaublich!
Danke für die Info.
Nur schade dass sie umgespurt wird... wobei, vielleicht fährt sie dann 100 auf Meterspur 😅
@@AnimieBahn nur 80 dann
@@wblars na ja immerhin überhaupt schneller... der ganze Aufwand für 5km/h 😅😅
Ist aber auch schön. Ich war 2016 einmal mit der schmalspur Dampfbahn bei Dresden: wunderbar!!! Aber für reguläres öV auf relatives flaches Land geht das heute nicht mehr. Leider, denn es ist ganz entspannend, so ein langsame Fahrt.
I understand that these trains are not going but being upgraded to a more modern tram/train.
Yes, with a wider gauge. They have started operation.
@@lorirocks777 yes that is true I watched the video of the last older train being taken off the track which was a little sad but the new ones are pretty good to, still covers the same track and stations though with I guess a few changes here and there.
I'm quite late to the party, though, do you still remember why the line was rebuilt to 1000 mm? I presume the upgrade has already been. Seems odd to rebuild seemingly well operating line from one narrow gauge to other.
The whole line had to be renewed including rolling stock. Metre gauge rolling stock is cheaper, due to the greater demand. Furthermore, the metre gauge allows for a possible joining with the tram line in Pratteln.
Sad though, especially for the old steam train that can no longer travel here.
It looks like a hybrid of a tram and a train.
Thank you for yet another beautiful cab ride!
I recall reading somewhere a while back that this line wasn't even electrified until 1953. Would that have made it one of the last in Switzerland to make the conversion?
This route looks like a light rail route. And it also looks like a tram route.
Dankbar.
the width of the railroad tracks actually is tram, is'nt it?
Trams in Switzerland have a 1000mm width, in other parts of Europe 1435mm. This line is currently 750mm.
@@lorirocks777 oww ok i got it, wow sometime different by like others that spec line
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Lovely video! It really amazes me to see such a narrow gauge running at almost 80 kmph while here in India, the fastest I have been on a narrow gauge train is 25-30 kmph. I had a couple of questions - I noticed that at almost all the stations where there are double tracks, the signal is red at least till you come to a halt. Even if there is no train expected in the opposite direction. Why is this so? Also the spring loaded points that you mentioned, do you have any idea if this is the same system used for the Zurich tram network? Because a few times from behind the driver's cab I noticed that the points were set incorrectly while merging and I got quite scared that we would derail or something. This was 10 years ago on my first trip to Switzerland. After that I got used to it, haha! Thank you for this wonderful ride :)
Thanks for your comment. I assume the signalling is integrated with the level crossing boom gates. Once they are closed, the signal can be made green.
I'm not sure if the tram switches are spring loaded, rather, they stay in the position they are pushed to.
Same question bro why our Indian narrow gauge lines ignored.
@@lorirocks777 oh okay. Thank you for the information :)
I guess it will lose its unique gauge, but better than being abandoned??