BLS passenger train departs a BLS station – in itself, a perfectly ordinary occurrence – but this everyday occurrence was something one ...

BLS passenger train departs a BLS station – in itself, a perfectly ordinary occurrence – but this everyday occurrence was something one had to wait a full 110 years for! When the BLS/MLB

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The SBB RABe 523 028 is over Saint Saphorin on the vine yard line on the way to Puidoux.

If one had to wait 110 years, or rather, I had to wait 63 years until a BLS train finally appeared at Grenchen Nord station, I'll venture to post another picture on this topic.

BLS passenger train departs a BLS station – in itself, a perfectly ordinary occurrence – but this everyday occurrence was something one had to wait a full 110 years for! When the BLS/MLB line began operating in 1915, it was taken over by the SBB, initially – unusually for BLS – even with steam locomotives. The intended France-Italy traffic on the line gradually evolved, due to territorial changes in Alsace, into increasingly domestic traffic between Basel and the western Swiss Plateau. The reactivation of the Delle-Belfort line revived the historical concept of the service, but ridership fell far short of expectations. Therefore, since the timetable change, a half-hourly service has been offered on the Biel/Bienne-Basel SBB line, with BLS trains now supplementing the existing ICN trains and finally being used on the MLB BLS network. The image shows BLS RABe 528 132 operating as IR56 1858 from Basel SBB to Biel/Bienne, just leaving the BLS/MLB Grenchen Nord station. January 13, 2026

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EXIF: SONY ILCA-77M2, Date 2026:01:13 09:04:59, Exposure time: 1/160, Blend: 63/10, ISO160, Focal length: 280/10

The SBB Re 6/6 11618 (Re 620 018-2) Dübendorf is traveling between Lengnau and Grenchen Süd with a tank car train.

A FS Treniatlia ETR 610 is near Rivaz on the way from Domodossoa to Geneve.

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BLS 535 115 advertises for Kambly coockies at Thun on the late afternoon of 1 January 2026. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 535 (BLS Lötschberger), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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BLS 525 013 stands at Thun on 1 January 2026. 
Leonardus Schrijvers

Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 525 (NINA), Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS)

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If "one" had to wait 110 years, or rather, I had to wait 63 years until a BLS train finally appeared at Grenchen Nord station, I'll venture to post another picture on this topic. I would have liked to have taken the pictures earlier, but I had to wait until the fog and workdays cleared and I had the opportunity to make a quick trip to Grenchen; with the certainty that I would definitely revisit this colorful subject later this year. The picture shows the BLS RABe 528 132 as IR56 1861 on its way from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB, stopping and waiting for the oncoming train at Grenchen Nord. January 13, 2026 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Switzerland / Private Companies / Bern Lötschberg Simplon Bahn (BLS), Switzerland / Electric multiple units / RABe 528 (BLS Flirt 4)

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