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to Basel. At the same time the Zürich–Baden line (which by that time had been merged into the
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1375:Bötzbergbahn
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1286:Bötzbergbahn
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322:SBB to Olten
246:SBB to Basel
187:
1467:Villnachern
1413:and Frick.
1264:and to the
1242:Rheinfelden
1226:Switzerland
817:Villnachern
452:Rheinfelden
400:Kaiseraugst
121:Track gauge
104:Line length
73:Switzerland
62:Line number
52:Native name
1712:Categories
1679:References
1666:12 October
1510:(formerly
1502:(formerly
1489:(red) and
1349:to Basel.
1318:Laufenburg
1512:Re 6/6 II
1504:Re 4/4 II
1463:Hornussen
1429:Operation
1390:of 1.4%.
1331:‹See Tfd›
1278:‹See Tfd›
739:(2,526 m)
679:Hornussen
181:Route map
99:Technical
85:Basel SBB
1516:Re 10/10
1485:Coupled
1411:Effingen
1379:Pratteln
1268:via the
1252:and the
1238:Pratteln
989:Brugg AG
709:Effingen
287:Pratteln
146: in
47:Overview
1536:Chiasso
1459:PostBus
1423:Muttenz
1419:Liestal
1312:History
1302:Germany
848:(223 m)
846:bridge
792:(184 m)
375:(185 m)
141:⁄
78:Termini
22:Bözberg
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1639:30 May
1570:
1508:Re 620
1500:Re 420
1491:Re 620
1487:Re 420
1446:, the
1354:a line
1335:German
1282:German
1258:Zürich
482:Möhlin
196:Legend
188:
70:Locale
1689:[
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1546:Notes
1532:Basel
1403:Frick
1362:Olten
1358:Brugg
1356:from
1306:Italy
1262:Baden
1250:Frick
1234:Brugg
1230:Basel
1125:385 m
1111:Baden
1086:341 m
1081:Turgi
1025:Reuss
1003:352 m
822:403 m
769:441 m
714:461 m
684:414 m
654:360 m
640:Frick
615:328 m
610:Eiken
547:311 m
517:310 m
512:Mumpf
487:308 m
457:285 m
405:285 m
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1695:ISBN
1668:2015
1641:2009
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1194:talk
1187:view
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984:31.3
844:Aare
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759:39.2
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605:55.4
537:58.8
507:61.8
477:68.2
447:71.6
395:76.9
277:80.2
222:elev
171:1.4%
1368:'s
1360:to
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