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724:). Trains runs on the right, unlike elsewhere in the SBB network, in order to avoid the need to switch sides at Basel Baden station. The overhead line can be used by trains with both Swiss and German pantographs (maximum lateral deviation of 200 mm). The border between the overhead electrification systems is at the property boundary.
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The Basel
Connecting Line, including railway Basel Baden station, Basel SBB station and Basel marshalling yard is equipped for Swiss locomotives without special technical equipment and can be used by services from Germany. The line is equipped with the German intermittent cab signalling system
699:(SBB). Since the railway reform, the rail infrastructure is managed exclusively by the SBB. SBB, Deutsche Bahn and many other companies operate on the line. The property boundary is at the 3.537 km chainage mark (at the north head of the Rhine bridge).
687:. The building of the Connecting Line was licensed by the Swiss federal government on 14 March 1870. On 3 November 1873 the line was opened, including a one-line bridge over the Rhine. Following an agreement between the then
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822:Standard gauge railways in Switzerland
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751:Swiss railway atlas
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526:Basel Trams
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253:Basel Trams
94:Line length
57:Basel-Stadt
43:Native name
801:Categories
728:References
703:Technology
659:trains of
733:Footnotes
623:‹See Tfd›
445:; 216 m)
201:Basel SBB
131:Route map
89:Technical
75:Basel SBB
63:, Germany
691:and the
669:SBB GmbH
665:Freiburg
475:Waldshut
471:Konstanz
419:DB Netze
229:Delémont
176:(France)
38:Overview
772:Sources
679:History
631:Basler
68:Termini
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369:Olten
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289:Brugg
784:ISBN
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