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Western Switzerland Railways

Swiss railway companies
Organization transport_company Q642388
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Summary

Western Switzerland Railways is a transport company[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Switzerland[2]
  • Inception: 1872[3]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1881[4]
  • Replaces: Jougne-Eclépens Railway[5], West Switzerland Company[6], Franco-Swiss Company[7], Lausanne–Fribourg–Bern Railway[8]
  • Replaced by: Western Switzerland–Simplon Company[9]
  • Legal form: joint-stock company[10]
  • Short name: SO[11]

Related Entities

Switzerland

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · MrKeefeJohn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Replaced by → —
    Inception → +1872-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Commons category: Steam locomotives of SO"
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