Bénirail is the concessioned railway system of Benin. It is being rehabilitated by the Bolloré Group.
24-415: The project includes complete replacement of the track and the rehabilitation of the stations at Cadjèhoun Saint-Jean, Godomey, Cococodji and Pahou. A passenger service to be called Blueline using second hand coaches from Switzerland's Zentralbahn is due to start in late 2015. Bénirail will purchase BB204 diesel locomotive and Nippon Sharyo coaches from Indonesia . A metre gauge network of 2500 km
48-501: A civil partnership, 222 widows or widowers and 424 divorced residents. In 2014 there were 2,131 private households in Stansstad with an average household size of 2.03 persons. Of the 629 inhabited buildings in the municipality, in 2000, about 34.5% were single family homes and 39.6% were multiple family buildings. Additionally, about 13.7% of the buildings were built before 1919, while 14.8% were built between 1991 and 2000. In 2013
72-705: A shoulder of Mount Pilatus . In order to allow Engelberg trains to run over the Brünig line into Lucerne, the whole railway was converted to the same electrical system ( 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC ), and new rolling stock acquired. The line reopened in 1964, and the owning company changed its name to the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg Railway (LSE). For 40 years, the ownership structure of the two lines remained unchanged, with LSE owned trains running over SBB owned tracks between Hergiswil and Lucerne. However, in June 2004,
96-564: A total of 495 employees and two mid sized businesses with a total of 222 employees. In 2014 a total of 1.4% of the population received social assistance. In 2015 local hotels had a total of 19,501 overnight stays, of which 51.8% were international visitors. Stansstad is served by Stansstad station on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line , on which the Lucerne S-Bahn S4 service provides two trains per hour. The village
120-475: Is also served by post bus services, including services to Bürgenstock , Stans and Büren , and by shipping services of the Schifffahrtsgesellschaft des Vierwaldstättersees on Lake Lucerne . Fürigenbahn was a funicular that led from Harissenbucht to the hotel at Fürigen (1924-2005). The main sights of Stansstad are a museum of the fortifications, a tower ( Schnitzturm ), and
144-482: Is fields and grasslands. Since 1981/82 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 24 ha (59 acres). Rivers and lakes cover 9 ha (22 acres) in the municipality. Stansstad has a population (as of December 2020 ) of 4,727. As of 2014 , 15.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. In 2015 a small minority (234 or 5.3% of the population) was born in Germany. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014)
168-570: Is proposed to link the following countries: This Africa rail-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zentralbahn The Zentralbahn is a Swiss railway company that owns and operates two connecting railway lines in Central Switzerland and the Bernese Oberland . It was created on January 1, 2005, with the acquisition of the independently owned Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line , and
192-480: The 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge , and use rack railway technology to climb their steepest gradients, although most of both lines uses conventional adhesion. The railway operates two hourly InterRegio express services, one between Lucerne and Interlaken, and one between Lucerne and Engelberg. It also operates two half-hourly services of the Lucerne S-Bahn ,
216-698: The Brünig line of the Swiss Federal Railways . The company has its headquarters in Stansstad . The railway owns the infrastructure of the 74 km (46 mi) long inter-regional Brünig line , which links Lucerne and Interlaken over the Brünig Pass , and the 25 km (16 mi) long Luzern–Stans–Engelberg line from Hergiswil , on the Brünig line some 9 km (5.6 mi) out of Lucerne, to Engelberg . Both lines are built to
240-636: The Riggenbach rack system on its final approaches to Engelberg, but with a very steep maximum gradient of 25%. In 1960 work started on connecting the Engelberg line to the Swiss railway network by constructing a new line between Stansstad and Hergiswil on the Brünig line. This involved constructing a bridge over the narrow Alpnachersee arm of Lake Lucerne , followed by the Lopper II tunnel , under
264-661: The S4 between Lucerne and Wolfenschiessen and the S5 between Lucerne and Giswil . During the rush hour, there are additional trains named S41, S44 and S55. At the Interlaken end of the line, an hourly Regio service is operated as far as Meiringen . Only the two InterRegio services traverse the company's rack sections and require rack equipped stock. The two lines of the Zentralbahn have quite distinct histories. The Brünig line
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#1732786880049288-500: The SVP with 83.8% of the vote, followed by local parties with the remaining 16.2%. In the federal election, a total of 1,805 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.0%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 88.6% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes were given to local, small right-wing parties (10.8%). In Stansstad about 77.9% of
312-647: The Swiss Federal Council empowered the SBB to transfer the Brünig line to the LSE with effect from January 2005. In return the LSE issued shares to the SBB, and as a result 2/3 of its shares are now owned by SBB. The LSE was subsequently renamed the Zentralbahn to reflect its much larger scale of operation. At the end of 2009, the Zentralbahn took over the operation of the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) ( standard gauge ) tracks of
336-578: The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1903. The SBB opened the last section of the line, from Brienz to Interlaken in 1916. As constructed, the line was operated by steam locomotives , and used the Riggenbach rack system to overcome gradients of up to 12% on the approaches to each side of the Brünig Pass. The line was electrified in 1941 and 1942, using the standard Swiss main line system of 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC supplied by overhead line . The rack sections were retained. The major part of
360-419: The primary economic sector . The secondary sector employed 525 workers in 63 separate businesses. A minority (26.1%) of the secondary sector employees worked in very small businesses. There were 10 small businesses with a total of 198 employees and two mid sized businesses with a total of 190 employees. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 1,564 jobs in 355 businesses. There were 20 small businesses with
384-444: The 2004/09 survey a total of 80 ha (200 acres) or about 8.8% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 15 ha (37 acres) over the 1981/82 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 1 ha (2.5 acres) and is now about 0.99% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, 10 ha (25 acres) is used for orchards and vineyards and 307 ha (760 acres)
408-477: The Kriens-Luzern-Bahn between Lucerne and Horw . Most of these tracks were already laid in a dual gauge configuration with the metre gauge tracks of the Brünig line. Since the merger several major projects have been undertaken. In 2010, the 4,043 m (13,264 ft) Grafenort to Engelberg tunnel was constructed to replace the very steep final approach to Engelberg. Whilst still rack operated,
432-465: The line to Engelberg was constructed by Stansstad–Engelberg Railway (StEB) and opened in 1898. The line ran from Stansstad to Engelberg and, like the Brünig line in its early days, relied on steamship connections with the rest of the Swiss railway network. Unlike the Brünig line, the StEB line was electrified from its opening, using a three-phase alternating current overhead line supply. It also used
456-420: The population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Stansstad is a high-income community. The municipality is part of the regional center of Stans. As of 2014 , there were a total of 2,163 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 74 people worked in 26 businesses in
480-417: The population has changed at a rate of -1.44%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2014, was 9.1, while the death rate was 8.0 per thousand residents. As of 2014 , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 14.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 63.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.6%. In 2015 there were 1,800 single residents, 1,950 people who were married or in
504-399: The rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 1.36. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2015 , was 2.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000 ) speaks German (90.1%), with Italian being second most common (2.1%) and Albanian being third (1.5%). The historical population is given in the following chart: In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was
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#1732786880049528-452: The tunnel has a maximum gradient of 10.5% as opposed to 25%. In late 2012, a new tunnel route was opened between Kriens Mattenhof station and the approaches to Lucerne station , on the stretch of the Brünig line also used by Engelberg trains. The tunnel replaces a less direct surface alignment, allowing the abolition of several congested level crossings and the provision of double track. A new station, Lucerne Allmend/Messe , built within
552-543: The tunnel, serves the Swissporarena . Stansstad Stansstad is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland . Stansstad has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 9.07 km (3.50 sq mi). Of this area, about 32.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and 2.4% is unproductive land. In
576-692: Was constructed in incremental stages between 1888 and 1916. The first stages, over the Brünig Pass between Brienz and Alpnachstad were opened by the Jura–Bern–Lucerne Railway (JBL), who also extended the line from Alpnachstad to Lucerne , giving connections to the rest of the Swiss railway network . Subsequently, the JBL became part of the Jura–Simplon Railway (JS) in 1891, and the JS became part of
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