Further excursions and lectures are being planned.
As soon as more detailed information is known, it will be published here.
30 August 2025 Excursion ‘The alternative Jura crossing’ –
The Waldenburg Railway, the Wasserfallen Railway project and the OeBB
Dear members of our society
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 2025 summer excursion to the German-speaking Jura region around Hauenstein. Our board member Urs G. Berger has put together a very exciting programme that combines history, the present and modernity. For the transfer, we will travel in the Saurer vintage bus N2C Alpenwagen II, which has been highly appreciated on previous SGEG excursions.
Programme
Individual arrival with the WB, Liestal at 08:54; Waldenburg at 09:16 (meeting point)
09:30: Depot and station tour in Waldenburg
10:15: Vintage bus trip Waldenburg-Bubendorf-Reigoldswil with photo stops along the WB route
11:45: Tour of the northern tunnel of the planned Wasserfallenbahn
1:00 p.m.: Lunch in Liedertswil (salad – chicken stroganoff with rice – dessert)
Followed by a vintage bus ride over the upper Hauenstein Pass
2:45 p.m.: Tour of the former Wasserfallenbahn site in Mümliswil
3:45 p.m.: Tour of the railway facilities in Balsthal, including the depot workshop
17:00: End of the supporting programme
Option to travel to Olten on secondary routes by vintage bus. Arrival: approx. 17:45
Cost:
CHF 124.00 for SGEG members, including lunch (CHF 95.00 without lunch in Liedertswil)
CHF 140.00 for guests, including lunch (CHF 110.00 without lunch)
But see for yourself in the enclosed detailed programme (in German).
Flyer Reise 30.08.25 Version 02.07.25
Please note the limited number of participants and the registration deadline.
On behalf of the board, I wish everyone a wonderful summer.
Roger Bennet
Präsident & Leitung Archive
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Sitz: 8153 Rümlang
CHE-139.022.438
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roger.bennet@sgeg.ch
Tel: +41 77 480 69 69
Briefadresse:
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte SGEG
Hegenheimerstrasse 136
4055 Basel
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