Brienz Rothorn Bahn Ascent

A trip up the 800mm gauge Brienz Rothorn Bahn in Switzerland. Starting from the terminus at Brienz on the shores of the Brienzersee (566m above sea level) & climbs on gradients of up to 1 in 4 over a distance of 7.5km to the summit of the line at Rothorn Kulm (2244m), which nestles a little below the summit of the Brienzer Rothorn itself, at 2351m. Now the only Rack railway in Switzerland to offer a daily steam service over the summer months, the line is predominently worked by modern oil-fired steam locomotives built by SLM in the 1990's.

[@stewux]

Am going back to this area of Switzerland in October and would love to check this out. However, been to the website of this railway, and was disappointed to see that it said " no single tickets available ". I am a lone traveller, does that mean I wouldn't be allowed to board this train and do this journey? Or have I misunderstood the website? If you can shed any light on it that would be great.

[@legoman604]

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