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In the year 1890 the concession to build a line was given from Stansstad to Engelberg . The opening of the track of the ''Stansstad-Engelberg-Bahn'' (StEB) followed in 1898 . It was electrified from its beginning, which made it at that time the longest electrically operated railway line of Switzerland. Because of the maximum upward gradient of 25% on the track section between Grafenort and Engelberg, it was decided to use three-phase alternating current. In order to avoid a "steilstrecke" with Gruenenwald (a road crossing the track) a Balance Bridge was established over the rails for motor traffic. The railway ended at that time in Stansstad at the Lake Of Lucerne . For a continuation after Hergiswil with connection to the SBB Brünigbahn in 1956 , a concession was passed, which could not be accomplished by the StEB however due to its financial difficulties. In 1964 , following a complete reorganization of the railway with a change of the overhead line after 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz per second alternating current, as it is also with the SBB, as well as the continuation after Hergiswil. In December the line went back into business as the ''Luzern-Stans-Engelberg-Bahn'' (LSE). On the Abschitt between Hergiswil and Lucerne, the LSE has speeds comparable with of that of the Brünigbahn . The LSE merged with the SBB Brünigbahn in 2005 to form the Zentralbahn . EXTERNAL LINK |
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