Swiss Express Index Part 3 v3 : Editions 125 to 140 (March 2016-December 2019) Part 1 covered issues 1 to 60 (January 1985 to December 1999) while Part 2 dealt with issues 61 to 124 (January 2000 to December 2015). This new Part follows the principles set out in Part 2 and runs from Issue 125 (March 2016) to 140 (December 2019). Issue Diagram(s) - General If Major (M) or Photo(s) Subject track, stock etc category Brief (B) only Edition Edition as appropriate Number date Boats Commuting by paddle steamer. 133 Mar-18 Boats DS St Urs on River Aare 125 Mar-16 Lakes Brienz/Thun - rise in passenger numbers Boats B 137 Mar-19 in 2018 compared to 2017. Boats Bodensee Train Ferries 139 Sep-19 Lake Geneva - parade of (mostly) paddle Boats 127 Sep-16 steamers, May 2016. Boats Lake Geneva - return of PS Italie to traffic. B 129 Mar-17 Lake Hallwil - new MV Delphin (dolphin) entered Boats B 135 Sep-18 service June 2018. Lake Luzern - MV Bürgenstock - new ship now Boats 135 Sep-18 in service. Lake Luzern - MV Diamant in service May 17 Boats 131 Sep-17 (replacing the "Rigi"). Lake Luzern - MV Diamant holed in an Boats B 133 Mar-18 accident, Dec.18. Update in Issue 134. Boats Lake Luzern - scrapping of freighter MV Luzern 137 Mar-19 Boats Lake Luzern - MV Mythen damaged at Gersau. B 135 Sep-18 Boats Lake Luzern - MV Rigi to be withdrawn in 2017. 127 Sep-16 Boats Lake Luzern - A quick trip on MV Rütli. 140 Dec-19 Lake Luzern - PS Stadt Luzern to be Boats 135 Sep-18 overhauled 2019-2021. Update Issue 137. Boats Lake Maggiore - PS Piemonte 134 Jun-16 Boats Lake Sarnen 133 Mar-18 Lake Thun/Lake Brienz update including Boats B 129 Mar-16 restoration of PS "Spiez" Boats Swiss steamship survival M 131 Sep-17 Z ü richsee Schiffarts Gesellschaft (ZSB) fare Boats B 129 Mar-17 surcharge Basel to buy electric buses from Dutch Buses manufacturer VDL. St Gallen already has 20 B 138 Jun-19 electric buses from ABB. Fastest way to William Tell - a VBL/Auto AG Uri Buses 140 Dec-19 route from Luzern Long-distance coach routes authorised on three Buses B 135 Sep-18 routes to Eurobus/Flixbus. To Switzerland by Bendy Bus - buses in Buses M 132 Dec-17 Geneva area (also trains on TPC (AOMC)). Buses VBL American-built buses 134 Jun-18 Buses Zug - self-driving minibus on trial B 140 Dec-19 Aletsch Glacier cable car - overcoming a Cable Car 133 Mar-18 geological challenge Cable Car Dubrovnik, Croatia. Swiss-built cable car 135 Sep-18 Cable Car Klein Matterhorn 125 Mar-16 Klein Matterhorn; new cableway opened from Cable Car B 136 Dec-18 Zermatt. Cable Car Pranzaira-Albigna rebuilt line 128 Dec-16 Cable Car Ragnatsch to Palfries (St Gallen canton) 129 Mar-17 Santisbahn line out of action due to avalanche Cable Car B 138 Jun-19 damage. Wengen-Mannlichen line gets new cabins which Cable Car B 135 Sep-18 include railed balconies for summer-time use. V-Bahn to the Top of Europe (and updates in Cable Car Issues 127 & 135 (where permission to build is 125 Mar-16 reported).) Cable Car V-Bahn - construction progress 139 Sep-19 Cross-border Basel Station Gate B 133 Mar-18 DB IC4 unit - first working of class through to Cross-border B 140 Dec-19 Interlaken Ost, 18.08.19. Cross-border Italian connections B 128 Dec-16 Cross-border Koblenz-Waldshut Rhein Bridge B 133 Mar-18 Cross-border Mendrisio-Varese B 133 Dec-18 SBB to continue to operate some German Cross-border 140 Dec-19 regional services (identified in article). Cross-border SBB - sleeper trains to run again perhaps B 139 Sep-19 Cross-border SBB & ÖBB to expand Nightjet offering. B 140 Dec-19 SNCF - Delle to Belfort reopening plans and Cross-border 128 Dec-16 impact on SBB SNCF - Delle to Belfort reopening 12.17 Cross-border B 130 Jun-17 (hopefully) SNCF - Delle to Belfort reopening put back to Cross-border 12.18. Update - first part to reopen 09.12.19; B 133 Mar-18 Issue 136. Cross-border Belfort-Delle Reopening 137 Mar-19 Cross-border TGV Lyria - Paris diversions B 130 Jun-17 Cross-border Travel by train from the UK to Tirano 132 Dec-17 Bern : one new inclined plane and one Funicular 127 Sep-16 refurbished one. Bern : the DMB and the Gurtenbahn (also the Funicular 130 Jun-17 Bern Matte platform lift) Funicular Biel's funiculars 132 Dec-17 Funicular Bristen - emergency service 130 Jun-17 Funicular Bürgenstock 133 Mar-18 Funicular Fribourg's 'water'-balanced funicular 128 Dec-16 Funi-Schlitten from Saanenmöser now restored Funicular 126 Jun-16 by VHS. Funicular Industrial funicular at Ittigen, Bern 130 Jun-17 Funicular Lugano's funiculars 138 Jun-19 Lugano - Angioli to Hotel Bristol ( and letter in Funicular issue 131). Update re proposal to re-open line 130 Jun-17 in Issue 136. Funicular Lugano - Station to City - re-opening 129 Mar-17 Funicular Luzern's Gütschbahn 125 Mar-16 Funicular Muottas Muragl - funicular 139 Sep-19 Mühleggbahn inclined plane at St Gallen back Funicular 137 Mar-19 in use after year-long renewal. Funicular Neuchâtel's funiculars 131 Sep-17 Funicular St Gallen Muhleggbahn has a new car. B 138 Jun-19 Stoos funicular (but main articles in Issues 133 Funicular 132 Dec-17 and 136) Funicular Treib-Seelisberg Bahn (TSB) centenary 127 Sep-16 Funicular TSB's Theaterbahn 2016 129 Mar-17 Funicular Wellington, NZ. (Swiss built) 135 Sep-18 Wettingen - new inclined plane fo Webermühle, Funicular 129 Mar-17 near Wettingen Light railway Lausanne T1 (Flon to Renens) approved. 126 Jun-16 TN (lightrail) ex AB Be4/8s transferring to TN; Light railway 139 Sep-19 032 shown at Place Pury Manufacturers Stadler - expansion 125 Mar-16 Stadler - new orders for East Anglia and Manufacturers B 128 Dec-16 California Stadler Rail - retirement of CEO who had Manufacturers 132 Dec-17 expanded the company . Miniature Konigsfelden , Brugg. B 139 Jun-19 railways Model Albula Railway Museum 140 Dec-19 Model BLS Intervention Centre 128 Dec-16 Model Boats at the quayside 129 Mar-17 Model Cardboard modelling - Swiss prototype stock 135 Sep-18 Model Charstelenbach Bridge - Part 2 139 Sep-19 Model Dutch-based Swiss group's model in Gennep 129 Mar-17 Every guy needsd a hobby - a US-based Swiss- Model 137 Mar-19 themed layout Model Holzhof 130 Jun-17 Model Landquart Grüsch Bahn 127 Sep-16 Model Making a modern locomotive depot 135 Sep-18 Model Making a quayside 127 Sep-16 Model Modellbahn Meiringen 131 Sep-17 Model Nuremburg Toy Fair 2019 - report 138 Jun-19 Model RhB - Rueun station 134 Jun-18 Model SBB Ae4/7, as modelled by Piko 135 Sep-18 Model SBB/BLS Schalthaus 133 Mar-18 Sign of the times - applying grafiti to an SBB Model 137 Mar-19 Cargo van Smilestones; large 1:87 scale layout. Update in Model 138 Jun-19 Issue 140. Model Sta. Maria - Part 2 125 Mar-16 Model Sta. Maria - Part 3 127 Sep-16 Model Walliser Huis "Blatten" 136 Dec-18 Model Wettingen Apartments - virtual reality modelling 132 Dec-17 Alexander (UK)-built double deckers entering Postbuses B 132 Dec-17 service at St Gallen. An interesting Sunday in June - a postbus Postbuses 140 Dec-19 failure on the Furka Pass Postbuses Engstlenalp route withdrawn. B 136 Dec-18 Fuel-cell bus experiment ended; and Postbuses B 128 Dec-16 supplementary info in Issue 134. Postbuses Gotthard Pass diligence 128 Dec-16 Neoplan double-deckers withdrawn from Stans- Postbuses B 133 Mar-18 Seelisberg route. New vehicle order placed August 2018. 145 Postbuses 136 Dec-18 vehicles of which 140 normal diesel power. Oldtimer Excursions - tours with preserved Postbuses 133 Mar-18 postbuses Postauto told by Fed Govt to refund CHF78m against possibly unjustified subsidies; CEO and Postbuses 134 Jun-18 Finance Director fired. Brief follow-ups in Issues 135 and 136. And more related news in 140. Postauto Nordschweiz disconinues pocket Postbuses B 134 Jun-18 timetables Rafz: delivering the post in the late 30s and in Postbuses 134 Jun-18 the 40s. Riding with the Post - travelling by PostAuto in Postbuses 137 Mar-19 the Locarno area. Saurer - a Swiss success story (company Postbuses 126 Jun-16 history, not about postbuses as such) Sion - experimental self-drive shuttle service Postbuses B 128 Dec-16 started, then suspended Postbuses Splügen Pass 125 Mar-16 Postbuses Swiss postbuses in miniature 130 Jun-17 Postbuses Val Bavona (and related letter in Issue 132). M 130 Jun-17 Postcards Brienzer Rothorn 127 Sep-16 Postcards BVB railway, Bex 129 Mar-17 Postcards Mountain-top views 133 Mar-18 PS Mont Blanc/La Suisse/Evian of 1875, Lake Postcards 129 Mar-17 Geneva AAR - 5 new EMUs ordered. Merger of WSB Railway B 130 Jun-17 section with BDWM in 2019. Railway AB - ex RhW 127 Sep-16 Railway AB - Appenzeller Bahnen 130 Jun-17 AB - ex RhW , RHB and Altstätten branches Railway 138 Jun-19 under threat of possible closure. Railway AB - ABr4/12 1000-1005 enter service. B 136 Dec-18 AB - 3 railcars (41-43), 3 driving trailers and 9 Railway other carriages sold to Burkino Faso/ Ivory 140 Dec-19 Coast. Railway AB - BCFm2/4 railcar no. 56 135 Sep-18 AB - closure St Gallen - Teufen April-Oct. 2018 Railway due to rebuilding works.