BLS extends Leissigen crossing point on the Lake Thun line
- Location
- Leissigen, Bernese Oberland (Spiez–Interlaken line on Lake Thun) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Project
- Double-track Bern–Thun: Leissigen crossing point
- Investment
- approximately CHF 73 million
- Status
- Construction starting (works begin early August 2026)
BLS is extending the Leissigen crossing point on the single-track Spiez–Interlaken line (Lake Thun route) to about 940 metres so that 400-metre InterCity trains can also pass each other; cost approximately CHF 73 million, funded via the Railway Infrastructure Fund (BIF). After years of objections from about 30 landowners, construction is set to start in early August 2026 per a BLS statement dated 22 July 2026, running until 2028 and including a seven-week full closure in spring 2027. Originally planned to start in 2024, completion is targeted by end of 2028.
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