Talk:Uetliberg railway line

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Steepest standar gauge railway in CH??[edit]

Hi, for all I've read here on the Wikipedia, the Uetliberg Railway is the steepest adhesion railway in Switzerland. Period. Not only the steepest standard gauge railway! Other narrow gauge railways (such as the Bernina Railway) are all less steep. If there are no objections, I'll change it in the text. Johnnyjanko (talk) 12:40, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it depends how you define railway. According to various sources, including http://www.tram8.info/index.php?id=tramlexikon, line 3 of the Basel tramway has a maximum gradient of 7.96% and is therefore slightly steeper than the Uetliberg line. Under Swiss law, railways and tramways are pretty much the same thing, so at least arguably this is Switzerland's steepest adhesion only railway. It is, of course, meter gauge. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 13:15, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So do you suggest keeping the article text unchanged? If that's the case, how about including the Basel tramway line into the List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways? There are already certain tramway lines in it (namely the first two). Johnnyjanko (talk) 07:25, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually in further discussing this with some non-wikipedia subject experts, it now seems even that claim needs qualifying. The new M2 metro line in Lausanne is (a) standard gauge and (b) much steeper than either the Uetliberg or Basel lines. However it uses pneumatic tyres, in much the same way as several Paris metro lines. I'm thinking steepest standard gauge steel wheel on rail adhesion line, but still trying to track down sources. Probably the Basel line should go into List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways. -- chris_j_wood (talk) 13:21, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Separate infobox for line and service?[edit]

I wonder why do we have a separate infobox for the line (infrastructure) and the service, as the infobox is capable of displaying info about both. I propose to merge these to avoid confusion and repetitions. Ita140188 (talk) 12:46, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]