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This line belongs to the first that the Swiss Central Railway decided to build beginning in 1853, in an effort to connect the 3 major Swiss German speaking cities of Switzerland, Basel, Zürich and Bern.
Until the opening of the Hauenstein Base Tunnel, this was the main line between Basel and Olten and was originally double tracked as can be seen by the width of the bridges and tunnels.
In 1938, the line was reduced to a single track line. Today it is mainly used by regional trains, occasional freight trains and passenger trains when track maintenance is being performed in the Hauenstein Basel Tunnel. The steep gradients equivalent to those of the Lötschberg and Gotthard passes limit the weight of trains that may be pulled without a bank locomotive.
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