More variety from Switzerland in 2006.

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NIGHT TIME AT Interlaken, Switzerland, on October 12th, 2006, and BLS Lötschbergbahn Tea 245 Class battery/electric tractor unit No. 245 022-9 is resting in the centre road coupled to a pair of SBB CFF FFS carriages. The latter will no doubt be added to an early morning service to increase the capacity for commuters - a practice that has been wiped out due to cost reasons in the UK. Who knows how long it will continue in Switzerland.

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Even the Swiss railway network, which packs in more loco-hauled trains than British railway enthusiast visitors believe could possibly exist in such a small space, is not immune from the dreaded multiple units. The RADBe 500s are the flagship SBB CFF FFS inter-city EMUs and they can be found buzzing over much of northern and west Switzerland. On October 12th, 2006, No. 500 041-9 William Barbey punches its way past the busy marshalling yard at Muttenz, on the final stage of its journey to Basel.