Bernina Express

Bernina Express
Description	Representation of the Bernina Pass section of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz to Tirano
Country	Switzerland
Time period	2020s
Train Operating Company	Rhaetian Railway
Simulation difficulty
Author	Krizar
Repository	https://github.com/Railway-Op-Sim/CH-Bernina-Express
Website	https://www.railwayoperationsimulator.com/catalog/community-projects/europe/rhaetian-railway-bernina-express
Route map St. Moritz Celerina Staz Punt Muragl Staz Chur Pontresina Surovas Morteratsch Bernina Suot Bernina Diavolezza Bernina Lagalb Ospizio Bernina Alp Grüm Stablini Cavaglia Cadera Poschiavo Nord Poschiavo Paradei Li Curt Cantoniera Le Prese Miralago Brusio Campascio Campocologno Switzerland Italy Border Tirano

This simulation covers the mountain route between Tirano (Italy) and St. Moritz (Switzerland), with trains being operated by the Rhaetian Railway. Services consist of local Panorama Express tourist trains which are limited stop and formed of glass observation carriages, and Regio services which call at all main stations, serving request stops along the line. The line operates through all seasons, but is most famous for its winter running with trains climbing up the valley from Poschiavo into Bernina Pass, ploughing through the snow on towards St. Moritz. The route is mainly single track with regular passing points both in and out of station limits, where possible the simulation has been kept as accurate as possible, however accurate modelling of some station layouts with split platforms has not been possible due to the limitations of ROS (e.g. at Campcologno).

Simulation

The included timetable covers the period from 06:15 to 13:15 during peak time in 2020. Due to the long distance and low service frequency it is recommended you run the simulation at 4x speed and have both activity and log panels open within ROS.

Regio Services

Regional services are labelled as Regio in the timetable and operate between St. Moritz and Tirano. To model request stops there is variation in the calling points for each service running up and down the line, make sure to pay close attention to calling/passing points.

Panorama Express

Panorama Express services are labelled also and run a limited stop service along the route, note that some services enter/exit in the direction of Chur just north of Pontresina.

Tips

• Be careful when handling services leaving depots, the route has very few starter signals. As an example if the points are not reset at Poschiavo after a service leaves the sidings, and that service changes direction, it will re-enter the siding.
• Try to time services to be at their stations on time not early. This is very important for ensuring services pass at the correct stations at the right time and so run on time.