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Basel Connecting Line

railway line
Place Railway Line Q444219

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
railway line

Location

Country
Switzerland[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Canton of Basel-Stadt[2]

Population and size

Length
+4.4[12]
More facts +9
Owned by
Swiss Federal Railways, Bundeseisenbahnvermögen[4][5]
Connects with
Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line[13]
Date of official opening
1873[10]
Railway traffic side
right[14]
Route number
4404[11]
State of use
in use[15]
Terminus
Basel Badischer Bahnhof railway station, Basel SBB railway station[6][7]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[9]
Type of electrification
15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Basel Connecting Line da Basel Forbindelsesbane de Basler Verbindungsbahn fr ligne d'interconnexion bâloise hu Bázeli összekötő vonal ja バーゼル連絡線 nl Basler Verbindungsbahn nl spoorlijn Bazel SBB - Bazel Bad Bf uk Базельська сполучна залізниця zh 巴塞尔连接线 zh 巴塞爾連接線
🔖 Identifiers · 4
GND ID
108656913X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Phasentrennstelle 4.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0gh8scz
OpenStreetMap relation ID
19441988

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🔗 Connections
Terminus 2
Basel SBB railway station, Basel Badischer Bahnhof railway station
← Connecting line 2
Basel SBB railway station, Basel Badischer Bahnhof railway station
Connects with 1
Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line
Country 1
Switzerland
Instance of 1
railway line
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Canton of Basel-Stadt
Owned by 1
Swiss Federal Railways
Railway traffic side 1
right
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
← Connects with 1
Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line
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Summary

Basel Connecting Line is a railway line[1].

Body

History and Context

Owners include Swiss Federal Railways[4], a railway company[16], in Switzerland[17], founded in 1902[18], headquartered in Bern[19] and Bundeseisenbahnvermögen[5], an off-budget fund[20], in Germany[21], founded in 1994[22], headquartered in Bonn[23].

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 108656913X
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56499: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4.4'}
    Instance of → railway line
    Railway traffic side → right
    Country → Switzerland
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #53597: probably due to their P402"
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