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BLS AG

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Swiss railway company

BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. Its ownership is divided, with 55.8% of it owned by the canton of Berne, and 21.7% by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • HeadquartersBern1
  • Founded inBern1
  • Websitewww.bls.ch
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
  • LEI506700UQR8ZS209RY2803
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressFreiburgstrasse 130, 3008 Bern, Switzerland3
  • Registered withFederal Statistical Office, CHE1128985153

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Photo: Tobias b köhler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG. Its ownership is divided, with 55.8% of it owned by the canton of Berne, and 21.7% by the Swiss Confederation. It has two main business fields: passenger traffic and infrastructure.2

Corporate structure

BLS AG sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • BLS AG Bern, Switzerland
    • BLS Cargo Subsidiary · 52% · Bern
    • BLS Fernverkehr AG Subsidiary
    • Aefligen railway station Owned · Emmental administrative district, Switzerland
    • Affoltern-Weier railway station Owned · Affoltern im Emmental, Switzerland
    • Ausserberg railway station Owned · Ausserberg, Switzerland
    • Belp railway station Owned · Belp, Switzerland
    • Belp Steinbach railway station Owned · Belp, Switzerland
    • Bern Brünnen Westside railway station Owned · Bern, Switzerland
    • Bern Bümpliz Nord railway station Owned · Bümpliz, Switzerland
    • Bern Europaplatz BLS station Owned · Bern, Switzerland
    • Bern Riedbach railway station Owned · Bern, Switzerland
    • Bern Stöckacker railway station Owned · Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, Switzerland
    • Bern Weissenbühl railway station Owned · Bern, Switzerland
    • Biberist Ost railway station Owned · Biberist, Switzerland
    • Bigenthal railway station Owned · Walkringen, Switzerland
    • Biglen railway station Owned · Biglen, Switzerland
    • Blausee-Mitholz station Owned · Kandergrund, Switzerland
    • Boltigen station Owned · Boltigen, Switzerland
    • Brenzikofen railway station Owned · Brenzikofen, Switzerland
    • Burgdorf Buchmatt railway station Owned · Burgdorf, Switzerland
    • Burgdorf Steinhof railway station Owned · Burgdorf, Switzerland
    • Burgholz station Owned · Diemtigen, Switzerland
    • Burgistein railway station Owned · Burgistein, Switzerland
    • Corcelles BE railway station Owned · Corcelles, Switzerland
    • Crémines railway station Owned · Crémines, Switzerland
    • and 105 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What BLS AG reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • BLS Cargo 52%
  • Aefligen railway station
  • Affoltern-Weier railway station
  • Ausserberg railway station
  • Belp Steinbach railway station
  • Belp railway station
  • Bern Brünnen Westside railway station
  • Bern Bümpliz Nord railway station
  • Bern Europaplatz BLS station
  • Bern Riedbach railway station
  • Bern Stöckacker railway station
  • Bern Weissenbühl railway station
  • Biberist Ost railway station
  • Bigenthal railway station
  • Biglen railway station
  • Blausee-Mitholz station
  • Boltigen station
  • Brenzikofen railway station
  • Burgdorf Buchmatt railway station
  • Burgdorf Steinhof railway station
  • Burgholz station
  • Burgistein railway station
  • Corcelles BE railway station
  • Crémines railway station
All 129 holdings
  • Crémines-Zoo railway station
  • Därligen railway station
  • Därstetten station
  • Dürrenroth station
  • Eggerberg railway station
  • Eifeld station
  • Enge im Simmental station
  • Erlenbach im Simmental station
  • Faulensee railway station
  • Ferenbalm-Gurbrü railway station
  • Frutigen railway station
  • Gammenthal station
  • Gampelen railway station
  • Gasel railway station
  • Gerlafingen railway station
  • Gettnau railway station
  • Goppenstein railway station
  • Grandval railway station
  • Grenchen Nord railway station
  • Griesbach station
  • Grosshöchstetten railway station
  • Grubenwald station
  • Grünenmatt railway station
  • Gutenburg railway station
  • Gänsbrunnen railway station
  • Gümmenen railway station
  • Hasle-Rüegsau railway station
  • Heimberg railway station
  • Hohtenn railway station
  • Huttwil Sportzentrum station
  • Huttwil railway station
  • Häusernmoos station
  • Hüswil railway station
  • Im Holz railway station
  • Ins railway station
  • Kandersteg railway station
  • Kaufdorf railway station
  • Kehrsatz Nord railway station
  • Kehrsatz railway station
  • Kirchberg-Alchenflüh railway station
  • Kleindietwil railway station
  • Köniz railway station
  • Lake Thun railway line
  • Lalden railway station
  • Langendorf railway station
  • Langenthal Süd railway station
  • Lanzenhäusern railway station
  • Lattigen bei Spiez railway station
  • Leissigen railway station
  • Liebefeld railway station
  • Lindenholz railway station
  • Lommiswil railway station
  • Lotzwil railway station
  • Lädeli railway station
  • Lötschberg Base Tunnel
  • Lötschberg Tunnel
  • Lötschberg railway line
  • Lützelflüh-Goldbach railway station
  • Madiswil railway station
  • Marin-Epagnier railway station
  • Menznau railway station
  • Mittelhäusern railway station
  • Moos railway station
  • Mussachen station
  • Mülenen railway station
  • Müntschemier railway station
  • Neumühle railway station
  • Niederscherli railway station
  • Oberburg railway station
  • Oberdiessbach railway station
  • Oberdorf SO railway station
  • Oberwil im Simmental station
  • Oey-Diemtigen station
  • RM Re 456
  • Ramsei railway station
  • Reichenbach im Kandertal railway station
  • Ringoldingen station
  • Rohrbach railway station
  • Rosshäusern railway station
  • Schafhausen im Emmental railway station
  • Schwarzenburg railway station
  • Schwarzwasserbrücke railway station
  • Schwäbis railway station
  • Seftigen railway station
  • St-Blaise-Lac railway station
  • Stalden i.E. railway station
  • Steffisburg railway station
  • Sumiswald-Grünen railway station
  • Thurnen railway station
  • Toffen railway station
  • Uetendorf Allmend railway station
  • Uetendorf railway station
  • Utzenstorf railway station
  • Wabern bei Bern railway station
  • Walkringen railway station
  • Weissenbach station
  • Weissenburg station
  • Wiler railway station
  • Willisau railway station
  • Wimmis station
  • Wolhusen Weid railway station
  • Zell railway station
  • Zihlbrücke railway station
  • Zollbrück railway station
  • Zweisimmen railway station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Since the merger, BLS has been the exclusive operator of the standard gauge part of the S-Bahn Bern. This includes open access services over Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and STB Sensetalbahn tracks. Since December 2007 BLS offers a new RegioExpress (RE) service over the old Lötschberg route while the SBB-operated InterCity (IC), and EuroCity (EC) trains use the new Lötschberg tunnel. As of the December 2024 timetable change, BLS operates the following services:

S-Bahn Bern

S1 Fribourg/Freiburg – Düdingen – Flamatt – Bern Europaplatz – Bern – Bern Wankdorf – Gümligen – Münsingen – Thun

S2 Laupen BE – Flamatt – Bern Europaplatz – Bern – Bern Wankdorf – Gümligen –Konolfingen – Langnau i.E.

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S21 Thun – Steffisburg – Konolfingen

S3 Biel/Bienne – Lyss – Zollikofen – Bern Wankdorf – Bern – Bern Europaplatz – Belp

S31 (Biel/Bienne – Lyss) – Münchenbuchsee – Zollikofen – Bern Wankdorf – Bern – Bern Europaplatz – Belp

S35 Kerzers – Lyss

S36 Lyss – Büren an der Aare

S4 Thun – Belp – Bern – Bern Wankdorf – Zollikofen – Burgdorf – Langnau i.E.

S41 Thun – Konolfingen – Hasle-Rüegsau – Burgdorf – Solothurn

S42 Thun – Konolfingen – Hasle-Rüegsau

S44 Thun – Belp – Bern – Bern Wankdorf – Burgdorf – Solothurn / Sumiswald-Grünen

S45 Ramsei – Sumiswald-Grünen

S5 Bern – Kerzers – Neuchâtel / Avenches

S51 Bern – Bern Stöckacker – Bern Brünnen Westside

S52 Bern – Bern Brünnen Westside – Kerzers – Murten/Morat (– Payerne) / (–Ins)

S6 Bern – Bern Europaplatz – Köniz – Schwarzenburg

S-Bahn Luzern

S6 Langnau i.E. – Wolhusen – Malters – Luzern

S7 Langenthal – Huttwil – Willisau – Wolhusen – Luzern (coupled with RE7 between Wolhusen and Luzern)

S77 Luzern – Malters – Wolhusen – Willisau

RegioExpress (RE)

RE1 Bern – Spiez – Kandersteg – Brig (– Domodossola)

RE2 Domodossola – Brig – Visp

RE7 Bern – Langnau i.E. – Luzern

RE8 Spiez – Zweisimmen

RE9 Spiez – Interlaken Ost

RE11 Biel/Bienne – Lyss – Spiez – Kandersteg – Brig

Regional trains (R)

R11 Spiez – Zweisimmen

R12 Spiez – Frutigen

InterRegio (IR)

Bern – Olten

Basel SBB – Delémont – Biel/Bienne

Bern – Biel/Bienne

Bern – Neuchâtel – La Chaux-de-Fonds

Car Shuttle Train (AV)

AV 1 Brig – Iselle di Trasquera

AV 2 Kandersteg – Iselle di Trasquera

AV 3 Kandersteg – Goppenstein

From Wikipedia’s article on BLS AG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • BLS Cargo 52%
  • Aefligen railway station
  • Affoltern-Weier railway station
  • Ausserberg railway station
  • Belp Steinbach railway station
  • Belp railway station
  • Bern Brünnen Westside railway station
  • Bern Bümpliz Nord railway station
  • Bern Europaplatz BLS station
  • Bern Riedbach railway station
  • Bern Stöckacker railway station
  • Bern Weissenbühl railway station
  • Biberist Ost railway station
  • Bigenthal railway station
  • Biglen railway station
  • Blausee-Mitholz station
  • Boltigen station
  • Brenzikofen railway station
  • Burgdorf Buchmatt railway station
  • Burgdorf Steinhof railway station
  • Burgholz station
  • Burgistein railway station
  • Corcelles BE railway station
  • Crémines railway station
All 129 also owns
  • Crémines-Zoo railway station
  • Därligen railway station
  • Därstetten station
  • Dürrenroth station
  • Eggerberg railway station
  • Eifeld station
  • Enge im Simmental station
  • Erlenbach im Simmental station
  • Faulensee railway station
  • Ferenbalm-Gurbrü railway station
  • Frutigen railway station
  • Gammenthal station
  • Gampelen railway station
  • Gasel railway station
  • Gerlafingen railway station
  • Gettnau railway station
  • Goppenstein railway station
  • Grandval railway station
  • Grenchen Nord railway station
  • Griesbach station
  • Grosshöchstetten railway station
  • Grubenwald station
  • Grünenmatt railway station
  • Gutenburg railway station
  • Gänsbrunnen railway station
  • Gümmenen railway station
  • Hasle-Rüegsau railway station
  • Heimberg railway station
  • Hohtenn railway station
  • Huttwil Sportzentrum station
  • Huttwil railway station
  • Häusernmoos station
  • Hüswil railway station
  • Im Holz railway station
  • Ins railway station
  • Kandersteg railway station
  • Kaufdorf railway station
  • Kehrsatz Nord railway station
  • Kehrsatz railway station
  • Kirchberg-Alchenflüh railway station
  • Kleindietwil railway station
  • Köniz railway station
  • Lake Thun railway line
  • Lalden railway station
  • Langendorf railway station
  • Langenthal Süd railway station
  • Lanzenhäusern railway station
  • Lattigen bei Spiez railway station
  • Leissigen railway station
  • Liebefeld railway station
  • Lindenholz railway station
  • Lommiswil railway station
  • Lotzwil railway station
  • Lädeli railway station
  • Lötschberg Base Tunnel
  • Lötschberg Tunnel
  • Lötschberg railway line
  • Lützelflüh-Goldbach railway station
  • Madiswil railway station
  • Marin-Epagnier railway station
  • Menznau railway station
  • Mittelhäusern railway station
  • Moos railway station
  • Mussachen station
  • Mülenen railway station
  • Müntschemier railway station
  • Neumühle railway station
  • Niederscherli railway station
  • Oberburg railway station
  • Oberdiessbach railway station
  • Oberdorf SO railway station
  • Oberwil im Simmental station
  • Oey-Diemtigen station
  • RM Re 456
  • Ramsei railway station
  • Reichenbach im Kandertal railway station
  • Ringoldingen station
  • Rohrbach railway station
  • Rosshäusern railway station
  • Schafhausen im Emmental railway station
  • Schwarzenburg railway station
  • Schwarzwasserbrücke railway station
  • Schwäbis railway station
  • Seftigen railway station
  • St-Blaise-Lac railway station
  • Stalden i.E. railway station
  • Steffisburg railway station
  • Sumiswald-Grünen railway station
  • Thurnen railway station
  • Toffen railway station
  • Uetendorf Allmend railway station
  • Uetendorf railway station
  • Utzenstorf railway station
  • Wabern bei Bern railway station
  • Walkringen railway station
  • Weissenbach station
  • Weissenburg station
  • Wiler railway station
  • Willisau railway station
  • Wimmis station
  • Wolhusen Weid railway station
  • Zell railway station
  • Zihlbrücke railway station
  • Zollbrück railway station
  • Zweisimmen railway station

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded BLS Lötschbergbahn1
  2. Succeeded Regionalverkehr Mittelland1

Timeline

  1. 2006Founded Founded in Bern1

Sources

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