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Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino

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Swiss local railway company

The Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino (Italian: Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi SA, known by its Italian initials FART) is a limited company in the Swiss southern canton of Ticino, which provides the urban and suburban bus network in and around Locarno in Switzerland. It also operates the cable cars between Verdasio and Rasa, Ticino, and between Intragna–Pila–Costa on behalf of the owning companies.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1909Founded1

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ABe 4-6 55 Camedo 07.02.09
Photo: NAC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino (Italian: Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi SA, known by its Italian initials FART) is a limited company in the Swiss southern canton of Ticino, which provides the urban and suburban bus network in and around Locarno in Switzerland. It also operates the cable cars between Verdasio and Rasa, Ticino, and between Intragna–Pila–Costa on behalf of the owning companies. Together with the Italian company Società Subalpina Imprese Ferroviarie (SSIF) they operate the railway between Locarno and Domodossola, known as the Centovallina in Switzerland and Vigezzina in Italy.2

Corporate structure

Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino Locarno
    • Borgnone-Cadanza train station Owned · Borgnone, Switzerland
    • Camedo railway station Owned · Centovalli, Switzerland
    • Cavigliano train station Owned · Terre di Pedemonte, Switzerland
    • Corcapolo train station Owned · Intragna, Switzerland
    • Intragna train station Owned · Intragna, Switzerland
    • Locarno railway station (FART) Owned · Muralto, Switzerland
    • Locarno Sant'Antonio train station Owned · Locarno, Switzerland
    • Palagnedra train station Owned · Borgnone, Switzerland
    • Ponte Brolla train station Owned · Locarno, Switzerland
    • San Martino train station Owned · Solduno, Switzerland
    • Solduno railway station Owned · Solduno, Switzerland
    • Tegna train station Owned · Terre di Pedemonte, Switzerland
    • Verdasio train station Owned · Intragna, Switzerland
    • Verscio train station Owned · Terre di Pedemonte, Switzerland

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino 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)

  • Borgnone-Cadanza train station
  • Camedo railway station
  • Cavigliano train station
  • Corcapolo train station
  • Intragna train station
  • Locarno Sant'Antonio train station
  • Locarno railway station (FART)
  • Palagnedra train station
  • Ponte Brolla train station
  • San Martino train station
  • Solduno railway station
  • Tegna train station
  • Verdasio train station
  • Verscio train station

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

The story

A formal request for the licensing of a rail network was made by the mayor of Locarno, Francesco Balli, in 1898, but although construction of the Centovalli Railway was begun in May 1913, the collapse of the financing bank later that year, together with the intervention of the First World War meant that construction was not resumed until August 1921, with the line being constructed from each end and meeting on 27 March 1923 and public service being inaugurated on 25 November 1923. On 12 November 1918 Italy and Switzerland had signed a contract about the construction of a narrow gauge railway, Locarno - Domodossola. This contract fixed the cross acceptance of Italian vehicles in Switzerland and vice versa without needing a second approval.

From Wikipedia’s article on Regional Bus and Rail Company of Ticino, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Borgnone-Cadanza train station
  • Camedo railway station
  • Cavigliano train station
  • Corcapolo train station
  • Intragna train station
  • Locarno Sant'Antonio train station
  • Locarno railway station (FART)
  • Palagnedra train station
  • Ponte Brolla train station
  • San Martino train station
  • Solduno railway station
  • Tegna train station
  • Verdasio train station
  • Verscio train station

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1909Founded Founded in Locarno1

Sources

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