Route
The BRB is 7.5 km long with a maximum gradient of 1 in 4 (25%) and includes 5 tunnels. It begins in Brienz at 566 m above sea level, opposite the station of the Swiss Federal Railways Brünigbahn. The Brünigbahn did not open here until 1916 so early travelers mainly arrived by boat.
The railway is single track with three passing loops. The first passing loop is at Geldried, 1019 m above sea level. The halfway passing loop of the line is Planalp station at 1341 m above sea level. The older steam locomotives stop to take water. The third passing loop is at Oberstafel, 1819 m above sea level.
The upper terminus of the line is Rothorn Kulm station at 2244 m, a little below the summit of the mountain.
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