Rail Links To Adjacent Countries
- Same gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
- Austria — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
- France — voltage change 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC / 25 kV, 50 Hz AC or 1,500 V DC
- Germany — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
- Italy — voltage change 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC / 3 kV DC
- Liechtenstein — same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC
- Same gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in)
- Italy (Bernina Railway), break-of-gauge and voltage change at Tirano
Although both Austria and Germany use the same voltage as Switzerland, only specially adapted trains are able to run to and from those two countries, because narrower pantographs are used in Switzerland.
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