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The Monte Generoso railway or Ferrovia Monte Generoso (MG) is a mountain railway line in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, in south-east Switzerland. The line runs from Capolago, on Lake Lugano, to a terminus near the summit of Monte Generoso. It is the highest railway in Ticino. The summit () offers extensive views over the Lombardy Plain, part of the Po Valley, and towards the Alps.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Monte Generoso )〕 Whilst the railway lies entirely within Switzerland, the summit station is only a few metres from the international border with the Italian region of Lombardy. The line is owned by the Migros group, better known for operating supermarkets throughout Switzerland.〔 The line is currently closed, whilst the railway station and restaurant complex at the summit is being rebuilt. It is expected to reopen in 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.montegeneroso.ch/en/13/homepage.aspx )〕 == History == In 1867, Doctor Carlo Posta built a hotel on Monte Generoso, near to the current location of the Bellavista station on the Monte Generoso railway. In 1886, a concession was granted to the ''Monte Generoso SA'' for the construction of a narrow gauge and cog railway to the summit. The line opened on the June 5, 1890, and was originally operated with steam locomotives. The following year, the Tramway Bellavista was opened to link the railway to Doctor Posta's hotel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 120 years of railway history on Monte Generoso )〕〔Wikipedia article ''(Ferrovia_Monte_Generoso_SA )'' (in German). Last updated 2005-02-02 at 14:11.〕 However the owning company encountered financial difficulties at various times during the first half of the 20th century. In the 1939, the then owners approached Gottlieb Duttweiler, the founder of the Migros group, for assistance, and in 1941 the railway became part of that group.〔〔 In 1954, two diesel locomotives (Hm2/3 1 and 2) were built on the frames of older steam locomotives, followed, in 1957, by two four-axle diesel railcars (Bhm2/4 3 and 4), which allowed a more economical operation. In 1968, two smaller two-axle railcars (Bhm1/2 5 and 6) were introduced. In 1982 the line was electrified and four twin-unit railcars (Bhe 4/8 11 to 14) were supplied by SLM in 1981-2.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Cog railway twin motor coaches )〕 One steam locomotive still exists, as does one of the original coaches, and two diesel locomotives. One of the Bhm1/2 diesel railcars is preserved in the Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari in Ranco on the Italian shore of Lake Maggiore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Steam locomotive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tractor D1 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tractor D7 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wagon V1 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monte Generoso railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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