The Western Switzerland–Simplon Railway (French: Compagnie de la Suisse Occidentale et du Simplon, SOS) was a former Swiss rail company, formed in 1881 and absorbed into the Jura–Simplon Railway in 1890.
History
The Western Switzerland-Simplon Railway was created on 28 June 1881 from the merger of the Western Swiss Railways (French: Chemins de Fer de la Suisse Occidentale, SO) and the Simplon Railway Company (French: Compagnie du chemin de fer du Simplon, S). In 1888 it absorbed the Jura–Bern–Luzern Railway. In 1890, the SOS merged with Pont–Vallorbe Railway to from the Jura–Simplon Railway (JS).
References
Western Switzerland–Simplon Company Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA