Swiss National Railway

This new line across of the Swiss plateau would have bypassed the major economic centres and run through relatively sparsely populated areas.

In 1878 financial problems forced the SNB's liquidation, and the NOB took over its bankrupt estate for 12.4% of the face value of its shares.

The cities of Winterthur, Baden, Lenzburg, Zofingen did not finish paying off the debts that they had incurred from investing in the SNB until the 20th century.

[1] In 1877, the SNB built a railway through the Furttal (valley) linking Baden and northern Zürich.

The Zofingen–Lenzburg line is generally known in vernacular Swiss as the "Nazeli", derived from the Nationalbahn.