Lake Zurich right bank railway line
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Lake Zurich right bank railway |
Line length: |
31,90 |
Track gauge: |
1435 |
Voltage: |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
Maximum incline: |
17 % |
Zurich–Meilen–Rapperswil |
Legend
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Zurich–Olten line |
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1,9 |
Hardbrücke |
407 m ü. M. |
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Vorbahnhof Viadukt 823 m |
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Line to Wipkingen and Oerlikon |
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Limmatbrücke |
175 m |
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2,8 |
Letten |
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Hirschengrabenlinie Durchbindung 1990 |
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Vorbahnhoftunnel |
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Lettentunnel 2093 m |
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Sihlbrücke 67 m |
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0,3 |
Zurich HB (surface) |
408 m ü. M. |
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99,9 |
Zurich HB (underground) |
394 m ü. M. |
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Hirschengrabentunnel 2148 m |
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Lettentunnel 2093 m |
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Hirschengrabenlinie seit 1989 |
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5,7 |
Stadelhofen |
410 m ü. M. |
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Überdeckung Kreuzbühlstrasse |
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5,8 |
Zürichberg line to Stettbach |
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Riesbachtunnel 1493 m |
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7,9 |
Tiefenbrunnen |
408 m ü. M. |
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9,5 |
Zollikon |
415 m ü. M. |
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10,8 |
Küsnacht Goldbach |
417 m ü. M. |
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11,7 |
Küsnacht ZH |
415 m ü. M. |
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13,5 |
Erlenbach |
419 m ü. M. |
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Hitzbergtunnel 70 m (re) / Erlenbach 71 m (li) |
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14,6 |
Winkel am Zürichsee |
426 m ü. M. |
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Seehaldebrücke I 96 m (re) |
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Seehaldebrücke II 137 m (re) bzw. 37 m (li) |
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16,6 |
Herrliberg-Feldmeilen |
423 m ü. M. |
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19,4 |
Meilen |
420 m ü. M. |
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22,4 |
Uetikon |
414 m ü. M. |
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Langackerbrücke 64 m |
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23,6 |
Männedorf |
419 m ü. M. |
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Lattenbergtunnel 93 m |
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26,4 |
Stäfa |
414 m ü. M. |
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28,9 |
Uerikon |
426 m ü. M. |
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31,4 |
Feldbach |
426 m ü. M. |
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Feldbachbrücke 68 m |
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33,8 |
Kempraten |
412 m ü. M. |
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Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line |
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Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line |
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35,9 |
Rapperswil |
409 m ü. M. |
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Südostbahn to Pfäffikon SZ over the Seedamm |
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The Lake Zurich right bank railway line, or Rechtsufrige Zürichseebahn, is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Zurich. As its name suggests, it runs down the right, or east, bank of Lake Zurich, connecting Zurich to Rapperswil.
The line was opened in 1894, nineteen years after the complementary left bank railway. As built, it originally departed from the surface level of Zurich Hauptbahnhof station in a westerly direction, before performing a clockwise 270 degrees turn via a viaduct over the River Limmat and the Letten Tunnel to Stadelhofen station. Since 1990 the Letten Tunnel has been closed and replaced by the Hirschengraben Tunnel, which takes a direct easterly route under the River Limmat from new low level platforms at Hauptbahnhof.