Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line

Glatthalbahn
Track gauge: 1435
Voltage: 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Maximum incline: 17  %
Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil
Legend
 SBB Zürich–Winterthur line from Zürich HB via Oerlikon
93,2 Wallisellen
92,8 SBB Zürich–Winterthur line to Winterthur
Glatttal Viaduct of the Zürichberg line
91,7 SBB from Zürich HB via Stettbach
90,4 Dübendorf
90,5 to Militärflugplatz Dübendorf (until 2005)
87,1 Schwerzenbach
84,5 Nänikon-Greifensee
81,3 Uster
77,1 Aathal
Aathal 265 m
74,5 SBB Effretikon–Hinwil line from Effretikon
74,5 Wetzikon
74,5 SBB Effretikon–Hinwil line to Hinwil
68,6 Bubikon
68,6 Former UeBB from Hinwil
68,6 Siding to Wolfhausen (former UeBB)
66,4 SBB Tösstalbahn from Winterthur
65,9 Rüti ZH
Täusi 157 m
60,9 Jona
59,4 Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line from Ziegelbrücke
59,4 SBB Lake Zurich right bank line from Zürich HB via Meilen
59,3 Rapperswil
Südostbahn to Pfäffikon SZ over the Seedamm

The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is also known as the Glatthalbahn, Glatttalbahn or Glattalbahn, although the latter name is now more commonly used to refer to the Stadtbahn Glattal, a nearby light rail system.

The original section of the railway line from Wallisellen to Uster was opened in 1856 by the Glatttalbahn company. That company was taken over by the Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen (VSB) one year later in 1857, and that company extended the line to Rapperswil. The VSB was in turn taken over by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1902. The original roundhouse at Uster railway station is preserved.

The name Glattalbahn is German for Glattal railway, or Glatt valley railway. The river Glatt is a tributary of the river Rhine flowing from Greifensee lake to Glattfelden in Switzerland.

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Operation

Today the line carries trains of the Zurich S-Bahn and freight traffic.

S-Bahn

Whilst no single S-Bahn line traverses the full length of the line from Wallisellen to Rapperswil, no fewer than six lines traverse some part of the line, providing a high frequency of service to many stations.[1]

The following lines operate:[1]

S 3 ( – Zurich HB – Stadelhofen – Effretikon ) – Wetzikon

S 5 ( – Zurich HB – Stadelhofen ) – Uster – Rapperswil – ( Pfäffikon SZ )

S 9 ( – Zurich HB – Stadelhofen ) – Dübendorf – Uster

S 14 ( – Zurich HB – Oerlikon ) – Wallisellen – Wetzikon – ( Hinwil )

S 15 ( – Zurich HB – Stadelhofen ) – Uster – Rapperswil

S 26 ( Winterthur HB – Bauma ) – Rüti ZH

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats". ZVV. http://www.zvv.ch/export/sites/default/common-images/content-image-gallery/linien-zonen-pdfs/Liniennetzplan_ganzer_Verbund_2010.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-02. 

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