Lake ZĂŒrich left-bank railway line

Lake ZĂŒrich left-bank railway line
The line at Horgen, showing the proximity of Lake ZĂŒrich
Line length:61.31 kilometres (38.10 mi)
Track gauge:1435
Voltage:15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Electrification:Overhead line
Maximum incline: 1.7  %
ZĂŒrich–ZiegelbrĂŒcke–NĂ€fels
0.34 ZĂŒrich HB 408 m asl
Link from ZĂŒrich Altstetten
1.96 ZĂŒrich Aussersihl
Zimmerberg Base Tunnel9478 m (li) / 9419 m (re)
2.93 ZĂŒrich WiedikonReiterbahnhof 405 m asl
Wiedikon-Ulmberg tunnel848 m
SZU goods line to GiesshĂŒbel
3.41 Kollerwiese
3.93 ZĂŒrich Enge 409 m asl
Enge tunnel903 m
5.81 ZĂŒrich Wollishofen 409 m asl
8.86 Kilchberg 424 m asl
9.68 Nidelbad
Planned extension of the base tunnel to Zug
10.64 RĂŒschlikon 433 m asl
12.09 Thalwil
ZĂŒrich–Lucerne railway line to Zug
14.23 Oberrieden 424 m asl
16.77 Horgen 408 m asl
20.73 Au ZH 409 m asl
23.97 WĂ€denswil 408 m asl
WĂ€denswil–Einsiedeln railway line
27.46 Richterswil 408 m asl
28.73 Hafen
29.37 BĂ€ch SZ 411 m asl
31.71 Freienbach SBB 410 m asl
PfĂ€ffikon SZ–Arth-Goldau railway line
33.44 PfÀffikon SZ
PfĂ€ffikon SZ–Rapperswil railway line over the Seedamm
37.18 Altendorf 412 m asl
39.58 Lachen 416 m asl
A3 Lachen62 m
43.49 Siebnen-Wangen 433 m asl
46.57 SchĂŒbelbach-Buttikon 418 m asl
49.94 Reichenburg 420 m asl
54.23 Bilten 421 m asl
Lower Linth canal bridge62 m
Rapperswil–ZiegelbrĂŒcke railway line
57.14 ZiegelbrĂŒcke
ZiegelbrĂŒcke–Sargans railway line
old line until 1931
Upper Linth canal bridge53 m
58.91 Nieder-und-Oberurnen 427 m asl
Weesen
Linth canal
to Sargans
61.65 NĂ€fels-Mollis 437 m asl
Weesen–Linthal railway line

The Lake ZĂŒrich left bank railway line (German: Linksufrige ZĂŒrichseebahn), is a railway line in Switzerland. As its name suggests, it runs down the left, or west, bank of Lake ZĂŒrich, connecting ZĂŒrich to ZiegelbrĂŒcke and NĂ€fels.[1]

The left-bank railway opened in 1875 and forms part of the ZĂŒrich–Chur main line. It is 61.31 kilometres (38.10 mi) long, standard gauge, double track and electrified at 15 kV  16 2⁄3 Hz AC supplied by overhead line. Between ZĂŒrich and Thalwil, the line originally shared its tracks with the ZĂŒrich–Lucerne main line, although many through trains on this stretch now use the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel rather than the lakeside line.[1]

Geography

History

The line was opened in 1875. Prior to this, trains between ZĂŒrich and Chur travelled on the Wallisellen to Rapperswil via Uster line. The parallel line on the opposite bank of Lake ZĂŒrich did not open until 1894.

Between 1875 and 1925, the line followed a routing through ZĂŒrich north of Wollishofen that differed from the current alignment and was largely at street level, with many level crossings. The line passed through a single tunnel, the original Ulmberg rail tunnel, and crossed the Sihl river on a bridge. Between 1925 and 1927, this stretch of line was relocated westwards and to a lower level, largely in the new Ulmberg and Enge tunnels, and the current Wiedikon and Enge stations date from this period. The original Ulmberg rail tunnel is still in use for road traffic, forming the western bore of the Ulmberg road tunnel, but most of the rest of the former route has been obscured by subsequent building.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13, 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch with Siegfried Map First edition overlaid (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-05-13.



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