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Rüti ZH Railway Station
Rüti ZH is a railway station in the municipality of Rüti in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The station is located on the Wallisellen to Rapperswil line just south-west of its junction with the Tösstalbahn from Winterthur via Wald. It is served by passenger trains of the Zurich S-Bahn. History The station opened in 1859, shortly after the opening of the Uster to Rapperswil portion of the Wallisellen to Rapperswil line in 1858. Although the line was originally promoted by an independent company, by the time Rüti station opened it was owned by the Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen (VSB) railway company. The line to Wald opened in 1876, making Rüti into a junction station. The line was independently owned but operated by the VSB. The VSB became part of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in 1902, at which point operation of the line to Wald was taken over by the Tösstalbahn (TTB) that already ran from Winterthur to Wald. Both the line to Wald and the TTB itself became part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S15 (ZVV)
The S15 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and St. Gallen. Route * The line runs from Niederweningen (abbreviated as "N'weningen" on the destination sign), in the north-west of the canton of Zürich, to Zurich Oerlikon and Zurich Hauptbahnhof before continuing via Zürich Stadelhofen and Uster to Rapperswil-Jona ( Canton of St. Gallen). It serves the following stations: * * * * * * * * * * * * Zürich Hauptbahnhof * Zürich Stadelhofen * Uster * Wetzikon * Bubikon * Rüti ZH * Jona * Rapperswil Rolling stock Most services were operated once with RABe 514 class (weekdays) and RABe 511 (weekends) trains, before the timetable change in late 2015. Some services are run by Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages. All services are operated by the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways Stations
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Railway Stations In The Canton Of Zürich
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer faciliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rorschach Heiden Bergbahn
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Rack Railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack and pinion, rack rail, usually between the running Track (rail transport)#Rail, rails. The trains are fitted with one or more gear, cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail. This allows the trains to operate on steep grades above 10%, which is the maximum for Adhesion railway, friction-based rail. Most rack railways are mountain railways, although a few are Rapid transit, transit railways or tramways built to overcome a steep Grade (slope), gradient in an Urban area, urban environment. The first cog railway was the Middleton Railway between Middleton, Leeds, Middleton and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, where the first commercially successful steam locomotive, ''Salamanca (locomotive), Salamanca'', ran in 1812. This used a rack and pinion system designed and patented in 1811 by John Blenkinsop. The first mountain cog railway was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jona River
The Jona is a river in the Swiss cantons of Zürich and St. Gallen. Geography The Jona rises on the eastern slope of Bachtel hill near Gibswil and Fischenthal in the Zürcher Oberland. Passing an impressive waterfall, the river flows near the municipality of Wald through a little valley eastward and changes its direction to the south by a ravine, which a viaduct of the '' Tösstalbahn'' ( S26) is crossing. The Jona turns to the west, dividing the municipalities Dürnten and Rüti, passing the village of Tann and Rüti in the so-called ''Tannertobel''. Once again, it changes its direction, flowing to the south (and slightly meandering) through Rüti and the so-called ''Joner Wald'' (forest of Rapperswil-Jona), followed by the S-Bahn Zürich lines S5 and S15. The river underneaths here ''Oberland Autobahn'' ( A53 highway), now reaching the canton of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, flowing nearly in straight direction through the village of Jona (SG). Finally, it forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zug), with a few lines extending into or crossing the territory of southern Germany. The network is one of many commuter rail operations in German speaking countries to be described as an S-Bahn. The entire ZVV S-Bahn network went into operation in May 1990, although many of the lines were already in operation. Unusual among rapid transit services, the Zürich S-Bahn provides first class commuter travel; about a quarter of seats on each train are first class. History Before the construction of the Zürich S-Bahn, most trains to Zürich terminated at Zürich Hauptbahnhof (literally ''Zürich Main Station''), apart from the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn lines which terminated at Zü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürcher Verkehrsverbund
The ZVV (German language, German abbreviation for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, translated into English language, English as Zürich Transport Network or Zürich Traffic Network) is a public transportation system. It combines Rail transport, rail, bus, tram, trolleybus, boat, lake boat, Aerial tramway, cable car and other services in the Switzerland, Swiss canton of Zürich (and including Rapperswil-Jona (SG), Pfäffikon SZ and spots outside of the canton) integrating them into a single fare network with coordinated timetables. Fares are based on the number of zones crossed during a specified time and are independent of the mode of transport or the number of connections. History The system was established in May 1990 as a unified fare system with a coordinated local train network. Local train lines were prefixed with the letter S (S-Bahn). S-Lines 1 through 43 (with some lines missing) and now form part of the Zürich S-Bahn, S-Bahn Network. A proof-of-payment fare system is in forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S26 (ZVV)
S26 may refer to: Aviation * Blériot-SPAD S.26, a French racing seaplane * Philippine Airlines Flight S26, which crashed in 1969 * Short S.26, a British flying boat transport * Sikorsky S-26, a Russian biplane bomber Rail and transit * S26 (Berlin), a line of the Berlin S-Bahn * Konbu Station, in Rankoshi, Isoya District, Hokkaido, Japan * Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway, a line of the St. Galen S-Bahn in Switzerland * Tösstal railway line, a line of the Zürich S-Bahn in Switzerland Roads * Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway, China * County Route S26 (California), United States * U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey, partially numbered S26 until 1953 Submarines * , of the Royal Navy * , of the Indian Navy * , of the United States Navy Other uses * 40S ribosomal protein S26 * British NVC community S26, a swamps and tall-herb fens community in the British National Vegetation Classification system * Djabwurrung language Djab Wurrung (Djabwurrung, Tjapwurrung, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland and neighbouring countries such as Germany, Italy, Austria, and France. The station was originally constructed as the terminus of the Spanisch Brötli Bahn, the first railway built completely within Switzerland. Serving up to 2,915 trains per day, Zürich HB is one of the busiest railway stations in the world. It was ranked as the second best European railway station in 2020. The station can be found at the northern end of the Altstadt, or ''old town'', in central Zürich, near the confluence of the rivers Limmat and Sihl. The station is on several levels, with platforms both at ground and below ground level, and tied together by underground passages and the ShopVille shopping mall. The Sihl passes through the station in a tunnel wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
