The Zug Stadtbahn (german: Stadtbahn Zug) is an
S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban-suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble c ...
-style
commuter rail
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network centred on
Zug
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo rm, Zug New Latin: ''Tugium'')named in the 16th century is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug in Switzerland. Its name originates from the fishing vocabulary ...
, Switzerland.
Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, links=no), which also includes the
Lucerne S-Bahn
The Lucerne S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Luzern) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne, Switzerland.
Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, link ...
(german: S-Bahn Luzern, links=no).
Lines
, the network consisted of the following lines:
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Baar–
Zug
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo rm, Zug New Latin: ''Tugium'')named in the 16th century is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug in Switzerland. Its name originates from the fishing vocabulary ...
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Cham
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Rotkreuz
Risch is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zug (canton), Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the muni ...
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Luzern
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital ...
) (also of the
Lucerne S-Bahn
The Lucerne S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Luzern) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne, Switzerland.
Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, link ...
)
*
Baar Lindenpark–
Zug
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo rm, Zug New Latin: ''Tugium'')named in the 16th century is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug in Switzerland. Its name originates from the fishing vocabulary ...
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Walchwil
Walchwil is a village and a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
History
Walchwil is first mentioned in 1283 as ''Walchwile''.
Geography
Walchwil has an area, , of . Of this area, 41.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while ...
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Arth-Goldau
Arth-Goldau railway station (german: Bahnhof Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth. The station is located in the centre of the village of Goldau, which forms part of Arth.
The station is an im ...
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Erstfeld
Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
History
In 1962 a collection of four gold torques and three gold arm rings were discovered near Erstfeld. While the exact origin date is unknown, they are likely from the 4th centu ...
)
Reconstruction of the
railway line
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on the east side of
Lake Zug
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Lake Zug (german: Zugersee) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lake Lucerne and Lake Zurich. It stretches for 14 km between Arth and the Cham- Zug bay. The Lorze as the main feeder river empties its waters into the ...
led to the suspension of the S2 between and beginning on June 9, 2019. S2 services from will operate to .
S2 service was suspended altogether on 9 April 2020.
Rolling stock
The trains acquired by the SBB-CFF-FFS to operate the S1 services on the Zug Stadtbahn are
SBB-CFF-FFS RABe 523 class
electric multiple units.
[ However, when the S1 was opened in 2004, there were not enough of these trains available to provide a full service, so they were supplemented by a ' (New Commuter Train) (NPZ), consisting of an ]SBB-CFF-FFS RBDe 560
The RBDe 560 (in the old naming style, the RBDe 4/4) and its derivatives provide motive power for S-Bahn, suburban, and regional traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) network. The derivative versions belong to the SBB as well as various pr ...
hauling a B (second class car) owned by Thurbo as a ' (intermediate car) and an NPZ Bt as a ' (control car/cab car/driving trailer).
Additionally, Basel Regional S-Bahn ,french: RER trinational de Bâle
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trains were used to operate some services in 2008.
Since December 2008, all Zug Stadtbahn services have been operated by a fleet of twelve RABe 523s.[
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See also
* Transport in Zug
References
External links
SBB-CFF-FFS
– official site
{{Urban public transport in Switzerland
S-Bahn in Switzerland
Stadtbahn
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