Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line
The Glatthalbahn ( Gl- TB) is a former railway company of Switzerland. Your standard-gauge railway line Wallisellenstrasse -Uster in the canton of Zurich. The extremely short-lived company went nine months after the opening of its range on 1 May 1857 in the United Swiss Railways ( VSB) on.
The line was further developed under the VSB and connected in Rüti finally with the main network. With nationalization of the VSB the route moved to the property of the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB).
History
The industrialists in Uster had fought in the mid-19th century passionately for a railway line. On August 1, 1856 had come: Glatthalbahn opened the route Wallisellenstrasse - examination. However, there was no money for the continued construction of the route to the east. On September 4, 1856, the merger of the Glatt valley railway with the St. Gallo- Appenzell Railway and the South Eastern Railway to the United Swiss Railways ( VSB) was decided. This funding was secured and the continuing construction on 9 November 1857, the VSB was able to open the section to Wetzikon. On August 15, 1858 the section was taken by Ruti ZH and on 15 February 1859, the sequel about Rapperswil to Weesen in operation.
From 1884 to 1902 the Arlberg Express perverted from Zurich to Vienna via the Glatthalbahnstrecke. 1902, the VSB was nationalized and the SBB took over the business. October 2, 1932, the route is electrified.
On February 18, 1979, the Canton Zurich electorate approved a contribution of CHF 49.6 million for the double-track extension of Glatthalbahn. The expansion began in October 1980. On 31 July 1983, the first section of Wallisellenstrasse to Dübendorf could be put into operation. Since September 30, 1984, the entire route Wallisellenstrasse - type may be driven on two tracks. Drove In the spring of 1985 Dübendorf again the construction equipment in order to realize until the fall of 1989 to connect the Glatthalbahnstrecke to the new stretch of the Zurich S-Bahn. By the year 2005 there was a siding for the tankers to military Dübendorf airfield. After setting the jet operation at the airfield, the track was unnecessary and was removed in the forthcoming railway works.
On February 17, 2013 derailed to 1.20 clock in the morning a night train between Schwerzenbach and Uster. The cause of the accident is currently still unknown (as of February 1, 2014). No one was injured, but the tracks were on 300 meters destroyed.
In model consists of the time of the United Swiss Railways nor the oldest ring segment with Lokremise hub of Switzerland. The depot has been restored and now serves as a depot and locomotive workshop of the Steam Train Society Zürcher Oberland, which operates the heritage railway line Bauma Hinwil. On 9 September 2006, the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Glatthalbahn took place on the occasion of the celebration of the groundbreaking ceremony for restoration of the second building was made.
Route
The route of the former Glatthalbahn and continued to Rapperswil are now mapped as part of the schedule box 740.
The route was single track in the beginning, did not occur until the SBB in the 1980s, a partial expansion to double track:
- July 31, 1983 Wallisellenstrasse - Dübendorf
- September 25, 1983 Dübendorf - Schwerzenbach
- September 30, 1984 Schwerzenbach -Uster
- September 29, 1989 Grünfels -Rapperswil
This, and the stations were renewed.
With the construction of the S -Bahn Zurich a link to the Zurich mountain line was created. The branch is located between Wallisellenstrasse and Dübendorf and has been officially commissioned on 27 May 1990. While the branch on the new line on the Neugutviadukt done without crossing, it is on a normal Glatthalbahnstrecke Weichenverbindung that also crosses the opposite track.
Operation
The Glatttalstrecke is now traversed by the lines S 5, S 9, S 14 and S 15 of the Zurich S-Bahn. The SN5 of CRVO - night network operates from Zurich HB on Stadelhofen to Rapperswil.
The day lines run every half hour. The S 5 and S 15 that together form a quarter of an hour. The SN5 runs hourly between 01.00 und 04.00 clock clock.
S -Bahn Zurich
The Roadmap 2009, the section is traversed by the following lines of the S -Bahn Zurich:
- S 5 Niederweningen / Rafz - Upper Smooth - Zurich HB - Uster - Pfäffikon
- S 9 train - Affoltern am Albis - Zurich HB - Uster
- S 14 Zurich HB - Oerlikon - Uster - Wetzikon - Hinwil
- S 15 Affoltern am Albis - Zurich HB - Uster - Rapperswil
- SN5 Bülach - Oerlikon - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Dübendorf - Uster - Wetzikon - Rapperswil ( CRVO - night network)