Glarner Sprinter
GlarnerSprinter is the name given to the regional express trains (RE ) of the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB), which connect the Glarus region, with Zurich. Trains run Monday through Friday between the Glarus Schwanden and the Zurich main station and on weekends between Linthal and Zurich.
The travel time of trains on weekdays between Zurich and Schwanden is 61 minutes at the service of ten holding, at the weekend with the extension to Linthal 82 minutes at 13 holding.
History
Since closure of the old VSB route Weesen - Naefels in 1918, the regional trains operated on the left bank Seebahn to brick bridge held up by Naefels. This was no more direct connection from the Glarus to Zurich.
The implementation of the " Glarus Dream " is a direct train to Zurich was taken from the Glarus government, the " Commuter Club " and the SBB as one of the individual projects of the concept train attack in 2000 and relocated to the new timetable as at 12 December 2004. The Zugslage is largely dictated by the route gap that exists by the two EC- hourly connections to Vienna. One reason for the introduction in 2004 was the absence of Umsteigehalts the IC / EC trains in brick bridge, whereby the hourly connection was lost. Because shifted the EC trains at the timetable change on 12 December 2009, at an hour to the peak hours of the Glarus Sprinters have moved.
It provided an hourly service, which had to be but dropped again due to financial problems of the Canton of Glarus and technical problems on the part of the SBB.
The " GlarnerSprinter " serves mainly Wegpendlern who drive from the Canton of Glarus in the greater Zurich area. Conversely, the Canton of Glarus hoped for a revival of weekend tourism in snow sports enthusiasts, hikers and climbers from the Zurich region, which is a direct train to the Glarus Grosstal available.
As the only RegioExpress in Switzerland was the " GlarnerSprinter " morning and evening served by a " Railbar » ( minibar). This service has been abandoned for lack of demand in 2006.
As part of the fourth part of the supplement S -Bahn Zurich the long-awaited hour is to be implemented and at the same time to keep the GlarnerSprinter new in Wädenswil and laughter. At the same time GlarnerSprinter is the S25 S-Bahn Zurich and is integrally operated with DPZ double-deck trains.
Rolling stock
As rolling stock for these trains served two five -piece NPZ compositions SBB consisting of the two RBDe 560 120 ( " Netstal ") and 560 123 ( « Braunwald » ) which plied with three modernized unit car I as an intermediate car and a NPZ control car. The two compositions for the " GlarnerSprinter " were provided with stickers and thus differed externally from the other NPC.
As GlarnerSprinter been running since June 2009 two modernized " NPZ Domino " with four new low-floor vehicles. The meeting originally scheduled on the timetable change in December 2008 changeover was delayed due to delivery delay at the Inova intermediate cars from Bombardier and a lag in the modernization of the NPZ railcars and NPZ control car. The first class is started up in the At- control car and the two AB- intermediate cars.
The two " NPZ Domino » ( NPZ DO GLS ) can be broken down as permanently formed six-part compositions from the following vehicles:
- RBDe 94 85 7 560 201-202 ( NPZ railcars )
- AB 50 85 39-43 001-004 ( Inova intermediate cars with WC)
- B 50 85 20-43 001-004 ( Inova intermediate cars without WC)
Traffic
The train runs every two hours during the day. The train stops at every station in the Canton of Glarus, but runs between Pfäffikon / SZ and Zurich HB through without stopping. The GlarnerSprinter holds in Zurich HB, Pfäffikon, laughter, Siebnen -Wangen, brick bridge, Lower and Upper urns, Naefels - Mollis, Netstal, Glarus, Ennenda, Mitlödi, Schwanden, Linthal Braunwaldbahn (weekends only ), Linthal (only on weekend).