Lake Zurich right-bank railway line
As a right-bank Zürichseebahn 1894 opened railway line on the right bank of Lake Zurich is called, leading from Zurich to Rapperswil on for miles.
History
Project
Early on there were plans to open up the Gold Coast by public transport. In 1862, the idea for an American tram appeared, a Rösslitram that should go on the lake road from Zurich to Rapperswil.
However the desire to connect the Northeast station with the lake and to open the connection through a standard gauge railway line was overpowering. The Zurich cantonal engineer and railway pioneer Kaspar Wetli was commissioned to realize such a path. To adjust the line tour through the urban area several ideas emerged as to build a railway through the current Bahnhofstrasse or from Zurich Enge ago by a bridge and across the quay by deep wells. The urban planners, however, preferred a Riesbachstrasse tunnel of deep wells until after Stadelhofen and it then a Zurich mountain tunnel at that slaughterhouse, from where the trains could reach by means of a hairpin the Northeast Station.
Construction
On April 30, 1871, the Company constituted the creation of a right bank Zürichseebahn. First, the company Cakes & Napier was transferred to the railway construction, but the company was not able to carry out the work and provided only the sleepers. So took over the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB ) to build the track and in 1873, the start of construction. But soon the NOB was prevented by a financial crisis in the ongoing construction and during ten years were all construction work of this society set. When the NOB was financially strengthened somewhat, demanded the decision of the Federal Council of 23 June 1887 that all exposed construction work had to be resumed.
As of spring 1889, continued to be built at the track again. After the forced break this Bauunterbruch made but disadvantageous, especially in urban areas, where a homeowner successfully defended itself in federal court against the under-crossing his basement by the Zurich mountain tunnel. Also houses had been built near the main railway station on the railway line to be undertaken earlier. So the train farmers had no other choice than to build a new Latvians tunnel from Stadelhofen by Latvians and introduce the track in the Central Station from there by means of a loop. The 88.8 meter already broken Zurich mountain tunnel at Stadelhofen it was used to the realization of the S -Bahn in the late 1980s as an ideal storage location of a wine company.
But even in the countryside some things had changed, fought one in the municipality Küsnacht whether the station above ( village side) or are below ( seaward ) of the track beds to ( finally below ) and to the location of the station in the community Herrliberg. There, the proposed railway station about 350 meters outside the municipal boundary in field Miles was provided, but also the intervention of the Federal Council did nothing and went unheeded.
Opening
On March 12, 1894, the 30.3 km long stretch of Stadelhofen was taken officially to Rapperswil and inaugurated two days later. On the opening day, March 14, drove a pageant crowned with two locomotives and 14 cars at 12:20 clock Stadelhofen from the lake to Rapperswil. On the way the train was warmly welcome everywhere and there were longer hold on. In Herrliberg was stirring a resentment because the local train station, which still exists today, station Herrliberg field miles, had been created in the village district of miles. Already in the morning black flags and flags were hung, and in sub - Gruet welcomed two masks ( Bööggen ) the special train. On the return trip of special train this Bööggen were doused with petrol. As the train passed by, burning Torfstücke were thrown on the railway carriage and stones were even a few slices to break. There was a loss of CHF 7. This incident is later called Herrliberger railway riot and eight Herrliberger were put on remand, of which three were sentenced to two months in prison.
On the following day, March 15, 1894, the scheduled time of operation could be taken up by Stadelhofen to Rapperswil. The direction served eight trains stations and put the distance back in 67 to 75 minutes. It was only a little over six months later, the continuous operation of Rapperswil to Zurich main station by the Latvians tunnel and passed it on a viaduct parallel to the original route Zurich -Winterthur operation on 1 October 1894. In 1901, the NOB went over (SBB ) to the Swiss Federal Railways.
Extension
From 15 May 1926, after the addition of the route with a catenary, the trains could be performed electrically and also the stop Goldbach was put into operation. Ongoing minor adjustments and extensions have been made. So instead Küsnacht received various level crossings a central underpass and were introduced commuter trains, which are also called Pullman workers because of their blue and white paint.
1943 came the idea for a so-called station Leonhardsplatz on ( former name of present-day Central). By means of an access tunnel and a new lift to the ETH should the route be better connected to the city of Zurich in Latvians tunnel between Stadelhofen and Latvians. At peak times the trains should be able to be turned in Latvians to relieve the main train station. During construction of the new S -Bahn connection from Stadelhofen to Zurich main station, this should come this week as University Station again.
1967 two double-track islands were on the track built between Erlenbach and Herrliberg field miles or Stafa and Uerikon and a year later between Küsnacht and Erlenbach. With these islands the introduction of a continuous half-hourly timetable was possible. With multiple units RABDe 12/12 and the short-lived prototype trainsets RABDe 8/16 you realized the first S -Bahn operating Switzerland. So-called view cars at the top or at the end of the trains were provided only for the travelers with a view to tickets that have been tested by random checks on their validity.
In 1976, the self-control of tickets was introduced by travelers around the track and the trains ran without accompaniment. The kondukteurlose Regional traffic was still uncommon in the SBB. On May 27, 1979, the station was opened Kempraten field between Bach and Rapperswil Jona SG in the community.
Accidents
On January 18, 1971 collided in the station Herrliberg field two miles down the Gold Coast Xpress trains RABDe 12/12 1109 and 1119 due to a defective switch and errors of station officials together. During an accident died six persons, 17 were wounded ..
On March 25, 1971, the RABDe met with 12/12 1113 and 1117 together with the exit in Uerikon because one of the drivers ran a closed exit signal. The collision demanded 16 injured.
S -Bahn Zurich
The infrastructure of new buildings for the S -Bahn Zurich included the new double track railway bridge hardware - Hauptbahnhof- Stadelhofen, the so-called Hirsch grave line, which made the previous lines about the Latvians station superfluous. Its centerpiece, the deer grave tunnel was taken on May 28, 1989 for the time being in operation, replacing the previous day disused Letten line ( Stadelhofen - boots - main station ), bringing the discussion back to the 19th century direct connection between Stadelhofen and the main railway station was realized.
The complete opening of the deer grave line, the train station Stadelhofen, the Zurich mountain line ( Stadelhofen Stettbach ) and in the profile extended Riesbachstrasse tunnel ( Stadelhofen - deep wells ) was held on 27 May 1990, at the heart of the Zurich S-Bahn. Regional trains on the right bank Seebahn were thus bound to by radially extending through the passageway Museum Station Street tram lines.
The SBB intended Latvians line for possible future use in their possession to keep, but were suspended after in 1992 had spread to the disused railway property, the drug scene harsh criticism. After police cleared the tracks were removed in 1995. The lack of maintenance is now in danger of collapsing in places, Latvians tunnel was filled between October 2002 and the spring of 2004, after completion of the work to replace the rest of the railway line between the former railway station and the industrial district by bicycle and on foot.
The Roadmap 2008, the right bank Zürichseebahn is traversed by three S -Bahn lines:
- S 6 (Baden AG - ) Otelfingen - Rain Village - Zurich HB - Uetikon
- S 7 Winterthur HB - Kloten - Zurich HB - Miles - Rapperswil
- S 16 ( Thayngen - Winterthur HB - ) Zurich Airport - Zurich HB - Herrliberg field miles ( - Miles)
- SN7 Bassersdorf - Oerlikon - Zurich HB - Stadelhofen - Stafa ( CRVO - night network)
Swell
- Werner Neuhaus: From the annals of the right bank. Th Good Co. Verlag, Stafa 1983, ISBN 3-85717-018-2
- Hans G. Wägli: Rail Network Switzerland. General SBB, Bern 1980