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The Zurich Tram Museum was founded in 1967, and at first it used various borrowed locations to store and work on its exhibits. In 1989 it took over the tiny former Strassenbahn Zürich–Höngg [ de ] (StZH) tram depot at Wartau, which had been out of use as a tram depot since the 1923 acquisition of the StZH by the city, and opened its first ...
VBZ trams of line 2, here at the Farbhof stop, also use tracks of Limmattalbahn. The Limmattal light rail line (German: Limmattalbahn) is a metre gauge tram line in the Limmat Valley between Zürich Altstetten and Killwangen which started service in 2022. The line is 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) long and serves 27 stops.
Two membership associations, the Zurich Tram Museum and the Aktion Pro Sächsitram, also use VBZ tracks to operate occasional heritage tram services. [5] [7] The VBZ owns 313 tram vehicles, which between them cover over 16 million vehicle-kilometres per year. Of these, 88 are modern low-floor Bombardier Cobra trams delivered between 2001 and 2010.
Phase 1 saw Zürich city trams extended from Messe to Auzelg. Construction began in 2004 and this line was inaugurated in late 2006. It is operated as an extension of city route 11. [3] Phase 2 branched off from phase 1 and ran to Zurich Flughafen, Bahnhof via Opfikon and Glattbrugg. Construction began in 2006 and the line was opened in ...
The first Zurich trolleybus line was Bezirksgebäude to Bucheggplatz, [2] and is now part of line 32. Between its opening in 1946 and 1956, line C, latterly known as line 34, was isolated from the rest of the system. During that period, vehicle replacement on that line was carried out using a so-called Bügelwagen ("current collector") on tram ...
Date (From) Date (To) Route length Number of passengers Notes Strassenbahn Altdorf–Flüelen: Altdorf: Electric 25 Aug 1906 26 Mar 1951 [1] Trams in Basel Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe: Basel: Electric 6 May 1892 72.9 km [2] 60.39 million (2019) [2] [3] Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Some tracks are shared with Baselland Transport; Trams in ...
Stauffacher tram stop in 2015. Stauffacher is an important nodal station of the Zurich tram network.It is located in the Aussersihl district of the city of Zurich, Switzerland, next to the St. Jakob church.
Tram 2000: Be 8/8 1976-1986 Units comprising pairs of motor cars permanently coupled back-to-back with a drivers cab at each end of the unit, and doors on both sides. [11] [12] 51-58 Tram 2000: Be 4/4 1994 Motor cars, with a cab at one end and doors on both sides. [11] [13] 201-204 Tram 2000: Bt 1981-1982