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The Zurich Tram Museum (German: Tram-Museum Zürich; TMZ) is a transport museum in the Swiss city of Zurich, specialising in the history of the Zurich tram system. The main museum site is located at the former tram depot, Tramdepot Burgwies. The museum also maintains a workshop at the much smaller former tram depot of Wartau. [1] [2] [3] The ...
Glattalbahn (Phase 2) near Glattbrugg, with Cobra tram in VBZ colours Cobra tram in VBG colours A typical Stadtbahn stop at Örlikerhaus A stretch of ballasted Stadtbahn track The Glattalbahn , originally known as the Stadtbahn Glattal , was a project that was ultimately successful in introducing a modern rapid-transit system to the Glattal ...
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
Trailer car, B 119 originally built 1930 for Lausanne Tramways, was preserved in the Zürich Tram Museum from 2007 until 2021. [17] In spring 2021 it was regauged for 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) Bosnian gauge and is used for heritage trains on the Agnita railway line in Romania .
The extension of Zürich tram line 2 is operated by the existing single-ended Zürich tram fleet, for which a turning loop has been provided at Schlieren. [3] [13] [14] The Federal Office of Transport granted authorization in 22 February 2020 for the construction of a depot for the line 20 at Müsli, between Dietikon and Spreitenbach. The depot ...
Bürkliplatz landing gate towards General-Guisan-Quai, Dampfschiff Stadt Rapperswil on occasion of one of its centennial roundtrips. The square is one of the nodal points of the Zurich tram system, with lines 2, 5, 8, 9 and 11 passing through it, as well as regional bus lines 161 and 165, on the boundary between Lindenhof and Enge quarters.