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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Passengers were required to change at Leonhardsplatz for the separate city tramway system until 1931, when the ZOS was taken over by the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich, who operated the city's trams. [4] [5] Today, the Zurich tram lines 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 15, and VBZ trolleybus lines 31 and 46 provide public transportation. The Polybahn also ...
North of Paradeplatz, the street carries tram routes 6, 7, 11, 13 and 17; South of Paradeplatz, it carries lines 2, 8, 9 and 11; There are several tram stops along Bahnhofstrasse, named Bahnhofstrasse/HB (near main station), Rennweg, Paradeplatz, Kantonalbank and Bürkliplatz. Nodal stations are at Bürkliplatz, Paradeplatz and at Main Station.
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.