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Altenburg-Rheinau Station
Altenburg-Rheinau () was a railway station in the municipalities in Germany, municipality of Jestetten in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, serving the villages of Altenburg (Jestetten municipality) and Rheinau, Switzerland, Rheinau in the Swiss canton of canton of Zurich, Zurich. It was located between and on the Germany–Switzerland border, border crossing Eglisau–Neuhausen railway line, which is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The station, which opened in 1897, was last called at by the S22 (ZVV), S22 service of Zürich S-Bahn until it was closed in 2010 due to low passenger frequency, despite protests from the German authorities. References Railway stations in Baden-Württemberg Defunct railway stations in Germany Swiss Federal Railways stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1897 Railway stations in Germany closed in 2010 {{Germany-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglisau–Neuhausen Railway Line
The Eglisau–Neuhausen railway line is a cross-border railway line in Germany and Switzerland. It links Eglisau in the Swiss canton of Zurich with the Schaffhausen, city of Schaffhausen in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, crossing some of the German state of Baden-Württemberg in between. It thus crosses the Germany–Switzerland border twice. The line is long, standard gauge and electrified at supplied by overhead line. It is formed of a mixture of single and double track sections. History Schaffhausen was first connected to the Swiss railway system in 1857 with the opening of the Rheinfall Railway. Whilst this line was entirely on Swiss soil, and provided a direct link to the Winterthur, city of Winterthur, it only provided a rather indirect route to the rest of Switzerland and the Gotthard Railway. The Swiss Northeastern Railway therefore constructed the Eglisau to Neuhausen line, which opened in 1897. The construction of the line involved the building of several civil en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
