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Heitersberg Tunnel
The Heitersberg railway line (''Heitersbergstrecke'') is a Swiss railway line between the stations of Killwangen-Spreitenbach and Aarau on the east-west main line between Zürich and Bern. The main structure of the line is the 4,929 metre-long Heitersberg Tunnel, which has its west portal near Mellingen and its east portal near Killwangen. The line was built in the 1970s as part of the planned '' New Main Transversal'' (''Neue Haupttransversale'', NHT) project. It was opened on 1 June 1975 and handed over for scheduled operations on 22 May 1975. Route The Heitersberg route branches off from the Zürich– Baden–Aarau–Olten–Bern main line after Killwangen and runs through an almost five kilometre-long tunnel to Heitersberg (west portal at , east portal at ), connecting in Mellingen with the line from Wettingen built by the Swiss National Railway (''Schweizerische Nationalbahn'') and in Othmarsingen with the Brugg–Hendschiken railway line from Brugg AG to Rotkreuz. Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killwangen-Spreitenbach Railway Station
Killwangen-Spreitenbach is a railway station in the municipality of Killwangen in the Swiss canton of Aargau. As the name suggests, the station also serves the adjacent municipality of Spreitenbach. The station is located on the Zurich to Olten main line, just east of the point where the newer route via the Heitersberg Tunnel diverges from the original line via Baden. The station is served by services S11 and S12 of the Zurich S-Bahn. In 2022, the station is planned to become the western terminus of the Limmattal light rail line from Zürich Altstetten station, providing a more local service along the Limmat Valley The Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal'') is a river valley and a region in the cantons of Zürich and Aargau in Switzerland. Geography The Limmat () is a long river located in the cantons of Zürich (ZH) and Aargau (AG). It is the c .... References External links Railway stations in the canton of Aargau Swiss Federal Railways station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohr AG
Until the first of January 2010 Rohr was a municipality in the district of Aarau in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. At the beginning of 2010 Rohr became a suburb of Aarau.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 History Rohr is first mentioned in 1027 as ''Rore''.Geography Rohr has an area, , of . Of this area, 31.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 39.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 22.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.4%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Aarau district, and since 1 January 2010 has been part of the municipali ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendschiken
Hendschiken is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Hendschiken is first mentioned in 1160 as ''Hentschikon''. During the Middle Ages, the major landowners in Hendschiken included Muri Abbey, Säckingen Abbey and St. Urban Abbey as well as the Counts of Lenzburg and Habsburg. In the 14th century most of the land went to the Habsburg owned Königsfelden Abbey. The right to administer low justice was acquired between 1264-1273 by the Lords of Hallwyl, who held it until 1798. In 1415 the village came under the control of Bern and became part of the Lenzburg district (german: Oberamt Lenzburg). After it became a village in the 15th century, the farmers were allowed to freely choose their '' Twingherren'' from among any member of the Hallwyl family. With the Act of Mediation in 1803, Hendschiken joined the newly created Canton of Aargau and became part of the Lenzburg district. Initially it belonged to the Staufberg par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotkreuz Railway Station
Rotkreuz railway station (german: Bahnhof Rotkreuz) is a railway station in the municipality of Risch-Rotkreuz, in the Swiss canton of Zug. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Rupperswil–Immensee and Zug–Lucerne lines of Swiss Federal Railways. Services The following services stop at Rotkreuz: * InterRegio: hourly service between and . * Lucerne S-Bahn The Lucerne S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Luzern) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network focusing on Lucerne, Switzerland. Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (german: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz, link ... / Zug Stadtbahn : service every half-hour to and every fifteen minutes to . * Aargau S-Bahn: half-hourly service to , with every other train continuing to . References External links * * {{SBB web, 2202, rotkreuz Railway stations in the canton of Zug Swiss Federal Railways stations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brugg AG Railway Station
Brugg AG railway station (german: Bahnhof Brugg AG) serves the municipality of Brugg, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways. The station forms the junction between the Baden–Aarau railway, part of the original line between Zurich and Olten, the Bözberg railway line (german: Bözbergstrecke, links=no), which links Basel SBB with Brugg, and the Brugg–Hendschiken line, which links Brugg with Rotkreuz. Location Brugg railway station is situated at the intersection between the Aarauerstrasse and the Bahnhofstrasse, at the south eastern edge of the town centre. Services The following services stop at Brugg AG: * InterRegio: half-hourly service to and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, hourly service to and . * RegioExpress: hourly service between and . * Zürich S-Bahn : half-hourly service to ; trains continue from Winterthur to or . * Aargau S-Bahn: ** : hourly service between and . ** : hourly service to . ** : ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmarsingen
Othmarsingen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Mesolithic siliceous rock objects and tools and Hallstatt era graves indicate that the Othmarsingen area was prehistorically occupied. Othmarsingen is first mentioned around 1184-90 as ''Otewizzingin''. The modern municipality was formed from the village of Othmarsingen, part of the settlement along the north-west road and the village of Hüttwilen (which was last mentioned as an independent village in 1504). In the Middle Ages the high court right was held by the Habsburgs, and after 1415 it was held by Bern. The lower court right belonged to various aristocratic families until 1484 when it went to Bern. The court that constituted Othmarsingen also included, Ammerswil, Dintikon and Brunegg in 1539 and was under a bailiff. During the Peasants War of 1653 Othmarsingen was heavily damaged. The village laws date from 1680 and 1734. In 1594 a teacher was active in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss National Railway
The Swiss National Railway (German: ''Schweizerische Nationalbahn'', SNB) was a railway company in Switzerland. The Swiss National Railway was created in 1875 from the merger of the two companies, the ''Winterthur–Zofingen Railway'' and the ''Zofingen–Singen–Kreuzlingen Railway''. The Winterthur Democratic Party promoted a railway funded by some communities and cantons to build a railway from Lake Constance to Lake Geneva to compete with the Swiss Northeastern Railway (German: ''Schweizerische Nordostbahn'', NOB). This new line across of the Swiss plateau would have bypassed the major economic centres and run through relatively sparsely populated areas. Unfortunately for the SNB, the established railways managed to gain the right to a new railway line concession in order to prevent it from connecting to Zürich as it had planned. In 1878 financial problems forced the SNB's liquidation, and the NOB took over its bankrupt estate for 12.4% of the face value of its shares. The cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heitersberg
Heitersberg Pass aka "The Dabiah Passage" (el. 657 m.) is a mountain pass in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. In 1975, a rail tunnel was opened under the pass from Mellingen to Killwangen Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal insti .... Mountain passes of Switzerland Mountain passes of Aargau {{Aargau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail 2000
Rail 2000 (German language, German: ''Bahn 2000''; French language, French: ''Rail 2000'', Italian language, Italian: ''Ferrovia 2000'') is a large-scale project of the Swiss Federal Railways (SFR) established in 1987 to improve the quality of the Rail transport in Switzerland, Swiss rail network for the New millennium. It includes measures to accelerate a number of existing connections and the modernisation of rolling stock. The government of Switzerland, federal government decision to support the project in 1986 was approved by a referendum in 1987. In 2004 the first phase was completed consisting of around 130 projects with a budget of around Swiss franc, CHF 5.9 billion. History Background After years of heavy investment in roads in the postwar years, the share of rail in the total passenger market in Switzerland had been significantly reduced by the end of the 1960s. At this time SFR decided that changes were necessary to increase rail patronage. More trains were operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killwangen
Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel .... History The town was first known as ''Chullewangen'' as early as 1227. The name is alemannish in origin. For nearly 600 years, Killwangen was dependent on the monastery in nearby Wettingen. In 1798, Napoleon's troops came through Switzerland and the Helvetic Republic was born. Killwangen was part of the Canton of Baden which enjoyed a short history as a separate Canton, being absorbed by the new Canton of Aargau in 1803. On 7 August 1847, the first railway line in Switzerland opened between Baden and Zurich. On 1 February 1848, the town received its own railways station on the pioneer line. Geography Killwangen has an area, , of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellingen AG
Mellingen is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The town is located on the Reuss. History Mellingen is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Mellingen'' though this comes from a 16th-century copy of the original. Around 1217–39 it was mentioned as ''Menelingen''. Geography Mellingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 36.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 26.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.8%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes). The municipality is located in the Baden district. The compact, walled medieval city center straddles the river Reuss. The old city is surrounded by a number of newer settlements. It has grown into a center of the small ''Unteres Reusstal'' region. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''"Or a Lion rampant Gules and in chief of the last a Bar uletArgent."'' Demographics Mellingen has a population ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website = www.bern.ch Bern () or Berne; in other Swiss languages, gsw, Bärn ; frp, Bèrna ; it, Berna ; rm, Berna is the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city" (in german: Bundesstadt, link=no, french: ville fédérale, link=no, it, città federale, link=no, and rm, citad federala, link=no). According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has governmental institutions such as the Federal Assembly and Federal Council. However, the Federal Supreme Court is in Lausanne, the Federal Criminal Court is in Bellinzona and the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Patent Court are in St. Gallen, exemplifying the federal nature of the Confederation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
