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Lake Zürich Left-bank Railway Line
The Lake Zurich left bank railway line (), is a railway line in Switzerland. It serves the left (or west) bank of Lake Zurich, connecting Zurich to Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. The left-bank railway opened in 1875 and forms part of the Zurich–Chur railway line, Zurich–Chur main line. It is long, standard gauge, double track and electrified at supplied by overhead line. Between Zurich and Thalwil, the line originally shared its tracks with the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway, Zurich–Lucerne main line, although many through trains on this stretch now use the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel rather than the lakeside line. Geography History The line was opened by the Swiss Northeastern Railway in 1875. Prior to this, trains between Zurich and Chur travelled on the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line, Wallisellen to Rapperswil via Uster line. The Lake Zürich right-bank railway line, parallel line on the opposite bank of Lake Zürich did not open until 1894. Between 1875 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification using at are used on transport railways in Rail transport in Germany, Germany, Rail transport in Austria, Austria, Rail transport in Switzerland, Switzerland, Rail transport in Sweden, Sweden, and Rail transport in Norway, Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Globally, railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use 25 kV AC railway electrification, AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications. Nevertheless, local extensions of the existing network is commonplace. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
