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Oerlikon–Bülach Railway Line
The Oerlikon–Bülach railway is a standard-gauge railway line to the north of Zürich, Switzerland. It was built by the Bülach-Regensberg Railway (, BR). It is also called the Y-shaped railway () in German or the "potato railway" () in Swiss German because its main freight traffic was potatoes. It was taken over by the Swiss Northeastern Railway on 1 January 1877. On 1 May 1865, the BR opened its approximately 16 km-long Oerlikon–Oberglatt–Bülach main line and its just over 4 km-long Oberglatt–Dielsdorf branch line, which later became part of the Wehntal Railway (''Wehntalbahn''). History In 1860, committees were formed in both the districts of Bülach and Regensberg, which was a former Landvogtei ("outer bailiwick") of Zurich, which had been abolished in 1798. These committees advocated a connection from each district to Oerlikon near Zurich. The committees also contacted the Swiss Northeastern Railway (''Schweizerische Nordostbahn''; NOB) and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation and the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons. It is the largest rail and transport company of Switzerland; it operates on most standard gauge lines of the Rail transport in Switzerland, Swiss railway network. It also heavily collaborates with most other transport companies of the country, such as the BLS AG, BLS, one of its main competitors, or (SOB), to provide fully integrated public transport timetable, timetables with Clock-face scheduling, cyclic schedules. SBB was ranked first among national Rail transport in Europe, European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for its intensity of use, quality of service, and safety rating. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
