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Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil Railway Line
The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line is a railway line in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is also known as the Glatthalbahn, Glatttalbahn or Glattalbahn (Gl-TB), although the latter name is now more commonly used to refer to the Stadtbahn Glattal, a nearby light rail system. The line runs from Wallisellen, where it diverges from the Zürich–Winterthur railway line, Zürich–Winterthur line to Uster and Rapperswil. A second link from Zürich, via the Zürichberg Tunnel, joins the line just before Dübendorf, and both routes are used by through trains from Zürich. The line also has junctions with the Effretikon–Hinwil railway line, Effretikon to Hinwil line, at Wetzikon, and the Tösstalbahn, at Rüti, Zürich, Rüti. At Rapperswil, it connects with the Lake Zurich right bank railway line, Lake Zurich right bank line, the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line, Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line, and the Südostbahn over the Seedamm. The name ''Glattalba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percent Sign
The percent sign (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction (mathematics), fraction of 100. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign and the Basis point#Permyriad, permyriad (per ten thousand) sign (also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand, respectively. Higher proportions use parts-per notation. Correct style Form and spacing English style guides prescribe writing the percent sign following the number without any space between (e.g. 50%). However, the International System of Units and ISO 31-0 standard prescribe a space between the number and percent sign, in line with the general practice of using a non-breaking space between a numerical value and its corresponding unit of measurement. Other languages have other rules for spacing in front of the percent sign: * In Czech language, Czech and in Slovak language, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
