The Winterthur–Etzwilen railway line is a railway line 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 ...
. It links
Winterthur in the
canton of Zurich
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
with
Etzwilen in the
canton of Thurgau
Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is part ...
. The line is long,
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
,
single track and electrified at supplied by
overhead line.
The line was opened on 17 July 1875 between Winterthur and Etzwilen by the
Swiss National Railway (SNB) company. By 1878 the railway company was in bankruptcy, and the line was taken over by the
Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB). Since 1902 the line has been part of the network of the
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...
(SBB). The line was electrified between Oberwinterthur and Etzwilen in 1946, the section from Winterthur Hbf to Oberwinterthur having been electrified since 1928.
The principal civil engineering structure on the line is the
Thurbrücke Ossingen, a long and high five-span
truss bridge over the
River Thur. A long two-span prestressed concrete bridge carries the line over the
A1 motorway, built in 1967.
The line is served throughout by hourly passenger trains of
Zurich S-Bahn line
S29, which links
Winterthur and
Stein am Rhein. Additionally, alternate trains of line
S12 provide an hourly service to
Seuzach
Seuzach is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Geography
Seuzach has an area of . 44.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.3% is forested, 30.1% is settled (buildings or roads), and the ...
from Zurich.
References
External links
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Railway lines in Switzerland
Swiss Federal Railways lines
15 kV AC railway electrification