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Re 456 in the Sihl valley (Sihltalbahn)
Be 556 524 of the Uetlibergbahn
Two overhead conductor rails for the same track. Left, 1200 V DC for the Uetliberg railway (the pantograph is mounted asymmetrically to collect current from this rail); right, 15,000 V AC for the Sihltal railway

The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Structure

The SZU is a small private railway, i.e. jointly owned by the city of Zürich (32,6%), by municipalities in the Sihltal and Zimmerberg region – Adliswil, Langnau am Albis, Horgen, Thalwil, Uitikon, 6,8% in all – cantonal (23,8%) and federal governments (27,8%) as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG) located in Zürich-Wiedikon. In 1973, the previous Uetlibergbahn and Sihltalbahn merged to form the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU).

Network

The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG operates the S-Bahn Zürich lines between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Sihlwald-Sihlbrugg (S4) and to the Uetliberg mountain (S10). In all, the SOB network measures Template:Km to mi: Template:Km to mi km as part of the Sihltalbahn (inlcluding Wiedikon-Giesshübel) and Template:Km to mi of the Uetliberbahn.

The cable car Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg (LAF for short or commonly called Felseneggbahn) is provided by the SZU, in addition to the Zimmerberg bus line (German: Zimmerbergbus) in the district of Horgen which is providing a network of Template:Km to mi including 201 stops.[1]

Established in May 1990, the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) first comprised of an elaborate web of railway lines amoung them the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn.

Fleet [2]

Sihltalbahn (S4)

  • 6 Umrichterlokomotiven Re 4/4 542–547
  • 7 Control car (rail) Bt 971–973, Bt 984–987
  • 6 Zwischenwagen BD 281–285, B 293
  • 6 Doppelstockwagen B 271–276
  • Re 456 Doppelstock-Pendelzug (DPZ): Re 456 551, 552, B 231, 232, 241, 242 and Bt 951, 952

Eight Niederflurdostowagen (NDW) have been ordered for spring/summer 2010.

Uetliberbahn (S10)

  • 8 Multiple unit Be 4/4 521–528
  • 4 Niederflur-Zwischenwagen B 221–224
  • Doppeltriebwagen Be 8/8 531, 532

Notes

  1. ^ Zimmerbergbus: Facts & figures Template:De icon
  2. ^ SZU: Rollmaterial Template:De icon

Media related to Sihltal–Zürich–Uetliberg-Bahn at Wikimedia Commons

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