Uster–Oetwil tramway

Uster–Oetwil tramway
Opening of the UOeB at Oetwil in 1909
Overview
StatusClosed and removed
LocaleCanton of Zürich, Switzerland
Termini
Stations18
Service
Services1
Depot(s)near Uster
History
Opened1909
Closed1949
Technical
Line length10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Minimum radius30 metres (98 ft)
Electrification800 V, DC, overhead
Maximum incline7%
Route map

Legend
km
elev
in m
0.0
 Uster SBB
464
 Uster Sternen
Uster Zenkelhof
Uster Kreuz
Uster Thalacker
1.0
depôt
458
2.0
 Riedikon [de]
444
 Riedikon Kies
Mönchaltorf Haldengut
Mönchaltorf Unterdorf
4.9
 Mönchaltorf
464
 Esslingen Lieburg
7.4
 Esslingen
Forch railway
Forch Rly
to Zürich
486
 Oberesslingen
Oetwil Felsengrund
Oetwil Gusch
9.6
 Oetwil am See
542
 Oetwil Rebacker
10.5
 Langholz [de]
581
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The Uster–Oetwil tramway (German: Uster-Oetwil-Bahn, UOeB) was a metre gauge rural electric tramway in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It linked the town of Uster with Esslingen and Oetwil in the Zürcher Oberland.[1][2][3]

The UOeB had an interchange with the main line at Uster station, on the Wallisellen to Rapperswil line. It also had track connections with two other metre gauge rural lines, the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), at Langholz [de], and the Forchbahn (FB), at Esslingen. Through the FB, the WMB had an indirect metre gauge connection to the Zürich city tram network.[1][2]

The line was electrified at 800 V DC. It had a length of 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi), with 18 stops, a maximum gradient of 7% and a minimum radius of 30 metres (98 ft). Of the lines total length, all but 100 metres (330 ft) ran in the street.[1][2]

The line opened on 28 May 1909. It survived until 10 January 1949, when it was replaced by a bus service operated by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).[1][3]

The line's headquarters and workshops were located near Uster, with an additional depot at Langholz. Both buildings still exist, in other uses, together with a goods shed at Mönchaltorf.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Uster-Oetwil Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  2. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ^ a b "Geschichte" [History] (in German). VZO. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-09.


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