BDWM Transport

BDWM Transport was a transport company in Switzerland, that operated regional rail and bus services in the cantons of Aargau and Zürich. The company was formed in 2000 by a merger of the Bremgarten–Dietikon railway (BD) and Wohlen–Meisterschwanden railway [de] (WM) companies.[1] The company merged with Wynental and Suhrental Railway to form Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA) in 2018.[2] The company operated the following.[1]

In May 2016 it was announced that the Limmattal light rail line, to be constructed in the densely populated Limmattal area to the west of Zürich, would be operated by BDWM. The line will connect Killwangen, Spreitenbach, Dietikon, Urdorf and Schlieren to Zürich-Altstetten railway station, with connection to the Bremgarten–Dietikon line at Dietikon and to Zürich tram route 2 at Farbhof.

Bremgarten Depot BD

Construction was scheduled to start in 2017. The line opened in 2022.[3][4][5]

Station in Dietikon

References

  1. ^ a b "Unternehmen Wissenswertes und Stellenangebote" [Companies to know and Careers]. BWDM Transport. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ Helbling, Uls (19 June 2018). "Historisches Ereignis: Die Fusion aller Aargauer Bahnen ist geschafft". Aargauer Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Limmattalbahn - Ein Projekt des Zürcher Verkehrsbundes ZVV und des Kantons Aargau". www.limmattalbahn.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  4. ^ Hotz, Stefan; Müller, André (22 November 2015). "Nur das Limmattal selbst stimmt gegen "sein" neues Tram" [Only the Limmattal itself voted against "its" new tram]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ Zander, Corsin (13 May 2016). "Aargauer betreiben Zürcher Limmattalbahn" [Aargau company to operate Zürcher Limmattalbahn]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2017.



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