Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn

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 30.06 km (19 mi): 19.7 km (12 mi) km as part of the Sihltalbahn (inlcluding Wiedikon-Giesshübel) and 10.36 km (6 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 166.5 km (103 mi) including 201 stops.^[1]

Established in May 1990, the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) first was an elaborate web of railway lines among 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

External links

• Media related to Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (German)
• Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg (German)
• Zimmerbergbus (German)