Draft:Zimmerberg Tunnel
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway |
| Location | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°15′02″N 8°35′07″E / 47.250690°N 8.585304°E |
| Status | Active |
| System | Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) |
| Crosses | Zimmerberg |
| Start | Horgen Oberdorf |
| End | Sihlbrugg |
| Operation | |
| Opened | July 1, 1897 |
| Owner | SBB CFF FFS |
| Operator | SBB CFF FFS |
| Traffic | Train |
| Character | Passenger and freight |
| Technical | |
| Length | 1985 m |
| No. of tracks | Single |
The Zimmerberg tunnel is a 1,985-metre (6,512 ft)-long railway tunnel under the Zimmerberg mountain in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland which opened in 1897.[1][2]
History
[edit]Breakthrough was achieved on 15 March 1896, and the tunnel was opened to traffic on 1 July 1897 along with the rest of the Thalwil–Zug railway line.[2][3]
Operations
[edit]Together with the Albis tunnel, the tunnel forms the railway passage through the Zimmerberg and Albis on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway line which is an important feeder to the Gotthard railway.
The segment leading through the two tunnels constitutes a single-track section on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway.[4] The proposed phase II of the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel aims to resolve the bottleneck formed by the single-track sections and to allow for faster traffic on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Map viewer". map.geo.admin.ch. Coordinating Agency for Federal Geographic Information (GCG). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ a b "Horgner Jahrheft 2022 - Das Oberdorf im Umbruch" (PDF) (in German). Gemeinde Horgen in Verbindung mit Pro Horgen. 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Die Eröffnung der Eisenbahn Thalweil-Zug". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). No. 3. 1897-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ Geschäftsbericht 1983 (Report) (in German). Schweizerische Bundesbahnen. 1984-05-28. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ "Zimmerberg-Basistunnel 2" (in German). Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB. Retrieved 2024-10-20.