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Horse tram operation
First electric tramway in Zurich
Operations were integrated into the municipal tramways
Municipal tramways
The main route was integrated into the municipal tramways, whereas the branches to Schwamendingen and Glattbrugg were abandoned. ZOS car # 1 is part of the museum collection and Switzerland’s oldest tram in working condition
Operations were integrated into the municipal tramways
Operations were integrated into the municipal tramways. The original tiny Z-H Wartau depot was re-activated in 1989 and today houses the tram museum.
This company never had a track connection with the Zurich tramways. One single car served as a connection between the funicular terminus and the Dolder Grand Hotel.
At the time this was mainly an interurban operation. The branches to Weiningen and Dietikon were abandoned and the main route to Schlieren integrated into the municipal tramways (cut back in 1955 to Altstetten). LSB car # 2 survived and is part of the museum collection.
During its existence as a private company, operations were – due to lack of patronage - often limited to summer Sundays. Nowadays it has become one of the busiest routes of the municipal system.
The Forchbahn provides interurban service from Zürich to Esslingen and uses municipal tracks within the city limits. Over the years it has been upgraded from very basic street running into a most modern line on private right of way.
Connects the city with the university. The line has been modernized, but maintains its historic design as a funicular.
The Dolderbahn was a funicular with a connecting (one car) tramway to the Dolder Grand Hotel. The line was extended in 1973 and transformed to rack operation.
The original funicular has been replaced with an automatically operated modern cable car system.
This line was transformed from street running into a modern interurban railway. The track connection with Zurich was lost with the elimination of the LSB tracks to Dietikon.
An example of the original bogie cars has been restored by the Zurich Tram Museum and is on display at the present bus company headquarters in Grüningen.
This line connected between the Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn and the still existing Forchbahn.
In order of their opening year with the successor companies.
Tramway de Bienne (TrB), 1901 - 1948
Vevey - Montreux Chillon - Villeneuve (VMCV), 1913 - 1958
Trambahn Allaman - Aubonne - Gimel (AAG), 1898 - 1952
Tramvie elettriche comunali Lugano (TCL), 1918 - 1944
Azienda comunale del traffico Lugano (ACT), 1945 - 1959
Rheintalische Strassenbahn (RhStB), 1915 - 1958
Rheintaler Verkehrsbetriebe (RhV), 1958 - 1973
Städtische Strassenbahn Winterthur (StStW), 1900 - 1940
Verkehrsbetriebe Winterthur (VW), 1940 - 1951
Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern (VBL), 1942 - 1961
Schwyzer Strassenbahn (SStB), 1912 - 1963
Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen (VBSG), 1950 - 1957
Tramways lausannois (TL), - 1964
Vevey - Montreux - Chillon - Villeneuve (VMCV), 1913 - 1958
Zuger Verkehrsbetriebe (ZVB), 1951 - 1955
In alphabetical order with the original companies
Aare Seeland Mobile (ASm),
since 1999Biel - Täuffelen - Ins Bahn (BTI), 1945 - 1999
Seeländische Lokalbahn (SLB), 1916 - 1944
Solothurn - Niederbipp - Bahn (SNB), 1918 - 1984
Regionalverkehr Oberaargau (RVO), 1990 - 1999
Oberaargau - Jura - Bahn (OJB), 1958 - 1990
Langenthal - Jura - Bahn (LJB), 1907 - 1957
Langenthal - Melchnau - Bahn (LMB), 1917 - 1957
Baselland Transport AG (BLT),
since 1974Birseckbahn (BEB), 1902 - 1974
Birsigtalbahn (BTB), 1887 - 1974
Trambahn Basel - Aesch (?), 1906 - 1974
Basellandschaftliche Überlandbahn AG (BUeB), 1921 - 1974
Basler Strassenbahn (BStB), 1895 - 1947
Regionalverkehr Bern Solothurn (RBS),
since 1984Vereinigte Bern Worb Bahn (VBW), 1927 - 1983
Bern Worb Bahn (BWB) 1907 - 1926
Bern - Muri - Gümligen - Worb - Bahn (BMGWB), 1898 - 1907
Worbentalbahn (WT), 1913 - 1926
Solothurn - Zollikofen - Bern Bahn (SZB), 1922 - 1983
Bern - Zollikofen - Bahn (BZB), 1912 - 1921
Elektrische Solothurn - Bern Bahn (ESB), 1916 - 1921
Städtische Strassenbahn Bern (SSB),
Tramway du Sud-Quest lausannois (TSOL),
since 1991Tramways de Neuchâtel (TN), 1897 -
Régional Neuchâtel - Cortaillod / Boudry (NCB), 1892 - 1902
Neuchâtel - Saint-Blaise (NStB), 1894 - 1897, Pferdebahn
Compagnie genevoise des Tramways électriques (CGTE), 1900 -
Compagnie Générale des Tramways Suisses (TS), 1876 - 1900
Compagnie Génerale des Tramways Genève, 1876
, 1862 - 1876
, 1863 - 1876
Chemin de fer Genève - Veyrier (GV), 1887 - 1936
Société Genevoise de Chemins de fer à Voir Etroite (VE), 1889 - 1900
Carouge - Croix de Rozon (CCR), 1907 - 1930
Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn (WSB),
since 1958Wynentalbahn (WTB), 1904 - 1958
Aarau - Schöftland Bahn (AS), 1901 - 1958
Last modified: 30.08.2006 |
Translation: H.R. Ryffel |
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