Railway line Zug – Lucerne

Railway line Zug – Lucerne
Railway lines Zurich-Lucerne: The route Zug - Rotkreuz - Lucerne is green
Timetable field :	660
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	11  ‰
Legend Line from Zurich – Thalwil Rest of the turning loop 38.83 Train ( wedge station ) 433 m above sea level M. Route to Arth-Goldau Train former terminal station Aabachstrasse (l / r) 99/100 m 39.53 Train guardian angel 430 m above sea level M. former reversible loop (1897–1990) 41.26 Zug Chollermüli 41.30 pan grinder Zurich – Zug railway line (Gleisdreieck «Swamp switch» until 1970) 42.43 Cham Alpenblick 422 m above sea level M. Lorze 43.57 Cham 418 m above sea level M. 44.36 Hünenberg Zythus 420 m above sea level M. 44.86 Hünenberg Chämleten 422 m above sea level M. Connection curve to Immensee (planned) Route to Immensee 48.00 Rotkreuz Rüti planned 429 m above sea level M. 48.50 Freight station Rotkreuz 429 m above sea level M. 49.00 Red cross 429 m above sea level M. Route to Lenzburg / Othmarsingen 52.82 Gisikon root 418 m above sea level M. 55.26 Root D4 415 m above sea level M. 57.07 Buchrain 420 m above sea level M. 58.57 Ebikon 424 m above sea level M. 60.64 Rotsee 424  m above sea level M. Friedental 120 m Reuss Lucerne 142 m 64.01 SBB route from Olten 64.01 SBB route from Bern 64.01 91.82 Fluhmühle 436  m above sea level M. from Immensee 92.85 Gütsch 440  m above sea level M. Gütsch 326 m 93.36 Heimbach 438  m above sea level M. Schönheim 199 m KLB from Kriens 95.09 Lucerne 436  m above sea level M. Connection to ZB

The Zug – Lucerne railway was opened on June 1, 1864 by the Zurich-Zug-Lucerne Railway . At the same time, the Zurich – Zug railway line was opened by the same company.

route

The line was connected to the branch to Zurich Altstetten at the Kollermühle with a triangular track, so that until 1970 it was also possible to drive directly from Lucerne to Zurich. Until the opening of the Thalwil – Arth-Goldau railway line, Zug station was a terminus station. With the introduction of the line, it was converted into a wedge station and the Zug loop set up. This loop made it possible to enter Zug station from both sides until 1990.

The line was electrified on October 9, 1922 with 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz.

The double lane between Zug and Cham was opened on May 5, 1990. Between the Kollermülle service station and the junction into the Zuger Schlaufe, there have been two tracks since the line was opened, but these were used separately, i.e. one in the direction of Affoltern am Albis, the other in the direction of Rotkreuz. Up until this point in time, the trains from Affoltern always ran on the Zug loop.

On May 29, 1994, the double-track island between the Ebikon train station and the Rotsee was opened. Since September 27, 1995, the line between the Ebikon and Gisikon-Root stations has also been open to traffic with two lanes.

When the line between Gisikon-Root and Rotkreuz was expanded into two lanes, some curves were also stretched so that the line speed could be increased. This section has been open to two lanes since May 11, 1996.

The line between Cham and Rotkreuz has been double-lane since December 14, 2008. Before that, not even the Cham - Hünenberg Zythus section was a double track. A second track was only located south of Zythus to the Hünenberg Chämleten stop, but it was only connected to the line from there as a butt track.

history

The history of the origins of the railway company can be found in: Zurich-Zug-Lucerne-Bahn

The opening of the Thalwil – Arth-Goldau railway line, with the exception of the redesign of the Zug station area, did not have any major impact on the line itself, as the trains between Zurich and Lucerne on the Zug – Lucerne section continued to use this route. Only the passenger trains in the direction of Gotthard were dropped between Kollermühle and Rotkreuz. Most of the freight trains from Zurich to Rotkreuz continued to run over the Gleisdreieck. With the decision to relocate the former marshalling yard in the Zurich Vorbahnhof to Zurich Mülligen (only Schnellgut + Post) and to the Limmattal marshalling yard , it was clear that these would be eliminated. For this reason, on November 19, 1970, the leg of the Gleisdreieck that connected Steinhausen with Cham was shut down and it was subsequently broken off. The freight trains are now going to Rotkreuz via the Südbahn .

The introduction of two S-Bahn systems had some effects on the route. The introduction of the Zurich S-Bahn in 1990 , when the Zug loop was shut down, had less of an impact .

The introduction of the Zug Stadtbahn in 2004, however, had a massive impact on the Zug – Lucerne line, which was fundamentally overhauled so that the quarter-hourly service between Zug and Baar could be introduced. In addition, five additional stops have been set up.

Train stations

train station train

See main article: Zug train station

Kollermühle / Zug Chollermüli stop

Between October 1, 1902 and May 21, 1966, the Kollermühle station was located at the Kollermühle service station. Today's Zug Chollermüli stop , which opened on December 12, 2004, is roughly at the same point.

Stop at Hünenberg Chämleten

With the commissioning of the light rail, the stop was laid out as a butt track and only had a platform edge on this. Only the trains that turned in the stop could stop here, the trains in the direction of Rotkreuz and further had to pass without stopping. This “error” was corrected when the double-track expansion was carried out in 2008, and the previous track was also given a platform.

Rotkreuz station

See main article: Rotkreuz Railway Station

Root D4 stop

The Root D4 stop was officially inaugurated on December 13, 2002 as the Längenbold stop . Operations started on December 15, 2002. The stop was subsequently renamed Root D4.

Lucerne train station

See main article: Lucerne train station

Accidents

On Whit Monday, May 30, 1898, a group of railway employees of the Centralbahn (SCB) who were busy with track work was run over by a passenger train of the Nordostbahn (NOB) at the southern exit of the Gütsch tunnel. Seven railway workers were killed instantly and four seriously injured.

On December 13, 1932, the Lucerne – Arth-Goldau regional train collided with the Stuttgart - Zurich – Lucerne international express train in the Gütschtunnel. Six people were killed and over ten injured. This accident resulted in the introduction of the Integra-Signum train protection system throughout Switzerland .
→ Main article: Railway accident in Lucerne

Late in the evening of September 5, 2007, the Re 446 015, which was carrying a mail train , derailed in Ebikon . The driver had referred the exit signal , which was for an overtaking InterRegio in the direction of Lucerne , to himself. Thanks to the protective switch , there was no flanking between the two trains, and the locomotive came to a stop between the track and a cemetery wall. You had to go through two mobile cranes are rerailed. For this purpose, the contact line was temporarily switched off and dismantled.

On the afternoon of June 11, 2014, three freight cars derailed while maneuvering in Ebikon . People were not harmed in the process; the railway line remained closed until the evening of June 12, 2014.

business

From the very beginning, the line was operated by the Swiss Northeast Railway (NOB), which took over the entire line in 1882. Since 1902 the line has belonged to the SBB , which also took over the management.

literature

• Swiss Rail Network , published in 1980 by the SBB General Secretariat, Bern

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Railway Review 2/2003 pages 52 + 53
2. ^ Report by the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on its management in 1889. (PDF, 0.4 MB) Justice and Police Department. In: Swiss Federal Gazette. March 1, 1899, p. 411 , accessed November 20, 2013 .