Zug Stadtbahn

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Zug Stadtbahn
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The Zug Stadtbahn (German: Stadtbahn Zug) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail network centred on Zug, Switzerland.

Opened on 12 December 2004, the network forms part of the Central Switzerland S-Bahn project (German: S-Bahn Zentralschweiz), which also includes the Lucerne S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn Luzern).

Lines

As of 2019, the network consisted of the following lines:

Reconstruction of the railway line on the east side of Lake Zug led to the suspension of the S2 between Zug Oberwil and Arth-Goldau beginning on June 9, 2019. S2 services from Erstfeld will operate to Rotkreuz.[1][2] S2 service was suspended altogether on 9 April 2020.

Rolling stock

The trains acquired by the SBB-CFF-FFS to operate the S1 services on the Zug Stadtbahn are

Thurbo as a Mittelwagen (intermediate car) and an NPZ Bt as a Steuerwagen
(control car/cab car/driving trailer).

Additionally,

Basel Regional S-Bahn
trains were used to operate some services in 2008.

Since December 2008, all Zug Stadtbahn services have been operated by a fleet of twelve RABe 523s.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "SBB timetable changes". Zug4You. June 6, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  2. ^ "Für unsere Kundinnen und Kunden". Swiss Federal Railways (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ^ a b "Fahrzeuge" [Rolling stock]. Stadtbahn Zug (in German). Canton of Zug. Retrieved 2011-05-25.

External links

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