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Zofingen–Wettingen railway line

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Passenger traffic from Lenzburg to Wettingen over the national railway line was discontinued in 2007. The Gruemet–Wettingen line is only used regularly by freight traffic to serve the Mellingen tank farm and the sidings in Baden Oberstadt. If the
1793:. The original, single-track steel truss bridge was replaced by a composite bridge in 1973 because the line from Lenzburg to the new junction at Gruemet needed to be upgraded to a double-track main line as part of the project to build the 1742:, the Lenzburg–Gexi section was wired on 5 May 1927, followed by the Gexi–Othmarsingen section on 28 May 1932 and the Zofingen–Suhr–(Aarau) section on 6 July 1946. Special barriers had to be installed at the two intersections with the 1734:
in 1871) caused the SNB to declare bankruptcy after only four months of continuous operation, after which the NOB acquired its network from the bankrupt estate on 1 October 1880. The Zofingen–Suhr section was sold to the SCB.
1746:(WSB), since that railway was electrified at 750 volts DC. The Suhr–Lenzburg and Othmarsingen–Wettingen sections were electrified on 17 December 1946, completing the electrification of the whole Zofingen–Wettingen line. 1703:) to western Switzerland to be as short as possible and it therefore passed economically significant places, but it was planned to connect Zothingen to Solothurn, which was already connected to Olten by the 1671:, which represented its continuation to the east, was delayed until 15 October 1877 due to construction delays at the Limmat bridge. The SNB went bankrupt in 1878, after which the line was acquired by the 1903: 1766:
branched off in Suhr, which was closed in 2004, so that its route could be used for a relocated metre-gauge line of the WSB. From Suhr, the line continues to Lenzburg and then, along with the
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is closed due to maintenance work or single-track operation is necessary, it is still used as a backup route (mostly running from west to east).
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is a standard-gauge line in Switzerland. It was opened on 6 September 1877 between Zofingen and Baden Oberstadt together with the
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The whole line has been approved for D4 freight traffic (22.5 t axle load, 8.0 t/m linear load) since 5 July 2009.
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The lack of traffic due to competition from existing rail companies and the economic crisis triggered by the
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The Lenzburg–Zofingen section is served every half an hour until 8 pm, then every hour, by line S28 of the
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The line runs from Zofingen via Striegel to Suhr and thus bypasses the area around Olten in the
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The line was built by the SNB with one track and was intended to compete with the
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According to the map of FDV AB, section 5.1 chapter 4.2.4, as of 1 July 2017 (
1786: 1298: 171: 1940:(in German). FDV AB Infrastruktur. 10 December 2017. pp. 54–109. 1484: 1237: 1185: 914: 636: 580: 483: 382: 1497: 1770:, runs on an embankment over the Aabach and the former route of the 1730:, German for "foundation crash", referring to the foundation of the 1679:; NOB) from the bankrupt estate. The NOB became part of the 1935:"Ausführungsbestimmungen zu den Fahrdienstvorschriften" 140: 104: 96: 88: 83: 62: 41: 31: 26: 21: 1683:with the nationalisation of the company in 1902. 1857:]. Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 10–11. 1884:(in German). Official Swiss Railway Timetable 1738:As part of the electrification of the former 8: 1789:was the first large-scale construction by 740: 732: 184: 157: 1695:of the NOB. The SNB wanted the line from 1842: 159: 722: 714: 18: 1904:"In 30 Minuten "beim Kaffee in Bern"" 7: 1947:from the original on 10 January 2019 1817:and is commonly referred to as the 1013: 1005: 2010:1877 establishments in Switzerland 1910:. 12 December 2004. Archived from 1785:, which was built by the SNB near 1274:Baden-Mellingen bridge (74 m) 14: 569: 2020:15 kV AC railway electrification 1975:(in German). 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Index

Swiss Federal Railways
Zofingen
Wettingen
Track gauge
standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz
overhead catenary
Legend
elev
from Lucerne
Zofingen
to Olten
Küngoldingen
Walterswil-Striegel
Safenwil
Kölliken Oberdorf
Kölliken
WSB to/from Schöftland
WSB to/from Aarau
Oberentfelden
WSB from Menziken-Burg
former WSB to/from Aarau
Suhr
former line to Aarau
WSB to Aarau
Hunzenschwil
from Aarau
Lenzburg
Seetal line to Luzern

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