Heading south from the southern portal of the tunnel, the railway first crosses the River Limmat and Hardturmstrasse on a concrete viaduct. Still on viaduct the line splits into two, with the right hand leg being a single-track viaduct that descends into Zürich Altstetten station. The left hand leg, still double track and on viaduct, runs into the upper level of Zürich Hardbrücke station, before continuing its descent into the Hauptbahnhof.[1][2]
The tunnel was opened in 1969. As built, only the Altstetten leg of the southern connecting lines existed, and the tunnel was only usable by freight and other trains that bypassed Hauptbahnhof station. In 1982, Hardbrücke station and its leg of the connecting lines opened, allowing the tunnel to be used by trains running between Hauptbahnhof and Oerlikon.[3]
Today the tunnel carries Zürich S-Bahn lines S5, S6, S7, S9, S15, S16 and S21, all of which operate via Hardbrücke. It also carries freight traffic, which runs via the Altstetten link.[4]
The Käferberg Tunnel is now one of three different routes from Oerlikon to Hauptbahnhof, each of which tunnels through the intermediate ridge and emerge from adjacent portals to the south of Oerlikon station. Like the Käferberg Tunnel, the Wipkingen Tunnel (opened in 1856) connects to the Hauptbahnhof's western approaches, whilst the Weinberg Tunnel (opened in 2014) accesses the Hauptbahnhof's lower level through platforms from the east.[2][5]
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käferberg, tunnel, german, käferbergtunnel, railway, tunnel, swiss, city, zürich, tunnel, runs, under, käferberg, hill, from, western, approaches, zürich, hauptbahnhof, portal, south, oerlikon, station, metres, long, carries, twin, standard, gauge, tracks, ele. The Kaferberg Tunnel German Kaferbergtunnel is a railway tunnel in the Swiss city of Zurich The tunnel runs under the Kaferberg hill from the western approaches to Zurich Hauptbahnhof to a portal to the south of Oerlikon station It is 2 119 metres 6 952 ft long and carries twin standard gauge 1 435 mm or 4 ft 8 1 2 in tracks electrified at 15 kV AC 16 2 3 Hz using overhead catenary 1 2 Kaferberg TunnelNorthern portal of the Kaferberg Tunnel to the right OverviewLineZurich WinterthurLocationZurich SwitzerlandStatusActiveOperationOpened1969OwnerSwiss Federal RailwaysOperatorSwiss Federal RailwaysTrafficRailCharacterPassenger and freightTechnicalLength2 119 metres 6 952 ft before extension No of tracks2Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in ElectrifiedOverhead catenary15 kV AC 16 2 3 HzHeading south from the southern portal of the tunnel the railway first crosses the River Limmat and Hardturmstrasse on a concrete viaduct Still on viaduct the line splits into two with the right hand leg being a single track viaduct that descends into Zurich Altstetten station The left hand leg still double track and on viaduct runs into the upper level of Zurich Hardbrucke station before continuing its descent into the Hauptbahnhof 1 2 The tunnel was opened in 1969 As built only the Altstetten leg of the southern connecting lines existed and the tunnel was only usable by freight and other trains that bypassed Hauptbahnhof station In 1982 Hardbrucke station and its leg of the connecting lines opened allowing the tunnel to be used by trains running between Hauptbahnhof and Oerlikon 3 Today the tunnel carries Zurich S Bahn lines S5 S6 S7 S9 S15 S16 and S21 all of which operate via Hardbrucke It also carries freight traffic which runs via the Altstetten link 4 The Kaferberg Tunnel is now one of three different routes from Oerlikon to Hauptbahnhof each of which tunnels through the intermediate ridge and emerge from adjacent portals to the south of Oerlikon station Like the Kaferberg Tunnel the Wipkingen Tunnel opened in 1856 connects to the Hauptbahnhof s western approaches whilst the Weinberg Tunnel opened in 2014 accesses the Hauptbahnhof s lower level through platforms from the east 2 5 References edit a b map geo admin ch Map Swiss Confederation 2012 Retrieved 2015 04 14 a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz Verlag Schweers Wall GmbH 2012 pp 64 65 ISBN 978 3 89494 130 7 map geo admin ch Map Swiss Confederation 1981 Retrieved 2015 04 14 S Bahn trains buses and boats PDF ZVV Archived from the original PDF on 2016 02 22 Retrieved 2016 02 22 Haydock David August 2014 Zurich s New S Bahn Tunnel Today s Railways Europe No 224 Platform 5 Publishing Ltd pp 28 32 External links edit nbsp Media related to Kaferberg Tunnel at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This article about a Swiss building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kaferberg Tunnel amp oldid 1137672494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
