In the first half of the 20th century, the region between Lake Zürich and the Zürcher Oberland was served by a number of rail lines. These included a standard gaugesteam railway, the Uerikon-Bauma-Bahn, and two metre gaugeelectric tramways, the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn and the Uster-Oetwil-Bahn. These three lines were operating with large financial losses, and it was decided to replace them with buses. The VZO was founded to operate these replacement service, and over the years more routes in the area were added.[2]
In 2008, the VZO started operating in Rapperswil-Jona, where it now operates five routes of the Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona on behalf of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.[1][3]
In this area the company operates 55 daytime routes, and seven nighttime routes, with a total route length of 276 kilometres (171 mi). The routes are operated from depots in Grüningen, Wetzikon, Rüti and Meilen.[4]
The Zürichsee and Obersee lakeshore on the northeastern side are also provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland, furthermore the local buses within the localities Busskirch, Jona, Kempraten and Rapperswil of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen.
Fleetedit
The company operates a fleet of 88 buses, of which 48 are articulated buses, 35 are full-sized non-articulated buses, 3 are midibuses and 3 are minibuses. All buses are low-floored and have particulate filters. The standard livery is blue and grey, but buses used on the Rapperswil-Jona city bus network carry a red and grey scheme. Some buses carry non-standard colours.[5]
verkehrsbetriebe, zürichsee, oberland, public, transport, operator, region, between, lake, zürich, zürcher, oberland, south, east, city, zürich, canton, zürich, operates, services, between, various, communities, this, region, since, 2008, adjoining, municipali. Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und Oberland VZO is a public transport operator in the region between Lake Zurich and the Zurcher Oberland to the south east of the city of Zurich in the canton of Zurich It operates bus services between the various communities of this region and since 2008 in the adjoining municipality of Rapperswil Jona in the canton of St Gallen 1 Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und OberlandThe VZO headquarters in GruningenCompany typeJoint stock companyIndustryTransportFounded1948HeadquartersGruningen SwitzerlandArea servedSouth eastern canton of ZurichWestern canton of St GallenWebsitevzo wbr ch Contents 1 History 2 Operation 2 1 Service 2 2 Fleet 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn the first half of the 20th century the region between Lake Zurich and the Zurcher Oberland was served by a number of rail lines These included a standard gauge steam railway the Uerikon Bauma Bahn and two metre gauge electric tramways the Wetzikon Meilen Bahn and the Uster Oetwil Bahn These three lines were operating with large financial losses and it was decided to replace them with buses The VZO was founded to operate these replacement service and over the years more routes in the area were added 2 In 2008 the VZO started operating in Rapperswil Jona where it now operates five routes of the Stadtbus Rapperswil Jona on behalf of the municipality of Rapperswil Jona 1 3 Operation editService edit The area served includes the municipalities of Baretswil Bubikon Durnten Egg Erlenbach Fischenthal Gossau ZH Gruningen Herrliberg Hinwil Hombrechtikon Mannedorf Meilen Monchaltorf Oetwil am See Rapperswil Jona Ruti Seegraben Stafa Uetikon am See Uster Wald and Wetzikon In this area the company operates 55 daytime routes and seven nighttime routes with a total route length of 276 kilometres 171 mi The routes are operated from depots in Gruningen Wetzikon Ruti and Meilen 4 The Zurichsee and Obersee lakeshore on the northeastern side are also provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und Oberland furthermore the local buses within the localities Busskirch Jona Kempraten and Rapperswil of the municipality of Rapperswil Jona in the canton of St Gallen Fleet edit The company operates a fleet of 88 buses of which 48 are articulated buses 35 are full sized non articulated buses 3 are midibuses and 3 are minibuses All buses are low floored and have particulate filters The standard livery is blue and grey but buses used on the Rapperswil Jona city bus network carry a red and grey scheme Some buses carry non standard colours 5 nbsp A bus in VZO blue in Ruti ZH nbsp A bus in Stadtbus Rapperswil Jona red nbsp A bus in the VZO depot in Ruti ZHReferences edit a b Marktgebiet Market area in German VZO Archived from the original on 2013 10 04 Retrieved 2013 10 02 Geschichte History in German VZO Retrieved 2013 10 03 Stadtbus Rapperswil Jona Rapperswil Jona City Bus in German VZO Retrieved 2013 10 03 Zahlen und Fakten Facts and figures in German VZO Retrieved 2013 10 05 Fahrzeugpark Fleet in German VZO Retrieved 2013 10 03 External links edit nbsp Media related to Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und Oberland at Wikimedia Commons Official website nbsp This article about transport in Europe is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Swiss corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und Oberland amp oldid 1111236673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
