History Zürich Stadelhofen railway station

-


changes railway routes in 1990


stadelhofen station opened in 1894, @ same time lake zürich right bank railway (rechtsufrige zürichseebahn) zürich hauptbahnhof rapperswil station. until 1990, station intermediate stop on single track line, departed hauptbahnhof in westerly direction, before performing clockwise 270 degrees turn via viaduct on river limmat , passing through letten station , letten tunnel stadelhofen. rail distance between hauptbahnhof , stadelhofen 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), despite fact 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) apart in straight line.


in 1990 there major changes railway geography of part of zürich. north of stadelhofen, letten tunnel closed , replaced twin-track hirschengraben tunnel, took direct route under river limmat hauptbahnhof, serving new through low level platforms there. @ same time junction formed south of stadelhofen, allowing trains leaving zurich take either original right bank line tiefenbrunnen station , onwards rapperswil, or travel via newly built zürichberg tunnel stettbach station , points east , north of zurich.


stadelhofen therefore became part of through west-east backbone of zürich s-bahn, , heavily rebuilt current form additional platform , enhanced station infrastructure.









Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Independence United Arab Emirates

-
historic photo depicting first hoisting of united arab emirates flag rulers of emirates @ union house, dubai on 2nd of december 1971. zayed bin sultan al nahyan first president of united arab emirates , recognized father of nation. by 1966, had become clear british government no longer afford administer , protect united arab emirates. british mps debated preparedness of royal navy defend sheikhdoms. secretary of state defence denis healey reported british armed forces overstretched , in respects dangerously under-equipped defend sheikhdoms. on 24 january 1968, british prime minister harold wilson announced government s decision, reaffirmed in march 1971 prime minister edward heath end treaty relationships 7 trucial sheikhdoms, had been, bahrain , qatar, under british protection. days after announcement, ruler of abu dhabi, sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan, fearing vulnerability, tried persuade british honour protection treaties offering pay full costs of keeping british armed forces i
Read more

History Alexandra College

-
alexandra college (on right) circa 1890 the school founded in 1866 , takes name princess alexandra of denmark, school s patron. school colours, red , white, adopted danish flag in honour. alexandra college founded anne jellicoe, quaker educationist, in name of furthering women s education. under anne jellicoe, school grew small establishment focused on providing governess-style education irish protestant ladies pioneering force women s rights , education, providing education women equivalent available in boys schools, grounding in mathematics, history, classics , philosophy. alexandra settled role, anne jellicoe convinced major obstacle liberal education of women exclusion university campus. passionately believed until women admitted trinity college dublin (founded in 1592), voice of women not commonly heard in politics, literature or in academic debate. the royal university of ireland act 1879 allowed females take university degrees on same basis males. students prepared examination
Read more

Management School of Computer Science, University of Manchester

-
^ anon (2010). dai edwards: helping turing use manchester mark 1 . www.bl.uk. british library.  ^ anon (2014). voices of science: david dai edwards. born david beverley george edwards, 1928 . www.bl.uk. british library. archived original on 2014-01-16.  ^ kilburn, t. (1951). new universal digital computing machine @ university of manchester . nature. 168 (4264): 95. doi:10.1038/168095a0.  ^ lavington, simon (2001). obituary: tom kilburn (1921–2001) . nature. 409 (6823): 996. doi:10.1038/35059201. pmid 11241994. 
Read more