Zurich
General Information
Reliable and integrated transport network that covers the whole of the region |
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VBZ Züri Linie for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) | 
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| web | www.vbz.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | A mix of modern and slightly older busses provides the links between the other types of transport. | |
| operated by |
VBZ Züri Linie for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) |
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| web | www.vbz.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | Highly efficient and scarily fast! The trolley busses zip around the town filling in the gaps in the tram network | |
| operated by |
VBZ Züri Linie for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) |
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| web | www.vbz.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | A mix of mostly older trams with some modern low floor ones provide a dense network crisscrossing the city centre and linking almost all places together. | |
| operated by |
S-Bahn: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)/Chemis de fer Fédéraux Suisses (CFF)/Ferrovie Federali Svizzere (FFS)/Swiss Federal Railways |  |
| web | www.rail.ch | |
| description | Many double deck S-Bahn trains go through the Hauptbahnhof linking together the suburbs and the region. The trains are modern and comfortable. | |
| operated by |
S-Bahn lines S4 & S10: Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) |  |
| web | www.szu.ch | |
| description | The two lines that operate into the hills to the west of the city (to Shillbrugg and Uetliberg) are run by this separate company. The trains are not so modern, but the views are spectacular | |
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Inter Regional & Inter City services: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)/Chemis de fer Fédéraux Suisses (CFF)/Ferrovie Federali Svizzere (FFS)/Swiss Federal Railways | |
| web | www.rail.ch | |
| description | Used to get to and from Schaffhausen. Modern and comfortable trains, journeys are always to time, but quite slow | |
| operated by |
VBZ Züri Linie for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) |
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| web | www.vbz.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | The Polybahn funicular railway climbs the short, but very steep distance between the centre of town and the university. A single original looking carriage provides the service (as it was outside of term time the Polybahn was actually closed when I visited!) The Rigiblick Funicular climbs up well above the city centre giving stunning views over the city and lake. | |
| operated by |
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) |
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| web | www.szu.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | Cable car linking Aldiswil with the end of the walk from Uetilberg. Automatic cars that leave every 15 minutes or so. | |
| operated by |
Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) | 
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| web | www.zsg.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | Regular services that run up and down the river from the Hauptbahnhof to the start of Zurich lake, where they connect with larger ships that run up and down the lake. Services are a reliable and comfortable, if slightly slower way to travel | |
| operated by |
Rack Railway: VBZ Züri Linie for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) |
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| web | www.vbz.ch for www.zvv.ch | |
| description | Climbing up into the hills on the eastern side of the river the Rack Railway provides a regular service with two re-furbished trains | |