Forch railway station explained

Forch
Address:Forch, Küsnacht, Zürich
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates:47.3253°N 8.6479°W
Line:Forchbahn
Owned:Forchbahn
Operator:Forchbahn
Map Type:Switzerland

Forch is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and the municipality of Küsnacht. It is the principal intermediate station and headquarters of the Forchbahn (FB), which is operated as Zürich S-Bahn service S18 and provides links to the city of Zürich and the nearby village of Esslingen. The station is operated by the Forchbahn, and serves the village of Forch.[1] [2] [3]

The Forchbahn's depot and workshop is adjacent and to the north of the station, and are sheltered by a landscaped roof that blends with the natural contours of the land. The whole complex is situated some to the south of the line's original roadside stop and depot. The line was relocated to its current alignment in 1970, including the provision of a new tunnel under the A52 motorway.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 3 March 2016.
  2. Web site: S-Bahn trains, buses and boats . ZVV . 9 December 2018 . 25 December 2019 .
  3. Web site: Zürich Stadelhofen–Forch–Esslingen . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 3 March 2016 . live. 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303135342/http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2016/731.pdf.
  4. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch (1950 overlaid on current) . 4 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Chronicle . German . 4 March 2016 . 27 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127060247/http://forchbahn.ch/chronik.html . dead .