Zurich Underground Railway
Rapid transit project in Switzerland
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Key Takeaways
- The Zurich Underground Railway , or Zurich U-Bahn , was a project started in the 1970s to build a rapid transit network in the Swiss city of Zurich and several bordering municipalities.
- In April 1962, the "Tiefbahn" project was proposed, which would have included placing the Zürich trams underground in the city centre by building 21.
The Zurich Underground Railway, or Zurich U-Bahn, was a project started in the 1970s to build a rapid transit network in the Swiss city of Zurich and several bordering municipalities. This project was itself preceded by several earlier plans dating from between 1864 and 1959. In April 1962, the "Tiefbahn" project was proposed, which would have included placing the Zürich trams underground in the city centre by building 21.15 km of underground lines, this was rejected in a referendum before any construction had been undertaken.
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