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Rail 2000

Index Rail 2000

Rail 2000 (German: Bahn 2000; French: Rail 2000, Italian: Ferrovia 2000) is a large-scale project of the Swiss Federal Railways (SFR) established in 1987 to improve the quality of the Swiss rail network. [1]

102 relations: Aarau, Aarburg, Altstetten (Zürich), Au, Zurich, Baar, Switzerland, Bad Ragaz, Basel SBB railway station, Bern, Bilevel rail car, BLS AG, Bonvillars, Brütten, Brig-Glis, Canton of Solothurn, Canton of Ticino, Canton of Valais, Ceneri Base Tunnel, CEVA rail, Cham, Switzerland, Clock-face scheduling, Coppet, Däniken, Solothurn, Derendingen, Switzerland, Dietikon, Dulliken, Ebikon, Electrical substation, Eppenberg-Wöschnau, European Train Control System, Federal Council (Switzerland), French language, Fribourg, Geneva, German language, Goldach, Gorgier, Gotthard Base Tunnel, Gotthard railway, Hauenstein railway line, Herzogenbuchsee, Hirzel, Igis, Inkwil, Interlaken, Interlocking, Italian language, Jura foot railway line, Jura Mountains, Killwangen, Konstanz, ..., Lake Constance, Langnau im Emmental, Lötschberg Base Tunnel, Lötschberg railway line, Liestal, Lucerne railway station, Mattstetten–Rothrist new line, Mörschwil, Muri bei Bern, Muttenz, Neuchâtel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NRLA, Olten railway station, Olten–Lausanne railway line, Olten–Lucerne railway line, Onnens, Ostermundigen, Rail transport in Switzerland, Risch-Rotkreuz, Rothrist, Rotsee, Rupperswil, Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Simplon railway, Siviriez, Solothurn, Spiez, Spreitenbach, St. Gallen, Swiss Alps, Swiss Federal Railways, Swiss franc, Swiss referendums, 1987, TGV, Thalwil, Tilting train, Villars-sur-Glâne, Wädenswil, Wiedikon, Winterthur, Wipkingen, Wolhusen, Zürich, Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich S-Bahn, Zürich–Lucerne railway line, Zürich–Olten railway line, Zimmerberg Base Tunnel, Zofingen, Zug, Zurich Airport. Expand index (52 more) »

Aarau

Aarau (locally) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.

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Aarburg

Aarburg is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Altstetten (Zürich)

Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Au, Zurich

Au is a village in the municipality Wädenswil in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

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Baar, Switzerland

Baar is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.

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Bad Ragaz

Bad Ragaz is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Basel SBB railway station

Basel SBB railway station (Bahnhof Basel SBB, or in earlier times Centralbahnhof or Schweizer Bahnhof) is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland.

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Bern

Bern or Berne (Bern, Bärn, Berne, Berna, Berna) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".

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Bilevel rail car

The bilevel car (American English) or double-decker train (British English and Canadian English) is a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity (in example cases of up to 57% per car).

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BLS AG

BLS AG is a Swiss railway company created by the 2006 merger of BLS Lötschbergbahn and Regionalverkehr Mittelland AG.

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Bonvillars

Bonvillars is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Brütten

Brütten is a municipality in the district of Winterthur, in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

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Brig-Glis

Brig, officially Brig-Glis (Brigue-Glis, Briga-Glis) is a historic town and a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Canton of Solothurn

The canton of Solothurn, also canton of Soleure (German) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Ticino

The canton of Ticino, formally the Republic and Canton of Ticino (Repubblica e Cantone Ticino; Canton Tesin; Kanton Tessin; canton du Tessin, chantun dal Tessin) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Valais

The canton of Valais (Kanton Wallis) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, situated in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps.

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Ceneri Base Tunnel

The Ceneri Base Tunnel (CBT) is a railway base tunnel under construction in Switzerland's Canton Ticino.

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CEVA rail

CEVA (Cornavin‒Eaux-Vives‒Annemasse) is an orbital rail line, currently under construction, designed to connect the main Gare de Cornavin railway station of Geneva (Switzerland) on the north of Lake Geneva with Gare d'Annemasse in Annemasse (France), to the south of Lake Geneva.

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Cham, Switzerland

Cham is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.

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Clock-face scheduling

A clock-face schedule or cyclic schedule is a timetable system under which public transport services run at consistent intervals, as opposed to a timetable that is purely driven by demand and has irregular headways.

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Coppet

Coppet is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Däniken, Solothurn

Däniken is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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Derendingen, Switzerland

Derendingen is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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Dietikon

Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf.

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Dulliken

Dulliken is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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Ebikon

Ebikon is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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Electrical substation

A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system.

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Eppenberg-Wöschnau

Eppenberg-Wöschnau is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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European Train Control System

The European Train Control System (ETCS) is the signalling and control component of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

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Federal Council (Switzerland)

The Federal Council is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective executive head of government and state of Switzerland.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Fribourg

Fribourg (Fribôrg or Friboua) or Freiburg (German, or Freiburg im Üechtland, Swiss German pronunciation:; Friborgo or Friburgo; Friburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district La Sarine.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Goldach

Goldach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Gorgier

Gorgier is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

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Gotthard Base Tunnel

The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; Gotthard-Basistunnel, Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Tunnel da basa dal Son Gottard) is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland.

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Gotthard railway

The Gotthard railway (Gotthardbahn; Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino.

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Hauenstein railway line

The Hauenstein line is a major railway line in Switzerland connecting the cities of Basel and Olten.

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Herzogenbuchsee

Herzogenbuchsee is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Hirzel

Hirzel is a former municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Igis

Igis (Romansh: Eigias) is a former municipality in the district of Landquart in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Inkwil

Inkwil is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Interlaken

Interlaken (lit.: between lakes) is a statistic town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Interlocking

In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings.

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Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

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Jura foot railway line

The Jura foot railway line (French: ligne du Pied-du-Jura, German: Jurafusslinie) or Jura south foot line in Switzerland runs from Olten along the foot of the southern Jura range through Solothurn, Grenchen, Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel Yverdon-les-Bains and Morges to Geneva.

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Jura Mountains

The Jura Mountains (locally; Massif du Jura; Juragebirge; Massiccio del Giura) are a sub-alpine mountain range located north of the Western Alps, mainly following the course of the France–Switzerland border.

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Killwangen

Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Konstanz

Konstanz (locally; formerly English: Constance, Czech: Kostnice, Latin: Constantia) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany, bordering Switzerland.

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Lake Constance

Lake Constance (Bodensee) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee or Upper Lake Constance, the Untersee or Lower Lake Constance, and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.

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Langnau im Emmental

Langnau im Emmental is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Lötschberg Base Tunnel

The Lötschberg Base Tunnel (LBT) is a half-completed railway base tunnel on the BLS AG's Lötschberg line cutting through the Bernese Alps of Switzerland some below the existing Lötschberg Tunnel.

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Lötschberg railway line

The Lötschberg line is a railway in Switzerland, connecting Spiez in the canton of Bern with Brig in the canton of Valais.

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Liestal

Liestal (formerly Liesthal, IPA) is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel.

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Lucerne railway station

Lucerne railway station (Bahnhof Luzern) is a major hub of the rail network of Switzerland, in the city of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne.

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Mattstetten–Rothrist new line

| The Mattstetten–Rothrist new line is Switzerland's fastest railway, running between Mattstetten and Rothrist.

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Mörschwil

Mörschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Muri bei Bern

Muri bei Bern is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Muttenz

Muttenz (Swiss German: Muttez) is a municipality with a population of approximately 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

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Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel, or Neuchatel; (neu(f) "new" and chatel "castle" (château); Neuenburg; Neuchâtel; Neuchâtel or Neufchâtel)The city was also called Neuchâtel-outre-Joux (Neuchâtel beyond Joux) to distinguish it from another Neuchâtel in Burgundy, now Neuchâtel-Urtière.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ; lit.: "New Journal of Zurich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zurich.

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NRLA

The New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) (Neue Eisenbahn-Alpentransversale, NEAT, nouvelle ligne ferroviaire à travers les Alpes, NLFA, Nuova ferrovia transalpina, NFTA), is a Swiss construction project for faster north-south rail links across the Swiss Alps.

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Olten railway station

Olten is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel.

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Olten–Lausanne railway line

| The Olten–Lausanne railway line is one of the major railway lines of Switzerland, running between the major rail hub of Olten—where lines from Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lucerne and Neuchâtel come together—the Swiss capital of Bern and the city of Lausanne.

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Olten–Lucerne railway line

| The Olten–Lucerne railway line is one of the major railway lines of Switzerland, running between Olten and Lucerne.

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Onnens

Onnens is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Ostermundigen

Ostermundigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Rail transport in Switzerland

The Swiss rail network is noteworthy for its density, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-alp freight system.

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Risch-Rotkreuz

Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.

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Rothrist

Rothrist is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Rotsee

The Rotsee is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Rupperswil

Rupperswil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Saint-Aubin-Sauges

Saint-Aubin-Sauges is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

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Simplon railway

The Simplon railway line is a railway line that links Lausanne in Switzerland and Domodossola in Italy, via Brig.

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Siviriez

Siviriez is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Solothurn

Solothurn (Solothurn; Soleure; Soletta; Soloturn) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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Spiez

Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern.

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Spreitenbach

Spreitenbach is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley (German: Limmattal).

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St. Gallen

St. Gallen or traditionally St Gall, in German sometimes Sankt Gallen (St Gall; Saint-Gall; San Gallo; Son Gagl) is a Swiss town and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen.

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Swiss Federal Railways

Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF, Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland.

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Swiss franc

The franc (sign: Fr. or SFr.; Franken, French and Romansh: franc, franco; code: CHF) is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia.

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Swiss referendums, 1987

Seven referendums were held in Switzerland in 1987.

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TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train") is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by the SNCF, the state-owned national rail operator.

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Thalwil

Thalwil is a municipality and town in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Tilting train

A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks.

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Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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Wädenswil

Wädenswil, locally often called Wädi or Wädischwil, is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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Wiedikon

Wiedikon is a district in the Swiss city of Zurich.

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Winterthur

Winterthur (lang) is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland.

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Wipkingen

Wipkingen is a quarter in the district 10 in Zürich.

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Wolhusen

Wolhusen is a municipality in the district of Entlebuch in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

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Zürich

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.

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Zürich Hauptbahnhof

Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB) (Zürich Main Station or Zürich Central Station) is the largest railway station in Switzerland.

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Zürich S-Bahn

The Zürich S-Bahn (S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighboring cantons (Aargau, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau and St. Gallen), with a few lines extending into Germany.

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Zürich–Lucerne railway line

The Zürich–Lucerne line is a major railway line in Switzerland, connecting the cities of Zürich and Lucerne via Thalwil and Zug.

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Zürich–Olten railway line

| The Zürich–Olten line is a major railway line in Switzerland connecting the cities of Zürich and Olten.

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Zimmerberg Base Tunnel

The Zimmerberg Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel under the Zimmerberg mountains in Switzerland.

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Zofingen

Zofingen (Zofingue) is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Zug

Zug (Zug,; Zoug; Zugo; Zug; Neo-Latin Tugiumnamed in the 16th century), is an affluent municipality and town in Switzerland.

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Zurich Airport

Zurich Airport (Flughafen Zürich), also known as Kloten Airport, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_2000

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