| Limmattal tramway | |
|---|---|
Car 9 at one of the level crossings prior to 1924 | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Partly closed; partly incorporated in city tramway |
| Locale | Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Service | |
| Services | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1900 |
| Closed | 1928/1931/1955 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
The Limmattal tramway (German: Limmattal-Strassenbahn, LSB) was a metre gauge electric tramway that operated in the Limmat Valley, situated in the Swisscanton of Zürich to the west of the city of Zürich. Because of the prominent display of the initials LSB on the line's distinctive yellow trams, the line was popularly known as the Lisebethli.[1]
The line opened in 1900 as an 8.8-kilometre (5.5 mi) long interurban line from the former Zürich city boundary at Letzigraben, via Altstetten (Farbhof) and Schlieren to Dietikon. A 3.2-kilometre (2.0 mi) long branch from Schlieren to Weiningen followed in 1901. A connection with Zürich's city trams, then operated by the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich or StStZ, was made at Letzigraben. In its early life the line was beset by problems with its level crossings over the Swiss Northeastern Railway at Farbhof and Schlieren, which the trams were only permitted to cross empty, leaving their passengers to walk.[1][2][3]
By the late 1920s the track was in poor condition, although by then the level crossings had been replaced by bridges. The line between Schlieren and Dietikon closed in 1928, whilst that between Schlieren and Weiningen closed in 1931, at the same time as the rest of the line from Letzigraben to Schlieren were acquired by the StStZ. In 1950, the StStZ was renamed the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich or VBZ. The section of route between Farbhof and Schlieren was closed in 1955, being replaced by a westward extension of Zürich trolleybus route 31. The remaining section, between Letzigraben and Farbhof, is still in use, having been integrated into the Zürich city tram network as part of Zürich tram route 2.[1][2][3]

この路線の路面電車のうち1両(Ce 2/2 2番、1900年製)がチューリッヒ路面電車博物館に保存されています。この車両は時折運行されており、路線の黄色い塗装が施されています。この路線で郵便物を輸送するために使用されていた小型の郵便トレーラーと連結されている姿をよく見かけます。[ 2 ] [ 4 ]
リンマタール・ライトレール線は2022年12月に開通し、チューリッヒ・アルトシュテッテン駅とキルヴァンゲンを結び、リンマタール路面電車の旧路線であるファルブホフとディーティコン間の路線とほぼ同様の路線を採用しています。この開発の一環として、チューリッヒ路面電車2号線は新路線であるファルブホフとシュリーレン間を延長し、トロリーバス路線に取って代わりました。[ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]