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Tunnel, the 70 metre-long
Rufibach Bridge and the 40 metre-long Rufibach Tunnel. Later, the 69 metre-long Kalkofen Tunnel and, shortly before Arth-Goldau, the 192 metre-long Mühlefluh Tunnel follow. Double track to Arth-Goldau station begins at the subsequent Goldau Mühlefluh operations yard. In Arth-Goldau station there is a connection to the Gotthard line of the SBB and the
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was the only place where trains could cross. As a rule, the regional trains (now line S2 of the Zug
Stadtbahn) crossed with the oncoming Gotthard expresses. This is followed by the 48 metre-long Rossplatten Tunnel, the 94 metre-long St. Adrian Bridge, the 65 metre-long St. Adrian
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In order to be able to achieve a half-hourly journey for express trains on the route from Zurich to Ticino, a second track has been built near
Walchwil between June 2019 and December 2020. During the 1.5-year construction period, the line between Zug-Oberwil and Arth-Goldau has been completely
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closed. Regional traffic has been served by buses during this period, while long-distance trains was diverted via the western side of Lake Zug. The line re-opened for service with the
December 2020 timetable change. Changes included 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) of double-tracking north of
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The route is still partially single-track and therefore highly-subject to delays. In addition there is a danger of natural hazards, especially on the Zug–Arth-Goldau section, which as a result often has to be closed for several days.
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Immediately after Zug station, the 255 metre-long viaduct follows
Gotthardstrasse (Gotthard road), Baarerstrasse (Baar road) and Poststrasse (Post road) and the 585 metre-long Stadt (town) Tunnel. The halt of
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is crossed before Baar; the old, 96 metre-long bridge was replaced during the duplication of the line with a new 110 metre-long structure. A stress test was carried out on the newly built bridge with eight
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was upgraded to a station in 2010 to provide a second crossing point on the line. The line passes through the 36 metre-long
Lotenbach Tunnel and the 90 metre-long Bühl Tunnel before
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and opened on the same day as the
Thalwil–Arth-Goldau line. This is followed by the 3,359 metre-long, single-track
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during the night from 28 to 29 March 1981. There have been two tracks between Baar and Zug since 1931.
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since the 1960s. After that, it passes under the
Horgenberg through the 1985 metre-long, single-track
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1881:"Zug – Arth-Goldau: Streckenausbau für Halbstundentakt Zürich – Tessin"
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The line begins in
Thalwil, where it branches off from the
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1844:. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 13, 22, 64.
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is a Swiss railway that acts as a feeder route to the
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and enlarging tunnels to allow double-decker trains.
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1935:(in German). Bern: Generalsekretariat SBB.
33:(Zurich) Thalwil–Zug section shown in red
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1810:Development between Zug and Arth-Goldau
1757:The line was connected to the existing
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1965:Röll: Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
1883:(in German). bahnonline.ch. 3 May 2013
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35:but Zug–Arth-Goldau section not shown
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1944:(in German). Zürich: AS Verlag.
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1681:, NOB) and the Zug–
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1865:"Title unknown".
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1198:Bühl tunnel
1074:Zug Fridbach
929:Zug viaduct
847:18.1 mi
842:29.2 km
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750:28.2 km
725:Baar Neufeld
715:17.1 mi
710:27.6 km
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670:26.6 km
612:15.4 mi
607:24.8 km
579:Albis Tunnel
544:12.4 mi
539:19.9 km
512:Sihltal line
421:10.4 mi
416:16.8 km
376:14.5 km
305:12.1 km
163:
1967:(in German)
1783:Zug Oberwil
1759:Zug station
1683:Arth-Goldau
1518:Arth-Goldau
1508:9.8 mi
1431:9.1 mi
1230:5.9 mi
1225:9.5 km
1162:8.0 km
1114:Zug Oberwil
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1059:2.1 km
1024:0.9 mi
1019:1.4 km
961:0.4 mi
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871:Keilbahnhof
806:Steinhausen
514:from Zürich
310:7.5 mi
97:Track gauge
88:Line length
74:Arth-Goldau
57:Switzerland
46:Line number
1984:Categories
1971:20 October
1887:30 October
1823:References
1034:Zug Casino
480:Sihlbrugg
1912:2 January
1828:Footnotes
1723:Sihlbrugg
1167:5 mi
907:to Zürich
903:to Luzern
554:Sihlbrugg
381:9 mi
157:Route map
83:Technical
1817:Walchwil
1787:Walchwil
1773:and the
1731:Sihlwald
1693:, SBB).
1240:Walchwil
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41:Overview
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117:⁄
69:Thalwil
62:Termini
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172:Legend
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1747:Lorze
1701:Route
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