Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line

Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil
Overview
Native nameGlatthalbahn
Service
Route number740
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Maximum incline1.7 %
Route map

km
93.2
Wallisellen
92.8
Glatttal Viaduct of the Zürichberg line
91.7
90.4
Dübendorf
90.5
to Dübendorf Air Base (until 2005)
87.1
Schwerzenbach
84.5
Nänikon-Greifensee
81.3
Uster
S9
77.1
Aathal
Aathal
265 m
(former route until 1990)
74.5
74.5
Wetzikon
S3
74.5
68.6
Former UeBB from Hinwil
68.6
Bubikon
68.6
Siding to Wolfhausen (former UeBB)
A 15
66.4
Jona bridge
Joweid rack railway siding (disconnected)
65.9
Rüti ZH
S26
Täusi
157 m
A 15
Jona bridge
60.9
Jona
59.4
59.4
59.3
Rapperswil
S15
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line is a railway line in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is also known as the Glatthalbahn, Glatttalbahn or Glattalbahn (Gl-TB), although the latter name is now more commonly used to refer to the Stadtbahn Glattal, a nearby light rail system.

The line runs from Wallisellen, where it diverges from the Zürich–Winterthur line to Uster and Rapperswil. A second link from Zürich, via the Zürichberg Tunnel, joins the line just before Dübendorf, and both routes are used by through trains from Zürich. The line also has junctions with the Effretikon to Hinwil line, at Wetzikon, and the Tösstalbahn, at Rüti. At Rapperswil, it connects with the Lake Zurich right bank line, the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line, and the Südostbahn over the Seedamm.

The name Glattalbahn is German for Glattal railway, or Glatt valley railway. The river Glatt is a tributary of the river Rhine flowing from Greifensee lake to Glattfelden in Switzerland.