Wettingen–Effretikon railway line

Wettingen–Effretikon railway line
Overview
OwnerSwiss Federal Railways/THURBO
Line number
  • 703 Wettingen–Zürich Seebach
  • 750, 800 S7 Opfikon–Effretikon
Termini
Technical
Number of tracks2: Otelfingen–Otelfingen Industrie,
Buchs-Dällikon Industrie–Buchs-Dällikon,
Regensdorf-Watt–Zürich Seebach,
Opfikon junction–Riet,
Dorfnest junction–Effretikon
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

km
42.7
Wettingen
386 m
Tägerfeld
(planned)
39.1
Würenlos
393 m
36.5
Otelfingen
427 m
siding, formerly
from Niederglatt
35.6
Otelfingen Industrie
35.4
Otelfingen Golfpark
34.1
Buchs-Dällikon Industrie
32.9
Buchs-Dällikon
424 m
29.5
Regensdorf-Watt
442 m
26.3
Zürich Affoltern
456 m
23.3/6.0
Zürich Seebach
442 m
7.2
Opfikon
427 m
8.2
Riet
single-track to Dorfnest
8.8
Kloten Balsberg
Zürich Airport Railway
10.0/11.3
Kloten
13.4
Dorfnest
old route until 1980
14.8
Bassersdorf
455 m
16.8
Effretikon
511 m
to Winterthur
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Wettingen–Effretikon railway line (sometimes called the Furttal Bahn) is a standard-gauge railway line to the northwest of Zürich, Switzerland. It was opened on 15 October 1877 by the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn; SNB). The trains ran past Zürich to its north, which meant that it was not connected to this important centre of industry. This circumstance was one of the reasons for the bankruptcy of the company in 1878. The line was then taken over by the Swiss Northeastern Railway (Schweizerische Nordostbahn; NOB). It has been part of the network of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) since 1902.