uster takes shape
Fitting out of the Durchmesserlinie, Zurich’s second cross-city line, is now underway. Completion of this $US 2.1bn project, which is planned in phases from 2014, will provide much-needed additional capacity on the city’s congested rail network as Valentina Kumpusch, project manager with Rhomberg Bahntechnik explains.
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ROUND 400,000 passengers board, alight from or change trains in Zurich every day, and
by 2020 this figure is expected to reach half a million, which means completion of the city’s second cross-city line - the Durchmesserlinie (DML) - cannot come soon enough. The line, which includes a second underground through station beneath Zurich main station, will not only relieve congestion in the city but will also play a key role in the enhancement of Switzerland’s east-west axis by cutting journey times for services on the Geneva - Lausanne - Bern - Zurich - St Gallen corridor. Starting in the west, the 9.6km line consists of the following main
components: two single-track viaducts between Altstetten and Zurich main station, which include the 394m Kohlendreieck
bridge and the 1156m Letzigraben bridge an underground four-track through station with two island platforms at Löwenstrasse which will be about 1km
long the 4.5km double-track Weinberg tunnel between Zurich main station and the south of Oerlikon, with a parallel
escape and rescue tunnel, and widening of the cutting between the tunnel portal and Oerlikon station by up to 18m to accommodate two additional tracks and expansion of the station area. The total budget for the DML is SFr 2bn ($US 2.1bn) at April 2005 prices. The most costly elements of the project are Löwenstrasse station and the Weinberg tunnel which will cost a total of around SFr 1.15bn. Upgrading works at Oerlikon will amount to about SFr 450m, with the City of Zurich investing a further SFr 80m. The two new bridges on the section between Altstetten and Löwenstrasse will cost about SFr 290m.
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