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Rheinfall railway line

Rheinfall railway
Thurbo GTW 28 ueber dem Rheinfall.jpg
Bridge carrying the Rheinfall railway over the Rhine above the Rhine Falls
Overview
Locale Switzerland
Termini Winterthur, Canton of Zurich
Schaffhausen, Canton of Schaffhausen
Operation
Opened 16 April 1857
Owner Swiss Federal Railways
Technical
Line length 29.92 km (18.59 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 15 kV 16 23 Hz AC supplied by overhead line
Maximum incline 1.4%
Route diagram
SBB Zurich to Winterthur and Koblenz to Winterthur lines
26.14 Winterthur Hauptbahnhof 439 m above the  sea
SBB Winterthur to Etzwilen, Winterthur to Romanshorn,
Winterthur to Wil and Winterthur to Rapperswil lines
A1 motorway70 m
32.71 Hettlingen 425 m above the  sea
35.01 Henggart 434 m above the  sea
39.17 Andelfingen 403 m above the  sea
Thurbrücke Andelfingen (River Thur)133 m
44.57 Meder 403 m above the  sea
46.47 Marthalen 411 m above the  sea
51.31 Dachsen 394 m above the  sea
52.49 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall 389 m above the  sea
Schloss Laufen66 m
Rheinfallbrücke (River Rhine)177 m
Röti153 m
SBB Eglisau to Neuhausen line
53.84 Neuhausen 397 m above the  sea
DB Upper Rhine Railway from Waldshut
56.06 Schaffhausen 404 m above the  sea
DB Upper Rhine Railway to Singen and
SBB Lake line to Stein am Rhein
SBB Zurich to Winterthur and Koblenz to Winterthur lines
26.14 Winterthur Hauptbahnhof 439 m above the  sea
SBB Winterthur to Etzwilen, Winterthur to Romanshorn,
Winterthur to Wil and Winterthur to Rapperswil lines
A1 motorway70 m
32.71 Hettlingen 425 m above the  sea
35.01 Henggart 434 m above the  sea
39.17 Andelfingen 403 m above the  sea
Thurbrücke Andelfingen (River Thur)133 m
44.57 Meder 403 m above the  sea
46.47 Marthalen 411 m above the  sea
51.31 Dachsen 394 m above the  sea
52.49 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall 389 m above the  sea
Schloss Laufen66 m

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