Uster-Oetwil-Bahn

Uster–Oetwil tramway
Opening of the UOeB at Oetwil in 1909
Overview
Status	Closed and removed
Locale	Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Uster Oetwil
Stations	18
Services	1
Operation
Opened	1909
Closed	1949
Depot(s)	near Uster
Technical
Line length	10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Minimum radius	30 metres (98 ft)
Electrification	800 V, DC, overhead
Maximum incline	7%
Route diagram 0.0 Uster SBB 464m Uster Sternen Uster Zenkelhof Uster Kreuz Uster Thalacker 1.0 Depot 458m 2.00 Riedikon 444m Riedikon Kies Mönchaltorf Haldengut Mönchaltorf Unterdorf 4.9 Mönchaltorf 464m Esslingen Lieburg Forchbahn from Zürich 7.4 Esslingen 486m Oberesslingen Oetwil Felsengrund Oetwil Gusch 9.6 Oetwil am See 542m Oetwil Rebacker 10.5 Langholz 581m Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn from Wetzikon Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn to Meilen

The Uster–Oetwil tramway (German: Uster-Oetwil-Bahn, UOeB) was a metre gauge rural electric tramway in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It linked the town of Uster with Esslingen and Oetwil in the Zürcher Oberland.

The UOeB had an interchange with the main line at Uster station, on the Wallisellen to Rapperswil line. It also had track connections with two other metre gauge rural lines, the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), at Langholz, and the Forchbahn (FB), at Esslingen. Through the FB, the WMB had an indirect metre gauge connection to the Zürich city tram network.

The line was electrified at 800 V DC. It had a length of 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi), with 18 stops, a maximum gradient of 7% and a minimum radius of 30 metres (98 ft). Of the lines total length, all but 100 metres (330 ft) ran in the street.

The line opened on 28 May 1909. It survived until 10 January 1949, when it was replaced by a bus service operated by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).

The line's headquarters and workshops were located near Uster, with an additional depot at Langholz. Both buildings still exists, in other uses, together with a goods shed at Mönchaltorf.