Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland
The VZO headquarters in Grüningen
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| Industry | Transport |
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| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Grüningen, Switzerland |
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Area served
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South eastern canton of Zürich Western canton of St Gallen |
| Website | http://www.vzo.ch/ |
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) is a public transport operator in the region between Lake Zürich and the Zürcher Oberland to the south-east of the city of Zürich in the canton of Zürich. It operates bus services between the various communities of this region and, since 2008, in the adjoining municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St Gallen.
In the first half of the 20th century, the region between Lake Zürich and the Zürcher Oberland was served by a number of rail lines. These included a standard gauge steam railway, the Uerikon-Bauma-Bahn, and two metre gauge electric tramways, the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn and the Uster-Oetwil-Bahn. These three lines were operating with large financial losses, and it was decided to replace them with buses. The VZO was founded to operate these replacement service, and over the years more routes in the area were added.
In 2008, the VZO started operating in Rapperswil-Jona, where it now operates five routes of the Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona on behalf of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.
The area served includes the municipalities of Bäretswil, Bubikon, Dürnten, Egg, Erlenbach, Fischenthal, Gossau ZH, Grüningen, Herrliberg, Hinwil, Hombrechtikon, Männedorf, Meilen, Mönchaltorf, Oetwil am See, Rapperswil-Jona, Rüti, Seegräben, Stäfa, Uetikon am See, Uster, Wald and Wetzikon.
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