Schlieren ZH – Construction on the Limmattalhbahn light rail line officially began with a ceremony in the presence of the federal president Doris Leuthard. The first stage connecting Altstetten Farbhof with Schlieren Geissweid will be operating in 2019.

According to a statement from Limmattalbahn AG, the Line 2 of the VBZ is scheduled to begin running on the tracks of the Limmattal light rail after the 2019 summer holidays. The first stage of the project will run to Schlieren. Construction on the second stage – from Schlieren to Killwangen – is planned for autumn 2019.

At the ceremony to mark the start of construction on the first stage, the Swiss federal present and transport minister Doris Leuthard commented on the importance of the Limmattahlbahn light rail as an “exemplary transport project for Switzerland” because it “connects municipalities and agglomerations across cantonal borders”.

Aargau government councillor and Landammann Stephan Attiger also described the light rail line as a “key project in the joint agglomeration programme of the cantons of Zurich and Aargau”. Zurich government councillor and minister of economy Carmen Walker Späh highlighted the “well-struck between public transport, street traffic and non-motorized transport”....

Schlieren ZH – Construction on the Limmattalhbahn light rail line officially began with a ceremony in the presence of the federal president Doris Leuthard. The first stage connecting Altstetten Farbhof with Schlieren Geissweid will be operating in 2019.

According to a statement from Limmattalbahn AG, the Line 2 of the VBZ is scheduled to begin running on the tracks of the Limmattal light rail after the 2019 summer holidays. The first stage of the project will run to Schlieren. Construction on the second stage – from Schlieren to Killwangen – is planned for autumn 2019.

At the ceremony to mark the start of construction on the first stage, the Swiss federal present and transport minister Doris Leuthard commented on the importance of the Limmattahlbahn light rail as an “exemplary transport project for Switzerland” because it “connects municipalities and agglomerations across cantonal borders”.

Aargau government councillor and Landammann Stephan Attiger also described the light rail line as a “key project in the joint agglomeration programme of the cantons of Zurich and Aargau”. Zurich government councillor and minister of economy Carmen Walker Späh highlighted the “well-struck between public transport, street traffic and non-motorized transport”.