Virtual Railfan Tour of Switzerland - Wednesday - Nyon -St. Cergue - (Morez)
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Taken at Nyon in September 2018 this car was scrapped the following November
The Nyon St. Cergue - Morez (NStCM) Railway is a narrow gauge electric line running from Nyon on the shores of Lac Leman into the hills to the west. It originally went into Morez in France but it was cut back to La Cure on the border in 1958. The company is studying the possibility of extending the line 3 km from La Cure to Les Rousses in France/ Nyon is close to Geneva.
The line starts in a gloomy underground station adjacent to the SBB station
Workshops at Nyon. A new depot is planned at Asse, a little way ot of Nyon
Although track plans do not show it, there seems to be provision for taking standard gauge cars over the narrow gauge.
Genolier is where some trains terminate. There is a 15 minute service between here and Nyon
These Stadler units delivered in 2015 have made possible the 15 minute interval service
Genolier
Older units work out to Arzier - on this day the end of the line to allow engineering work further west
Arzier
Arzier
Arzier
Arzier with the convenient connecting bus drawn up alongside.
La Cure is the end of the line
A narrow gauge flat car for standard gauge cars at La Cure
Good video showing the line, some pacing etc.
Video cab ride
This is a vintage video taken in 1979 of a fan trip over the line
Zurich Hauptbahnhof Paul has prepared some extensive notes and photos of the Zurich Hauptbahnhof. This will be in several parts. The busiest station in Switzerland is Zurich Hauptbahnhof (Zurich HB) which is used primarily by the SBB. It has 26 tracks serving almost 3000 trains daily and it is one of the busiest stations in the world. It was built in the 1870s and is a main shopping destination as well as a transport hub. There are three levels for platforms and the "Shopville" shopping plaza. The river Sihl river passes right through the station with platforms passing above and below the river. This shows the general layout of the station with the surrounding tram tracks shown in purple Tracks 3 to 18 are terminal tracks located at ground level, served by two side platforms and seven island platforms. These are used by long-distance trains from throughout Switzerland, and by international trains. Tracks 21 and 22 are underground terminal tracks, served by a single island
The weather here is atrocious cool and wet with heavy rain at times. I bought a 24 hour local transport pass at the tourist office. This allows me to travel around for 24 hours. I first had a look at the Central Station. The older units make quite a bit of noise Some cars are for people who need to buy a ticket. I then started to ride a few trams. Routes 12 and 19 seemed the most promising. I started with the 19 route and rode it out to the end at Majorstuen and then back through town but the trams were not running beyond Oslo Hospital because of track work. I then decided to sample route 12 which I rode out to Majorstuen and then back all the way to Kjelsas. This is a delightful ride. It runs close to the water then along major parks as well as climbing quite high at Kjelsas which gives good views over the city. At Majorstuen route 12 trams become route 11 and vice versa. Route at at Central Station route 12 at Majorstuen Route 11 at Kjelsas My day went well although the weather was a
A typical Swiss church with a spire and clock - in Erstfeld We had three objectives today: - - to visit Erstfeld to watch the monthly exercising of the historic electric locomotives. - to visit Goschenen and observes the additional traffic which is now traveling over the old Gotthard tunnel as a result of the accident in the new base tunnel. -to go to Andermatt and come back to Zurich via the Grimsel pass. We took a Giruno train from Zurich as far as Arth Goldau. It was a full train - in fact two trains coupled together - 22 cars. We changed to a local train getting us to Erstfeld just before the demonstrations should have begun only to find out that they had been cancelled and so we took an earlier train to Goschenen - this was a Gottardo multiple unit train that was pretty crowded. Erstfeld - Giruno Erstfeld Saturday and Sunday are the days that many Swiss get out to hike in the countryside and most trains are crowded with people with backpacks. The ride up to Goschenen is always
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