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Limmat Valley Railway opens Zurich’s northwestern suburbs

Posted by George Raymond on January 18, 2023

Capping 15 years of planning and construction marked by two hard-fought
referendums, the 13-km Limmat Valley Railway, or Limmattalbahn, opened on 11
December 2022. The LTB runs northwest from Zurich through towns south of the
main line of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), stopping 27 times in both densely settled
and emptier areas that planners have earmarked for development. Here’s my report.

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