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By trolleybus to ETH Hönggerberg
filed on: 26.11.2014 (26th Nov 2014)
The proposed electrification of bus routes 69 and 80 still appears to be an active goal – or so it is suggested by a report on a potential tram route to serve the ETH Hönggerberg campus (of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technolgy, ETH). Although the report basically says this tram is not much of a priority, if indeed it will ever be built at all, a side remark states that the conversion to trolleybus of diesel bus routes 69 and 80, both of which serve this location, is planned for "within the next years".
source: bahnhofplatz.ch citing Zürich Nord newspaper.
In 2012, the city of Zürich was supportive of said electrification, but the canton was dismissive. If this is to go ahead under favourable conditions, a certain urgency is required as should the electrification coincide with the present diesel fleet coming due for replacement, only the incremenetal rather tha total cost would need be raised.
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