Trolleybus route history

Zürich trolleybus route history

This table is incomplete and may contain errors.

C = section closed
D = route diversion
O = new line or section opened
R = service or route numbering changed
s = non-revenue connection
T = converted from tram
x = no longer extant or no longer used by trolleybuses

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Presently operating route numbers: 31 32 33 34 46 72
Discontinued route numbers: 71 73 74 A B C
All route numbers: 31 32 33 34 46 71 72 73 74 A B C non-revenue

	year	route(s)		today part of route
O	1939	B	Bezirksgebäude - Limmatplatz - Bucheggplatz	32
O	1939	depot	depot Zweierstr.	(x)
O	1942	A	Albisriederplatz - Spiriplatz	33
O	1946	C	Klusplatz - Witikon	34
O	1948	B	Bezirksgebäude - Goldbrunnenplatz	32
O	1948 (?)	A	Spiriplatz - Kirche Fluntern	33
O	1948	depot	depot Fluntern (former tram depot)	(x)
O	1951	depot	depot Elizabethenstr (shared tram depot)	(x)
O	1952	B	Goldbrunnenplatz - Utohof	32
R	1954	A, B, C	(routes A, B and C renumbered 33, 32 and 34 respectively)	32, 33, 34
T	1956	31	Burgwies - Hegibachplatz - Hauptbahnhof - Hardplatz (previously tram route 1)	(part x)
O	1956	31	Hardplatz - Herdernstr.
O	1956	(s)	Hegibachplatz - Klusplatz (Semperstr.), connects previously isolated route 34 to rest of network	(s+x)
O	1957	31	Herdernstr. - Farbhof
T	1958	31	Farbhof - Schlieren (formerly part of tram route 2)
D	1965	31	Bahnhofplatz avoiding line via Usteristr. - Werdmühlestr. - Waisenhausstr.	(x)
C	1967	33	route 33 (Kirche Fluntern - Albisriederplatz) dieselised (construction of Hardbrücke)
C	1967	depot	depot Fluntern closed	(x)
O	1969	depot	depot Herdernstr.
C	1969	depot	no more trolleybuses in depot Elizabethenstr.	(x)
D	1971	31	(reverts to original itinerary at Bahnhofplatz - see 1965)
O	1971	34	Witikon - Loorenstr.
	1974	32	Helvatiaplatz - Militär-Langstr. converted to single lane trolleybus lane used by trolleybuses in both directions and protected by signal block
O	1974	73	Albisriederplatz - Morgental	72
O	1975	74	Bucheggplatz - Hungerbergstrasse	32
O	1975	33	Kirche Fluntern - Albisriederplatz (reversion of 1967 dieselisation)
R	1975	33, 73	routes 33 and 73 joined, route 33 now Morgental - Kirche Fluntern	33, 72
C	1979	31	Burgwies - Hegibachplatz withdrawn (wires remain in-situ until early 1990s)	(x)
O	1986	74	Hungerbergstrasse - Holzerhurd	32
O	1994	72	Milchbuck - Triemli	33, 72
O	1995	46	Hauptbahnhof - Rütihof
O	1998	33	Kirche Fluntern - Tiefenbrunnen
R	1999	32, 74	routes 32 and 74 joined, route 32 now Holzerhurd - Strassenverkehrsamt	32
D	2007	(s)	Hegibachplatz - Klusplatz replaced by direct connection at Klusplatz.	(s)
R	2013	33, 71, 72	route 33 re-routed Tiefenbrunnen - Triemli, route 72 re-routed Milchbuck - Tiefenbrunnen, new peak route 71 Rosengartenstr - Albisriederplatz (strengthening common section of routes 33 and 72)
R	2015	71	peak-only route 71 discontinued as route becomes part of a longer diesel route, no wiring affected as line shared with other routes
C	2017	31	route 31 cut back to Farbhof for construction of Limmattalbahn tram

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