page_title: Uerikon–Bauma railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Uerikon–Bauma railway / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zug der DVZO auf der Weissenbachbrücke in Neuthal, Gemeinde Bäretswil, Schweiz. Bei der Lokomotive handelt es sich höchstwahrscheinlich um die Ed 3/4 «Hinwil». This is an image of a cultural property of regional significance in Switzerland with KGS number 7400
context_page_description: The Uerikon–Bauma railway is a railway which formerly linked Uerikon, Hombrechtikon, Bubikon, Hinwil, Bäretswil and Bauma in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The line from Uerikon to Hinwil was closed in 1948, and little now remains other than a freight siding in the Bubikon area. From Hinwil to Bauma the line has been preserved by the Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland and sees heritage railway services.
context_section_description: The Uerikon to Bauma railway opened in 1901 and was the brain child of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, who would become famous as the builder of the Jungfrau Railway. The line provided a link between Uerikon, on the shores of Lake Zurich, and the Zürcher Oberland, including the town of Bäretswil where he owned a textile mill.
  Traffic on the line was never great, and for most trains a single steam railcar sufficed. There were never sufficient funds to electrify the line. In 1946 it was decided the UeBB, together with the Uster-Oetwil-Bahn and Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn lines, was to be converted to bus operation by the newly formed Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). The line from Uerikon to Hinwil was abandoned in 1948. The line from Bubikon to Hinwil is mostly dismantled, although a short section is still retained and in use as a freight siding. The line from Bubikon to Wolfhausen as of 2018 still exists and was used for the freight traffic for many years. However as of 2016 it is no longer connected to the main railway network at Bubikon. The line from Wolfhausen to Uerikon is also disassembled.
  By contrast, the section between Hinwil and Bauma was acquired by the Swiss Federal Railways and electrified. However it did not prosper, and passenger services ceased in 1979. Ownership of the section from Bäretswil to Bauma was transferred to the DVZO for use as a heritage railway in 2000. The section from Hinwil to Bäretswil remains in Swiss Federal Railway ownership, and sees freight trains as well as DVZO heritage trains.
caption: A steam train of the DVZO crosses the a bridge in Bäretswil, with buildings of the Guyer-Zeller textile mill visible
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