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One of the most mind blowing things for me was seeing that river Sihl flows through Hbf between the tracks.

by izacus 1y ago

murermader 1y ago
Can you explain where? Which tracks? I have seen this comment on Reddit a few months ago, and some people were talking about it. They came to the conclusion that you cannot see the Sihl.
- sschueller 1y ago
  It's between the underground tracks of Bahnhof Löwenstrasse and the above ground: [1] There are a lot of little neat things. For example the elevators go sideways [2] because the platform in the underground Bahnhof is wider (this is due to safety regulations etc.) [3] BTW, what is marked as Stadttunnel in [1] is the new bike tunnel [4] which has actually been there for many years as it was supposed to be a highway tunnel but was never opened (built many, many years ago). [1] https://img.nzz.ch/2014/05/30/1.18312867.1401474596.jpg https://img.nzz.ch/2014/05/30/1.18312867.1401474596.jpg [2] https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/images/8000/8000.06-zuerich-hauptbahnhof-gleis-31-32-2.jpg https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/images/8000/8000.06-zuerich-h... [3] https://implenia.com/fileadmin/implenia.com/referenzen/durchmesserlinie_los_2/1_Durchmesserlinie_Los_2.png https://implenia.com/fileadmin/implenia.com/referenzen/durch... [4] https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/dam/web/de/mobilitaet/velo/veloprojekte/stadttunnel/stadttunnel-titelbild-neu.jpg https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/dam/web/de/mobilitaet/v...
kmarc 1y ago
To be precise it flows above (and under) the tracks, as in, perpendicular, not "in between" parallel tracks. BTW Hbf is a München thing, we call our beloved Zürich Hauptbahnhof just HB :-)
- wkat4242 1y ago
  I think Hbf is a Germany thing not just Munich.
  - 1718627440 1y ago
    Yes it is.
- joshvm 1y ago
  Yes, my mistake - it's been a while! Definitely a local thing, and always with German pronunciation. There were a several words/phrases like that which got loaned into English. Doubly confusing because it wasn't always clear if the new word was Züri, regular Swiss-German, French but not Swiss-German, or High German. Had to be careful using new vocab in Germany!
  - kmarc 1y ago
    Not to mention that the locals here when referring to it while speaking English, totally translate it to "eɪʧ biː" sometimes. Other times, in the middle English sentence, the German pronunciation pops up "ˈhaː ˈbeː" Fun
- izacus 1y ago
  > BTW Hbf is a München thing, we call our beloved Zürich Hauptbahnhof just HB :-) I just reused the term to be consistent and less confusing. No need to be Bünzli about it :P

One of the most mind blowing things for me was seeing that river Sihl flows through Hbf between the tracks.

by izacus 1y ago

One of the most mind blowing things for me was seeing that river Sihl flows through Hbf between the tracks.

Can you explain where? Which tracks? I have seen this comment on Reddit a few months ago, and some people were talking about it. They came to the conclusion that you cannot see the Sihl.

sschueller 1y ago
It's between the underground tracks of Bahnhof Löwenstrasse and the above ground: [1] There are a lot of little neat things. For example the elevators go sideways [2] because the platform in the underground Bahnhof is wider (this is due to safety regulations etc.) [3] BTW, what is marked as Stadttunnel in [1] is the new bike tunnel [4] which has actually been there for many years as it was supposed to be a highway tunnel but was never opened (built many, many years ago). [1] https://img.nzz.ch/2014/05/30/1.18312867.1401474596.jpg https://img.nzz.ch/2014/05/30/1.18312867.1401474596.jpg [2] https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/images/8000/8000.06-zuerich-hauptbahnhof-gleis-31-32-2.jpg https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/images/8000/8000.06-zuerich-h... [3] https://implenia.com/fileadmin/implenia.com/referenzen/durchmesserlinie_los_2/1_Durchmesserlinie_Los_2.png https://implenia.com/fileadmin/implenia.com/referenzen/durch... [4] https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/dam/web/de/mobilitaet/velo/veloprojekte/stadttunnel/stadttunnel-titelbild-neu.jpg https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/dam/web/de/mobilitaet/v...

kmarc 1y ago

To be precise it flows above (and under) the tracks, as in, perpendicular, not "in between" parallel tracks. BTW Hbf is a München thing, we call our beloved Zürich Hauptbahnhof just HB :-)

wkat4242 1y ago
I think Hbf is a Germany thing not just Munich.
- 1718627440 1y ago
  Yes it is.
joshvm 1y ago
Yes, my mistake - it's been a while! Definitely a local thing, and always with German pronunciation. There were a several words/phrases like that which got loaned into English. Doubly confusing because it wasn't always clear if the new word was Züri, regular Swiss-German, French but not Swiss-German, or High German. Had to be careful using new vocab in Germany!
- kmarc 1y ago
  Not to mention that the locals here when referring to it while speaking English, totally translate it to "eɪʧ biː" sometimes. Other times, in the middle English sentence, the German pronunciation pops up "ˈhaː ˈbeː" Fun
izacus 1y ago
> BTW Hbf is a München thing, we call our beloved Zürich Hauptbahnhof just HB :-) I just reused the term to be consistent and less confusing. No need to be Bünzli about it :P