Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line

Glatthalbahn
The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line at Rüti
Track gauge:	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Voltage:	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Electrification:	Overhead line
Maximum incline:	1.7  %
Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil
SBB Zürich–Winterthur line from Zürich HB via Oerlikon 93,2 Wallisellen 92,8 SBB Zürich–Winterthur line to Winterthur Glatttal Viaduct of the Zürichberg line 91,7 SBB from Zürich HB via Stettbach 90,4 Dübendorf 90,5 to Militärflugplatz Dübendorf (until 2005) 87,1 Schwerzenbach 84,5 Nänikon-Greifensee 81,3 Uster 77,1 Aathal Aathal 265 m 74,5 SBB Effretikon–Hinwil line from Effretikon 74,5 Wetzikon 74,5 SBB Effretikon–Hinwil line to Hinwil 68,6 Former UeBB from Hinwil 68,6 Bubikon 68,6 Siding to Wolfhausen (former UeBB) 66,4 SBB Tösstalbahn from Winterthur 65,9 Rüti ZH Täusi 157 m 60,9 Jona 59,4 Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line from Ziegelbrücke 59,4 SBB Lake Zurich right bank line from Zürich HB via Meilen 59,3 Rapperswil Rapperswil–Pfäffikon SZ railway line over the Seedamm

The Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil line is a railway line in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is also known as the Glatthalbahn, Glatttalbahn or Glattalbahn, although the latter name is now more commonly used to refer to the Stadtbahn Glattal, a nearby light rail system.

The line runs from Wallisellen, where it diverges from the Zurich to Winterthur line, to Uster and Rapperswil. A second link from Zurich, via the Zürichberg Tunnel, joins the line just before Dübendorf, and both routes are used by through trains from Zurich. The line also has junctions with the Effretikon to Hinwil line, at Wetzikon, and the Tösstalbahn, at Rüti. At Rapperswil, it connects with the Lake Zurich right bank line, the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line, and the Südostbahn over the Seedamm.

The name Glattalbahn is German for Glattal railway, or Glatt valley railway. The river Glatt is a tributary of the river Rhine flowing from Greifensee lake to Glattfelden in Switzerland.

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