Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn

Wetzikon–Meilen tramway
A WMB tram in Grüningen
Overview
Status	Closed and removed
Locale	Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Kempten Meilen
Stations	24
Services	1
Operation
Opened	1903
Closed	1950
Depot(s)	Grüningen, Wetzikon, Meilen
Technical
Line length	22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Minimum radius	25 metres (82 ft)
Electrification	750 V, DC, overhead
Maximum incline	6.5%
Route diagram -2.4 Kempten Ochsen 566m Kempten SBB Oberwetzikon 0.0 Wetzikon SBB 532m 2.1 Grüt 547m 4.0 Gossau 500m 5.2 Ottikon 504m Grüningen Itzikon Grüningen Städtli 8.3 Grüningen 465 Grüningen Binzikon Grüningen Holzhausen 11.1 Oetwil am See Willikon 558m 11.6 Langholz 581m 11.1 Uster-Oetwil-Bahn from Uster 12.3 Stäfa Mühlehölzli 602m 15.1 Männedorf Auf Dorf 491m Männedorf Allmend Männedorf Büelen Uetikon Kleindorf 16.9 Uetikon Grossdorf 458m Dollikon 18.7 Obermeilen 414m 19.6 Meilen SBB 420m 20.1 Meilen Schiffsstation 411m

The Wetzikon–Meilen tramway (German: Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn, WMB) was a metre gauge rural electric tramway in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It linked the town of Meilen, on the shore of Lake Zürich, with Wetzikon and Kempten in the Zürcher Oberland.

The WMB had interchanges with the main line at Meilen station, on the Lake Zürich right bank line, at Wetzikon station, on the Wallisellen to Rapperswil line, and at Kempten station, on the Effretikon to Hinwil line. It also had a track connection with another metre gauge rural tramway, the Uster-Oetwil-Bahn (UOeB), at Langholz. Through the UOeB, the WMB had indirect metre gauge connections to the Forchbahn and the Zürich city tram network.

The tramway was opened on 3 January 1903, with termini on the lakeside in Meilen and at Kempten. The section between Meilen lakeside and Meilen station closed on 3 October 1931, followed on 14 May 1939 by the section between Wetzikon and Kempten. The rump of the line survived until 13 May 1950, when it was replaced by a bus service operated by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).