Admire the beauty of Zurich

Zürich or is the largest city of Switzerland and it is the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland.  Zürich is a beautiful hub for railways good road network and dependable air transport. Zürich Airport as well as the railway station are the largest as well as the busiest facilities in the country.

The Zurich Main Rail Station is rated busiest among all railway stations of the world. The station has local and international connections to Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Austria and even beyond. This station is part of the Rail City network and having more than 200 underground shops in which travelers can spend waiting time and do shopping, have snacks and other facilities. This station offers direct link from various cities throughout Switzerland and frequent service to Zürich airport. Trains run every 10 to 15 minutes reaching airport in 11 minutes from city center.

The public transport companies in the canton of Zurich jointly work under ZVV. One fare system is applicable across network area of entire ZVV. Just one ticket is needed for city or country wherever one wants to go. The available options are single travel tickets, day passes, multiple-journey tickets, group tickets and travel-card, all are offered by ZVV as an option suitable for any situation.

There is zone system for all tickets applicable to all ZVV network area. Better see the zone map to check which zones are applicable to a journey. Same ticket applies whether the travel is by train, bus, ship or tram, or a mix, all types are included in the same ticket as long as it is valid.

Zürich Airport holds IATA Code as ZRH is also called Kloten Airport and sometimes known as Zürich Kloten Airport. It is the largest Swiss international airport. It is hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It mainly serves Zürich and has surface transport efficient links to rest of the world. The airport is 13 kms towards north to central Zürich. Book for Zurich airport transfers for reliable transportation.

Trams have an important role in Zurich public transport. This network serves most of the city neighborhoods in coordination with other modes of public transport. There is Zürich S-Bahn and urban area trolleybus supported by two funicular railways as well as a rack railway. In short it is a fun to use public transport which is altogether efficient and convenient.

Switzerland Energy Resource

Switzerland has the tallest dams in Europe, among which The Mauvoisin Dam, in the Alps. The most important domestic source of energy in Switzerland is Hydroelectricity. The energy resources in Switzerland are mainly renewable from Hydropower and biomass. Apart from this, the country has few indigenous energy resources: petroleum, gas and nuclear fuel is imported. Hydropower and biomass only accounts for around 15% of total overall energy consumption as the other 85% of energy used is imported.

Switzerland electricity- generating network

It is nearly CO2-free. A study published in 2009 showed that the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the electricity consumed in Switzerland are seven times higher than the emissions of carbon dioxide due to the electricity produced in Switzerland. The main source of electricity generated in Switzerland is from hydropower plants and from nuclear power plants. Two anti-nuclear initiatives were turned down on 18 May 2003. The construction of new nuclear power plants and electricity without Nuclear, this was aimed by  Moratorium Plus which results as 41.6% supported the former and 33.7% supported electricity without Nuclear.

  
After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in 2011 plans for a nuclear power plant in Canton of Bern have been put on hold. THE Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is within the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and communications (DETEC) and SFOE is responsible for all questions related to energy supply and energy use. The agency is supporting the 2000-watt society initiative to cut the nation’s energy use by more than half by the year 2050.

Natural energy

The Swiss government plans to end its use of natural energy, On 25 May 2011 the Swiss government announced that this will be done in the next 2 or 3 decades. “To ensure a secure and an autonomous supply of energy the government has voted for a phase-out”, Energy Minister Doris Leuthard said that day at a press conference in Bern. “Fukushima showed that the risk of nuclear power is too high, which in turn has also increased the cost of this energy form”. In 2019 the first reactor would reportedly be taken offline and the last one in 2034.