Schwanen-Adler coach
A coach that was used to transport guests to the Hotel Schwanen in the spa area from the train station. In the 1830s, it used to take four hours to make the 24 km trip from Zürich to Baden. A river journey on the Limmat took half as long. Then, in 1847 a huge change came about. The first railway line in Switzerland, the Nordbahn, was built between Zürich and Baden. Now, people could travel between the two towns in just 45 minutes (compare with about 20 now)! The people called the line the Spanischbrötli-bahn, after the Spanish bread that was apparently the rage in those days.
To see a photo of an old drawing depicting the first station in Baden, click over to my overflow site: Baden station, way back when.
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3 comments:
Nice-looking coach.
It is interesting how transportation can so quickly change the "distance" between places.
We could see one in Alsace last year. I like very much all those things os past !
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