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Line 1: {{Infobox company \| ~~company_name~~name = Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland \| ~~logo~~ image = ~~File:~~Grüningen IMG 7720.JPG \| ~~caption~~ image_caption = The VZO headquarters in Grüningen \| ~~company_type~~type = [[Joint stock company]] \| foundation = 1948 \| location_city = [[Grüningen]] \| location_country = [[Switzerland]] \| area_served = ~~Zürichsee~~South ~~und~~eastern ~~Oberland area~~[[canton of Zürich]]<br>Western [[~~Canton~~canton ~~Zürich~~of St Gallen]] \| industry = [[Transport]] \| homepage = ~~http://www.~~{{url\|vzo.ch/}} }} '''Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland''' (VZO) is a public transport operator in the region between [[Lake Zürich]] and the [[Zürcher Oberland]] to the south-east of the [[city of Zürich]] in the [[canton of Zürich]]. It operates bus services between the various communities of this region and, since 2008, in the adjoining [[Rapperswil-Jona\|municipality of Rapperswil-Jona]] in the [[canton of St Gallen]].<ref name=vzomarket>{{cite web \| url = http://www.vzo.ch/marktgebiet_de.cfm \| title = Marktgebiet \| language = ~~German~~de \| ~~trans_title~~trans-title = Market area \| publisher = VZO \| ~~accessdate~~access-date = 2013-10-02 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004082654/http://www.vzo.ch/marktgebiet_de.cfm \| archive-date = 2013-10-04 \| url-status = dead }}</ref> == History == In the first half of the 20th century, the region between Lake Zürich and the Zürcher Oberland was served by a number of rail lines. These included a [[standard gauge]] [[steam railway]], the [[Uerikon-Bauma-Bahn]], and two [[metre gauge]] [[electric tram]]ways, the [[Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn]] and the [[Uster-Oetwil-Bahn]]. These three lines were operating with large financial losses, and it was decided to replace them with buses. The VZO was founded to operate these replacement service, and over the years more routes in the area were added.<ref name=vzohist>{{cite web \| url = http://www.vzo.ch/geschichte_de.cfm \| title = Geschichte \| language = de \|trans-title=History \| publisher = VZO \| access-date = 2013-10-03}}</ref> In 2008, the VZO started operating in Rapperswil-Jona, where it now operates five routes of the ''Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona'' on behalf of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona.<ref name=vzomarket/><ref name=vzosbrj>{{cite web \| url = http://www.vzo.ch/stadtbus_rapperswil-jona_de.cfm \| title = Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona \| language = de \|trans-title=Rapperswil-Jona City Bus \| publisher = VZO \| access-date = 2013-10-03}}</ref> == Operation == === Service === The area served includes the municipalities of [[Bäretswil]], [[Bubikon]], [[Dürnten]], [[Egg, Switzerland\|Egg]], [[Erlenbach, Zürich\|Erlenbach]], [[Fischenthal]], [[Gossau, Zürich\|Gossau ZH]], [[Grüningen]], [[Herrliberg]], [[Hinwil]], [[Hombrechtikon]], [[Männedorf]], [[Meilen]], [[Mönchaltorf]], [[Oetwil am See]], [[Rapperswil-Jona]], [[Rüti, Zürich\|Rüti]], [[Seegräben]], [[Stäfa]], [[Uetikon am See]], [[Uster]], [[Wald, Zurich\|Wald]] and [[Wetzikon]]. In this area the company operates 55 daytime routes, and seven nighttime routes, with a total route length of {{convert\|276\|km}}. The routes are operated from depots in Grüningen, Wetzikon, Rüti and Meilen.<ref name=vzofaf>{{cite web \| url = http://www.vzo.ch/zahlen_und_fakten_de.cfm \| title = Zahlen und Fakten \| language = de \|trans-title=Facts and figures \| publisher = VZO \| access-date = 2013-10-05}}</ref> The ''[[Zürichsee]]'' and ''[[Obersee (Zürichsee)\|Obersee]]'' lakeshore on the northeastern side are also provided by the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland, furthermore the local buses within the localities [[Busskirch]], [[Jona, Switzerland\|Jona]], [[Kempraten]] and [[Rapperswil]] of the municipality of [[Rapperswil-Jona]] in the canton of St. Gallen. === Fleet === The company operates a fleet of 88 buses, of which 48 are articulated buses, 35 are full-sized non-articulated buses, 3 are midibuses and 3 are minibuses. All buses are low-floored and have particulate filters. The standard livery is blue and grey, but buses used on the Rapperswil-Jona city bus network carry a red and grey scheme. Some buses carry non-standard colours.<ref name=vzofleet>{{cite web \| url = http://www.vzo.ch/fahrzeugpark_de.cfm \| title = Fahrzeugpark \| language = de \|trans-title=Fleet \| publisher = VZO \| access-date = 2013-10-03}}</ref> <gallery mode=packed> File:Rüti - Felsberg - Dorfstrasse IMG 4599.JPG\|A bus in VZO blue in [[Rüti, Zurich\|Rüti ZH]] File:Jona (SG) - Rapperswil-Jona Stadtbus der VBZ - Bahnhof 2011-11-18 13-30-30.JPG\|A bus in Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona red File:Rüti - VZO IMG 3651.JPG\|A bus in the VZO depot in Ruti ZH </gallery> == References == {{~~reflist~~Reflist\|30em}} == External links == * {{~~commonscat~~Commons category-inline\|Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland}} * [{{Official website\|http://www.vzo.ch/ ~~Official web site]~~}} {{Lake Zurich}} ~~<BR>~~ {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Verkehrsbetriebe Zurichsee und Oberland}} [[Category:Bus companies of Switzerland]] [[Category:Transport in the canton of Zürich]] {{Europe-transport-stub}} {{Switzerland-company-stub}}