HORGEN and MEILEN Lake Zurich ferries

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HORGEN and MEILEN Lake Zurich ferries

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:23 pm

Stamp Day – a category II exhibition – is to be held in Horgen from 25 to 27 November 2021. The organizational committee of the Horgen Philately Society chose the ferry to Meilen as the venue for the official opening ceremony. The ferry not only connects the two banks of the lake at Horgen and Meilen. It also offers a much quicker option for private transport between the Zurich Oberland and Central Switzerland than traveling around the lake − including ten minutes of relaxing lake air and spectacular panoramic views − and is vital to the entire region.
The ferry link was also selected as the design for the miniature sheet issued to mark the exhibition. Both ferries are depicted in their municipal colors at their respective berths in Horgen and Meilen. There is a white space between the two stamps – each of which has a value of 50+25 centimes – to symbolize the link crossing the lake.

https://www.post.ch/en/locations/stamps ... tamps/2021

HORGEN was built by Bodan Werft GmbH, Kressbronn, Germany for the Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen-Meilen AG.
Launched 1991 as HORGEN.
Displacement 250 ton, dim. 49.50 x 13.00 2.75m, draught 1.55m.
Lane length 47.50, lane width 10.20,
Powered by 2 MTU 2000 / BV diesel engines, 900 hp, twin Voith-Schneider propellers, speed 21.7 km/h.
Capacity for 300 persons, seats inside 67, seats outside 36.
Can carry 40 cars.
26 May 1991 delivered to owners.

MEILEN was built by Oeswag Shipyard, Linz, Austria for the for the Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen-Meilen AG.
Launched as the MEILEN.
Displacement 360 ton, dim. 60.0 x 13.50 x 2.75m, draught 1.45m.
Powered by two MTU 2000 / BV diesel engines, 1,100 hp, two Voith Schneider propellers, speed 23.0 km/h
Capacity for 300 persons, seats inside 36, outside seats 36.
Can carry 48 cars.
Lane length 55.30m, width 10.60m.
24 September 2017 commissioned.

2021 Both ferries are still in service between Horgen and Meilen across Lake Zurich.
During rush hour every 10 minutes is there an sailing, the crossing across the lake is 10 minutes.


Source: https://faehre.ch/horgen/
Switzerland 2021 50 + 25c sg ?, Scott?
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