 Since 1905 the streets of Embrach are electrically illuminated.A mail- and stagecoach on the route Rorbas - Embrach - Kloten ran from 1862 for 20 years.The Schweizerische Nordostbahn (NOB - Director Alfred Escher) received a concession in 1870 for the construction of the railway line "Winterthur - Embrach - Bülach - Koblenz".