Zürich Oerlikon railway station

Zürich Oerlikon

Zürich Oerlikon (August 2009)
Location Hofwiesenstrasse 369,
City of Zürich,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°24′46″N 8°32′42″E / 47.41278°N 8.54500°E
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) Zürich–Winterthur
Furttal
Platforms 6
Tracks 6
Connections Zürich trams (routes 10, 11 and 14)
Zürich buses
Glattalbus
Construction
Platform levels 1
History
Opened 1855
Rebuilt 1912
Traffic
Passengers 110,000 daily [1]
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Zürich Altstetten   InterRegio
Basle to Zurich Airport		   Zurich Airport
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterRegio
Lucerne to Zurich Airport		   Zurich Airport
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zurich S-Bahn
S2 line
   Zurich Airport
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zurich S-Bahn
S5 line
   Glattbrugg
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S6 line
   Zürich Seebach
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S7 line
   Opfikon
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn
S8 line
   Wallisellen
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn
S14 line
   Wallisellen
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S16 line
   Zurich Airport
Zürich Wipkingen   Zürich S-Bahn
S24 line
   Terminus
Location
Zürich Oerlikon railway station (Switzerland)

Zürich Oerlikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Oerlikon) is a railway station located at Oerlikon in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It is a major nodal point and junction for both the Zurich S-Bahn network and the Swiss rail network as a whole. Trains on 7 lines of the S-Bahn serve the station, as do frequent inter-regional trains. Inter-city passenger and freight traffic also passes through the station without stopping.

Location

Oerlikon station lies close nearby Hallenstadion and "Messe Zürich" in the centre of Oerliken, a suburb of Zürich that was once an independent town, and still remains an important business and retail centre.

The station is an important and busy one. It is served by lines S2, S5, S6, S7, S8, S14, S16 and S24 of the Zurich S-Bahn. In addition, it is an important railway station on the InterRegio lines Zurich Airport-Basel SBB and Zurich Airport-Luzern, and partially on the lines to the western part of Switzerland.

Train connections to Oerlikon from Zürich Hauptbahnhof are very frequent, and the ride takes only a few minutes. There are no fewer than three different routes from Oerlikon to Hauptbahnhof, each of which tunnels through the intermediate ridge. The most recent, the Weinberg Tunnel, runs into the Hauptbahnhof's low level platforms from the east. The other two, the Wipkingen Tunnel and the Käferberg Tunnel, both connect to the Hauptbahnhof's western approaches. All three tunnels emerge from adjacent portals to the south of Oerlikon station.

Trams of both the Zürich tramway system and the Glattalbahn operate from stops adjacent to the station, as do buses of both the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich and Glattalbus, connecting the station to nearby areas of Zürich and the Glatt Valley between Oerlikon and Zurich Airport.

History

On December 27, 1855, the line from Oerlikon to Winterthur via Wallisellen was established by the Schweizerische Nordostbahn (NOB). The following year this was extendend to Zürich Hauptbahnhof through the Wipkingen Tunnel. A temporary wooden train station was built by A. Beckh and Jakob Friedrich Wanner, replaced by a stone building in 1865. The building as it exists today, was renewed in 1912.

In June 1969, the Käferberg Tunnel was opened, providing a second route to Hauptbahnhof. In October 1979 the line from Oerlikon to Zurich Airport and on to rejoin the main line to Winterthur at Bassersdorf (the Flughafenlinie) opened. In June 2014, the Weinberg Tunnel opened, providing a third route to Hauptbahnhof.

Future development

The station's infrastructure, including both bus terminals and two additional platforms and tracks are being rebuilt, to complement the opening of the Weinberg tunnel.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Bahnhof Oerlikon Entwicklungskonzept und Ausbauvorhaben 2010 – 2015
  2. ↑ Quartierverein Oerlikon: Komplettumbau am Bahnhof Oerlikon (09.03.26)
  3. ↑ Schweizerische Bundesbahn: Durchmesserlinie Altstetten–Zürich HB–Oerlikon

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