Zürich Airport railway station

Zürich Airport

The underground platforms at Zurich Airport railway station, with double-deck S-Bahn (left) and InterRegio (right) trains.
Location Zurich Airport,
Kloten,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°27′01″N 08°33′44″E / 47.45028°N 8.56222°E / 47.45028; 8.56222Coordinates: 47°27′01″N 08°33′44″E / 47.45028°N 8.56222°E / 47.45028; 8.56222
Elevation 413 m (1,355 ft)
Owned by SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by SBB CFF FFS
Line(s) Zürich–Winterthur line
Distance 9.6 km (6.0 mi) from Zürich HB
Platforms 4
Connections Zürich Airport
Zürich trams (routes 10 and 12)
Regional buses
Other information
IATA code ZRH
Fare zone ZVV 121
History
Opened 1980
Electrified 1980
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   EuroCity
Zürich to Munich		   St. Gallen
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity
Geneva to St. Gallen via Bern		   Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity
Geneva to St. Gallen via Neuchâtel		   Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity
Brig to Romanshorn		   Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterRegio
Biel/Bienne to Konstanz		   Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Oerlikon   InterRegio
Basle to Zürich Airport		   Terminus
Zürich Oerlikon   InterRegio
Lucerne to Zürich Airport		   Terminus
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S2 line
   Terminus
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S16 line
   Effretikon
Location
Zürich Flughafen
Zürich Flughafen
Zürich Flughafen (Switzerland)

Zürich Airport railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen) is a railway station serving Zürich Airport in Switzerland. The station is located underneath the Airport Centre, the main ground-side passenger terminal of the airport, which is in the canton of Zürich and the municipality of Kloten.[1][2]

History

The station was opened in 1980, along with the airport railway line between Oerlikon and Bassersdorf. Originally the station was planned to be served only by intercity trains, but it is now served by a mixture of long distance and suburban trains.[3]

Operation

The station is situated on the airport railway line between Oerlikon and Bassersdorf, which forms part of the Zürich to Winterthur main line. The station, which is entirely underground, has two island platforms providing four platforms faces each with a length of 400 metres (1,300 ft). The platforms are linked to the Airport Centre, which contains the station ticket office and other facilities, by escalators and lifts.[2][4]

The station is served by approximately 300 trains per day, formed of a mixture of InterCity (IC) and InterRegio (IR) trains, serving cities throughout Switzerland, as well as Zürich S-Bahn trains on lines S 2 and S 16 . Most trains also serve Zürich Hauptbahnhof, the city's main railway station, with, for most of the day, some 9 trains per hour (tph) taking between 10 and 15 minutes for the journey.[4][5][6]

Other Swiss stations served (with typical daytime frequencies) include Aarau (IC; 1 tph), Baden (IR; 1 tph), Basel (IR; 1 tph), Bern (IC; 2 tph), Biel/Bienne (IC/IR; 2 tph), Brig (IC; 1 tph), Dietikon (IR; 1 tph), Effretikon (S16; 2 tph), Enge (S2; 2 tph), Frauenfeld (IC/IR; 2 tph), Fribourg/Freiburg (IC; 1 tph), Geneva (IC; 1 tph), Hardbrücke (S16; 2 tph), Herrliberg-Feldmeilen (S16; 2 tph), Kreuzlingen (IR; 1 tph), Lausanne (IC; 2 tph), Lucerne (IR; 1 tph), Neuchâtel (IC; 1 tph), Oerlikon (IR/S2/S16; 6 tph), Olten (IC/IR; 2 tph), Pfaffikon SZ (S2; 2 tph), Romanshorn (IC; 1 tph), Schaffhausen (S16; 1 tph), Solothurn (IC/IR; 2 tph), Spiez (IC; 1 tph), Stadelhofen (S16; 2 tph), St. Gallen (IC; 2 tph), Thalwil (IR/S2; 3 tph), Thun (IC; 1 tph), Weinfelden (IC/IR; 2 tph), Wil (IC; 2 tph), Winterthur (IC/IR/S16; 5 tph), Ziegelbrucke (S16; 2 tph), and Zug (IR; 2 tph).[4][5]

The airport station is also linked to Konstanz station, just over the border in Germany, by an hourly Swiss InterCity train. Several daily Eurocity trains call at the airport station on route from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Bregenz, in Austria, and various German cities as far as Munich.[5]

The airport terminal complex also includes a bus station, served by regional bus lines, and a station on the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system, served by Zürich tram routes 10 and 12. These can be accessed from the station via the Airport Centre.[2][7]

Gallery

Wall art in the station 
A train to Basel in the station 
The terminal above the station 
Ticket machines at the station 

References

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ↑ "Airport History". Flughafen Zürich AG. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Departure Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 14 December 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "How To Get from Zurich Airport to Zurich City". Venere Net S.p.A. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Regional Network (50)" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

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