Zürich Wiedikon railway station

Zürich Wiedikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Wiedikon) is a railway station on the Zürich S-Bahn system in Wiedikon in the western part of the Swiss city of Zürich. The station is located on the Lake Zürich left bank line, although it is now bypassed by the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing.[1][2]

Zürich Wiedikon
The station building from the street in 2008
LocationWiedikon
Switzerland
Coordinates47°22′17.292″N 8°31′24.416″E
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zürich left-bank line
Platforms3
Tracks3
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Connections
History
Opened1875 (1875)
Rebuilt1925–1927
Services
Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station
Zürich Hauptbahnhof S2 Zürich Enge
towards Unterterzen
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Winterthur
S8 Zürich Enge
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Thayngen or Weinfelden
S24 Zürich Enge
towards Zug
Location
Zürich Wiedikon
Location within Switzerland
Zürich Wiedikon
Zürich Wiedikon (Canton of Zürich)

History

The first Wiedikon station opened in 1875 with the opening of the Lake Zürich left bank line. The line's original routing through the area differed from the current alignment and was largely at street level, with many level crossings, and passed immediately to the east of the existing station.[3]

The current station was built between 1925 and 1927, when the line was rerouted to the west, using a lower level alignment with more tunneling. The architect was Hermann Herter.

Operation

The rail approaches to the station from both north and south are below ground level, with a cutting to the north and the 848 m (2,782 ft) Ulmberg tunnel is to the south. The connecting line to the Giesshübel station on the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn diverges at the southern end of the station, also in tunnel.[2]

The station has three tracks and three platforms. All the platforms can be used by trains in both directions on the Lake Zurich line, but only the westernmost is accessible to trains on the Giesshübel connector.

Services

The station is served by lines S2, S8, and S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn:[4]

Stops on Zürich tram routes 9 and 14 are adjacent to the station, as is the terminus of city buses 67 and 76, and of regional bus routes 215, 220, 235, 245 and 350.[5][6]

References

  1. map.geo.admin.ch with municipal boundaries overlaid (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. map.geo.admin.ch with Siegfried Map First edition overlaid (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  4. "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. "Stadt Zürich | Zurich City" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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