Zurich HB SZU railway station
Zurich HB SZU | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Zurich Canton of Zurich Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′37″N 8°32′20″E / 47.37694°N 8.53889°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SZU | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SZU | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Zürich Hauptbahnhof | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 110 (ZVV)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Zurich HB SZU railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich HB SZU) is a subsurface railway station situated below Bahnhofplatz in the city centre of Zurich, Switzerland. The station is physically connected to Zürich HB, Zurich Main Station, via the underground ShopVille mall. It is the terminus of the standard gauge Sihltal and Uetliberg railway lines of the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU).[2]
Layout
The cul-de-sac station has a single Island platform. Its two tracks (Gleis), numbered 21 and 22, respectively, are not connected to any of the tracks of Zürich Hauptbahnhof, owned by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS).
Services
S-Bahn
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following S-Bahn services stop at Zürich HB SZU:[3][4][5]
- Zurich S-Bahn:
- S4: service every twenty minutes to Langnau-Gattikon; one train per hour continues to Sihlwald
- S10: four trains per hour to Triemli; one train every half-hour continues to Uetliberg
- SN4: hourly night-time service on Friday/Saturday to Langnau-Gattikon
Trams and buses
The station lies below Bahnhofplatz, which is served by trams and trolleybuses of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ). Through, the undergrgound shopping mall ShopVille, the station is also connected to other stations adjacent to or nearby Zürich Hauptbahnhof (HB), namely:
- Bahnhofplatz/HB: tram lines 3, 10, 14 and trolleybus 31
- Bahnhofquai/HB to the east via ShopVille: tram lines 4, 11, 13, 14, 17 and trolleybus 46
- Bahnhofstrasse/HB, south of Bahnhofplatz, via ShopVille: tram lines 6, 7, 11, 13 and 17
The other nearby tram/bus stops Löwenplatz, Sihlpost/HB, Sihlquai/HB and Central can be reached via the streets.
History
The station opened on 5 May 1990, following the completion of a new tunnel under the Sihl from the old terminus at Zürich Selnau (until then a surface station), for which an already built stretch of tunnel of the unrealized Zurich Underground Railway was repurposed.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Zürich HB - Adliswil - Langnau-Gattikon - Sihlwald" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Zürich HB - Triemli - Uetliberg" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Night timetable and line network". ZVV. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ Balz, Theo R. (2 May 1991). "Die Verlängerung der SZU". Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt. 109 (18): 403. ISSN 0251-0960.
External links
- Media related to Zürich HB track 21 and 22 at Wikimedia Commons
- Zurich HB SZU railway station – SBB