Kempten railway station (Switzerland)

Kempten

Kempten station building
Location Bahnhofstrasse,
Kempten,
Wetzikon,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E / 47.331832; 8.80419Coordinates: 47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E / 47.331832; 8.80419
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) Effretikon–Hinwil line
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Pfäffikon ZH   Zürich S-Bahn
S3 service
   Wetzikon
Location
Kempten railway station (Switzerland) (Switzerland)

Kempten is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Wetzikon. The station takes its name from the nearby village of Kempten and is located on the Effretikon to Hinwil railway line. It is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S3, which links Zürich and Wetzikon via Effretikon.[1][2]

Between 1903 and 1939, Kempten station was also served by the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), a metre gauge electric tramway that linked Kempten with Meilen, on the shores of Lake Zürich, via Wetzikon.[3]

References

  1. ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. ↑ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  3. ↑ "Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Retrieved 2012-05-25.

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