Zürich Airport railway station

Zürich Airport

The underground platforms at Zurich Airport railway station
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
   Terminus
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S24 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

When Zürich Airport first opened in 1948, the nearest railway was the single-track line from Oerlikon to Effretikon, forming a loop off the original main line of the Zürich to Winterthur line. This line passed through Kloten Balsberg and Kloten stations, which are respectively 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) and 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) from the airport terminal. In 1980 and in order to improve access to the airport, a new main line was constructed between Oerlikon and Effretikon. The new line passed under the airport terminal, and the airport railway station was opened. 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][4]

The previous line from Oerlikon through Kloten Balsberg and Kloten to Bassersdorf was retained, and is used by suburban trains that do not call at the airport and freight trains. However the section from Bassersdorf to Effretikon was abandoned, and trains off the Kloten line now join the new line for this section of their journey. Other suburban trains use the original main line through Dietlikon.[3][5]

Layout and facilities

The station is situated on the airport railway line between Oerlikon and Effretikon, which forms one variant 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, by escalators and lifts. The Airport Centre also contains several floors of retail and catering facilities, as well as access, via check-in and security, to the Airside Center and gate lounges.[2][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][6]

Operation

The station is served by approximately 300 trains per day, formed of a mixture of EuroCity (EC) InterCity (IC) and InterRegio (IR) trains, serving cities throughout Switzerland, as well as Zürich S-Bahn trains on lines S2, S16 and S24. Most trains also serve Zürich Hauptbahnhof, the city's main railway station, with, for most of the day, some 13 trains per hour (tph) taking between 10 and 15 minutes for the journey.[5][7][8]

Other Swiss stations served (with typical daytime frequencies) include Aarau (IC; 1 tph), Basel (IR; 2 tph), Bern (IC; 2 tph), Biel/Bienne (IC; 1 tph), Brig (IC; 1 tph), Dietikon (IR; 1 tph), Effretikon (S24; 2 tph), Enge (S2/S24; 4 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), Oerlikon (IR/S2/S16/S24; 8 tph), Olten (IC; 1 tph), Pfaffikon SZ (S2; 2 tph), Romanshorn (IC; 1 tph), Schaffhausen (S24; 1 tph), Solothurn (IC; 1 tph), Spiez (IC; 1 tph), Stadelhofen (S16; 2 tph), St. Gallen (EC/IC/IR; 3 tph), Thalwil (IR/S2/S24; 5 tph), Thun (IC; 1 tph), Weinfelden (IC/IR; 2 tph), Wil (IC; 2 tph), Winterthur (IC/IR/S24; 7 tph), Ziegelbrucke (S16; 2 tph), and Zug (IR/S24; 3 tph).[5][7]

The airport station is also linked to Konstanz station, just over the border in Germany, by an hourly Swiss InterRegio 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.[7]

Gallery

Wall art in the station 
Double-deck S-Bahn (left) and InterRegio (right) trains in the station. 
A train to Basel in the station 
The terminal above 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. 1 2 map.geo.admin.ch with Siegfried Map First edition overlaid (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Airport History". Flughafen Zürich AG. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  6. ↑ "Regional Network (50)" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 "Departure Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "How To Get from Zurich Airport to Zurich City". Venere Net S.p.A. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

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