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Zürich Hauptbahnhof

Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Central terminal and underground pass-through railway station
Zuerich Hauptbahnhof-2.jpg
Zürich Hauptbahnhof viewed from the east.
Other names Zürich HB
Location Bahnhofplatz 15, CH-8001 Zürich, ZH
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°22′40″N 8°32′25″E / 47.37778°N 8.54028°E / 47.37778; 8.54028Coordinates: 47°22′40″N 8°32′25″E / 47.37778°N 8.54028°E / 47.37778; 8.54028
Elevation 408 m (1,339 ft)
Owned by SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by
  • SBB CFF FFS
  • SZU (Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn)
Platforms 13
Tracks 26 (German: Gleis; 16 at-grade, terminal tracks; 2 underground, terminal tracks; 8 underground, pass-through tracks)
Connections ZVV: Bahnhofplatz/HB, Bahnhofstr./HB, Bahnhofquai/HB, Sihlquai/HB, Sihlpost/HB
Ship
ZSG Limmat river cruise (Landesmuseum)
Train
S-Bahn
Tram
VBZ trams 3 4 6 7 10 11 13 14 17
Bus
VBZ trolley buses 31 46
Airport
numerous trains per hour to/from Zürich Flughafen in c. 0:10h and VBZ tram 10 in 0:49h
Construction
Structure type at-grade and underground
Depth 0
Platform levels 2 (4 passenger levels)
Architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner (1871)
Architectural style Neorenaissance (1871)
Other information
Fare zone ZVV: 110
Website Zürich Hauptbahnhof
History
Opened 9 August 1847 (1847-08-09)
Rebuilt 1871, 1990 (S-Bahn), 2014 (Löwenstrasse)
Electrified 5 February 1923 (1923-02-05)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 441,400 per working day
Rank 1 of 1735
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S2 line
  Zürich Wiedikon
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S3 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Terminus   Zürich S-Bahn
S4 line
  Zürich Selnau
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S5 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S6 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S7 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S8 line
  Zürich Wiedikon
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S9 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Terminus   Zürich S-Bahn
S10 line
  Zürich Selnau
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S11 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S12 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Oerlikon   Zürich S-Bahn
S14 line
  Zürich Altstetten
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S15 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn
S16 line
  Zürich Stadelhofen
Zürich Altstetten   Zürich S-Bahn
S19 line
  Zürich Oerlikon
Terminus   Zürich S-Bahn
S21 line
  Zürich Wiedikon
Zürich Wipkingen   Zürich S-Bahn
S24 line
  Zürich Wiedikon
Terminus   Zürich S-Bahn
S25 line
  Wädenswil
Location
Zürich HB
Zürich HB
Zürich HB
Zürich HB (Switzerland)

Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB; English: Zürich Main Station or Zürich Central Station) is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland and neighbouring European countries such as Germany, Italy, Austria and France. The station was originally constructed as the terminus of the Spanisch Brötli Bahn, the first railway built completely within Switzerland. Serving up to 2,915 trains per day, Zürich HB is one of the busiest railway stations in the world.

The station can be found at the northern end of the Altstadt, or old town, in central Zürich, near the confluence of the rivers Limmat and Sihl. The station is on several levels, with platforms both at ground and below ground level, and tied together by underground passages and the ShopVille shopping mall. The Sihl passes through the station in a tunnel with railway tracks both above and below. The station's railway yards extend about 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west.

The station is included in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.

The first Zürich railway station was built by Gustav Albert Wegmann, on what were then the north-western outskirts of the city. It occupied a piece of land between the rivers Limmat and Sihl, and trains accessed it from the west via a bridge over the Sihl. At the eastern end of the station was a turntable, used for turning locomotives. This basic terminal station layout, with all trains departing and departing from the east, was to set the basic design of the station for the next 143 years.

The new station was the initially the terminus of the Swiss Northern Railway, more often called the Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn, which opened on 9 August 1847 and linked Zürich with Baden. Initially the railway lines in the station were laid to a gauge of 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), perhaps because the same gauge was used at the contemperaneous and nearby Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway.


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