Opfikon railway station

Opfikon
Island platform located in a cut below ground level
The station platforms in 2015
General information
LocationGiebeleichstrasse
Opfikon
Switzerland
Coordinates47°25′47.820″N 8°33′42.329″E / 47.42995000°N 8.56175806°E / 47.42995000; 8.56175806
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Wettingen–Effretikon line
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Rapperswil
 S7 Kloten Balsberg
towards Winterthur
Location
Opfikon is located in Switzerland
Opfikon
Opfikon
Location within Switzerland
Opfikon is located in Canton of Zürich
Opfikon
Opfikon
Opfikon (Canton of Zürich)

Opfikon is a railway station in Switzerland, in the municipality of Opfikon. The station is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S7. Opfikon station is some 250 metres (820 ft) walk from Glattbrugg station on S-Bahn line S5 and the Stadtbahn Glattal.[1][2][3]

The Opfikon station has a single central platform, which is flanked by two tracks. The two through tracks of the Zürich Airport station branch of the Zürich to Winterthur line run parallel to the platform, but are not connected to the platform tracks in the vicinity of the station.[3][4]

The station is situated on the Wettingen–Effretikon line, originally opened by the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn; SNB) in 1877 and bypassing Zürich. However the passenger trains that stop at the station all operate from Zürich, using a connection from Zürich Oerlikon station opened in 1881. The station area was heavily modified in 1978, when the airport branch and its through tracks were added.[3]

Services

The following services stop at Opfikon:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Zürich City Map (Map). 1:16000. Hallwag Kümmerlry+Frey AG. 2009-01-25. ISBN 978-3-8283-0070-5.
  2. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  5. ^ "Zürich – Winterthur" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.


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