Zürich Airport railway station

Zürich Flughafen
Underground island platform
The underground platforms at the station in 2006
General information
LocationKloten
Switzerland
Coordinates47°27′1.375″N 8°33′44.521″E / 47.45038194°N 8.56236694°E / 47.45038194; 8.56236694
Elevation413 m (1,355 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Zurich–Winterthur line
Distance9.6 km (6.0 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Connections
Tram
Tram
VBZ / VBG 10 12
Bus
Bus
PostAuto  510   520   521   524   530   531 
VBG 731 732 733 734 735 736 739 759 765 768
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
IATA codeZRH
Fare zone121 (ZVV)[1]
History
Opened1980 (44 years ago) (1980)
Passengers
202348'200 per weekday[2] (SBB)
Rank14 out of 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Terminus
 EuroCity Winterthur
towards München Hbf
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Geneva Airport
 IC 1 Winterthur
towards St. Gallen
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Geneva Airport
 IC 5
 Winterthur
towards Rorschach
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Brig
 IC 8 Winterthur
towards Romanshorn
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Interlaken Ost
 IC 81
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 IR 13 Winterthur
towards Chur
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Basel SBB
 IR 36 Terminus
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Lucerne
 IR 75 Winterthur
towards Konstanz
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Unterterzen
 S2 Terminus
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Herrliberg-Feldmeilen
 S16
Zürich Oerlikon
towards Zug
 S24 Bassersdorf
towards Thayngen or Weinfelden
Location
Zürich Flughafen/Airport is located in Switzerland
Zürich Flughafen/Airport
Zürich Flughafen/Airport
Location in Switzerland
Zürich Flughafen/Airport is located in Canton of Zurich
Zürich Flughafen/Airport
Zürich Flughafen/Airport
Zürich Flughafen/Airport (Canton of Zurich)
Map

Zurich Airport railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen) is a railway station serving Zurich 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 Zurich and the municipality of Kloten.[3][4]

History

When Zurich 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 Zurich 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.[5][6]

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. 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.[5][7]

Layout and facilities

Train

The station is situated on the airport railway line between Oerlikon and Effretikon, which forms one variant of the Zurich to Winterthur main line. The station, which is entirely underground, has two island platforms serving four tracks, 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.[4][8]

Summary of track (Gleis) usage:[9]

Bus and Tram

The airport terminal complex also includes a bus station, served by regional bus lines (PostAuto, Glattalbus), and a station on the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system, served by Zurich tram lines 10 and 12. These can be accessed from the station via the Airport Centre.[4][10][11]

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 Zurich 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 9 and 13 minutes for the journey.[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 en route from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Bregenz, in Austria, and various German cities as far as Munich.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Zürich Airport:[9]

  • Wall art in the station
    Wall art in the station
  • Double-deck S-Bahn (left) and InterRegio (right) trains in the station
    Double-deck S-Bahn (left) and InterRegio (right) trains in the station
  • A train to Basel in the station
    A train to Basel in the station
  • The Airport Centre at-grade level, one level above the station's offices and ticketing machines, and two levels above the tracks
    The Airport Centre at-grade level, one level above the station's offices and ticketing machines, and two levels above the tracks

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Lausanne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  5. ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch with Siegfried Map First edition overlaid (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Airport History". Flughafen Zürich AG. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Abfahrt/Departure: Bahnhof/Station Zürich Flughafen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 11 December 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Regional Network (50)" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Zürich Flughafen | Zurich Airport" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.