Zürich Wipkingen railway station
Zürich Wipkingen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Wipkingen) is a railway station in the Wipkingen quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. It is situated on the Zürich–Winterthur railway line, which was built by the Swiss Northeastern Railway (Schweizerische Nordostbahn).[2]
Zürich Wipkingen | |||||||||||
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SBB InterCity train emerging from the Wipkingen tunnel into Wipkingen station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Wipkingen, City of Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°23′31″N 8°31′45″E / 47.3920°N 8.5291°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 423 m (1,388 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Zürich–Winterthur | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV Bhf. Wipkingen | ||||||||||
| VBZ buses 33 46 | |||||||||||
| Direct line S24 to/from Zürich Airport in 0:08h | |||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Architect | Emil Schlaginhaufen (1932) | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ZVV 110 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1932 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 2700 per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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Zürich Wipkingen Location in Switzerland | |||||||||||
The route towards Zürich HB leads over the Wipkingen viaduct (Wipkinger Viadukt). Immediately at the northern end of the station, the Wipkingen Tunnel starts and connects it to Zürich Oerlikon.[2]
Service edit
Wipkingen station is served only by S-Bahn-style regional trains. As of December 2022, the station is served half-hourly by line S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn.[3]
- S24 Thayngen / Weinfelden – Winterthur – Zürich Flughafen – Wipkingen – Zürich HB – Thalwil – Zug
Services stop in Kemptthal until 9:20 PM; the lines to Thayngen and Weinfelden are operated alternately at hourly intervals; stops between Neuhausen and Winterthur only in Andelfingen.
Due to construction work, the section between Zürich HB and Wipkingen is out of service between 10 December 2023 and 14 December 2024.[4] During this time, trains of S24 service operate only between Wipkingen and Thayngen/Weinfelden and between Zürich HB and Zug.
History edit
The station lies on the oldest of several rail routes from the city center to the northern part of Zürich. Although the Zürich–Winterthur railway line opened in 1856, Wipkingen did not get its own railway station before 2 October 1932. Between 1908 and 1968, a tram (line 4) connected Escher-Wyss Platz with Röschlibachplatz adjacent to Wipkingen station.[5] Urban transport has since been replaced by trolleybus services (lines 33 and 46).
Prior to the opening of the Weinberg Tunnel on 14 June 2014, this station was served by Zürich S-Bahn lines S2, S8 and S14. These lines now run via the new tunnel route, and the half-hourly S24 was extended from Hauptbahnhof further north in order to ensure that Wipkingen did not lose rail service.[6]
InterCity, EuroCity or RegioExpress services to/from destinations to the north or northeast that use the surface tracks of Zürich HB (most with Zürich HB as their terminus) still use this line, but they do not call at Wipkingen station.
Gallery edit
- View from the platform towards the portal of the Wipkingen Tunnel.
- View from the platform towards South.
- Track 1 of the station.
- Wipkingen station building.
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- Illuminated Wipkinger Viadukt with shops (Im Viadukt).
References edit
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Umbau Bahnhof Zürich Wipkingen und Sanierung des Wipkinger Viadukts" (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Das Tram lässt auf sich warten wipkingen.net (in German)
- ^ Haydock, David (August 2014). "Zürich's New S-Bahn Tunnel". Today's Railways Europe. No. 224. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. 28–32.
External links edit
- Media related to Zürich Wipkingen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Zürich Wipkingen railway station – SBB