Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; Zürich Main Station or Zürich Central Station) is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland and neighbouring 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. It was ranked as the second-best European railway station in 2020.
Zürich HB | |
|---|---|
| Central terminal and underground pass-through railway station | |
Zürich Hauptbahnhof viewed from the east. | |
| General information | |
| Other names | Zürich Hauptbahnhof |
| Location | Bahnhofplatz 15 CH-8001 Zürich Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°22′41.41″N 8°32′24.64″E |
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Owned by | SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways) |
| Line(s) | |
| 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 |
| ZSG Limmat river cruise (Landesmuseum) | |
| VBZ trams 3 4 6 7 10 11 13 14 17 | |
| VBZ trolley buses 31 46 | |
| 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 |
| Platform levels | 2 (4 passenger levels) |
| Parking | limited short-term |
| Bicycle facilities | openair (10/1048), covered (3/214), secured (Velostation Süd: 750, Velostation Nord: 170) |
| Architect | Jakob Friedrich Wanner (1871) |
| Architectural style | Neorenaissance (1871) |
| Other information | |
| Fare zone | ZVV: 110 |
| Website | Zürich Hauptbahnhof |
| History | |
| Opened | 9 August 1847 |
| Rebuilt | 1871, 1990 (S-Bahn), 2014 (Löwenstrasse) |
| Electrified | 5 February 1923 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 471,300 per working day |
| Location | |
Zürich Hauptbanhof Location in Switzerland | |
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 Sihl passes through the station in a tunnel with railway tracks both above and below.) 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 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.
Besides Zürich HB, there are 22 railway stations in the municipality of Zürich: Affoltern, Altstetten, Binz, Brunau, Enge, Friesenberg, Giesshübel, Hardbrücke, Leimbach, Manegg, Oerlikon, Saalsporthalle, Schweighof, Seebach, Selnau, Stadelhofen, Stettbach, Tiefenbrunnen, Triemli, Wiedikon, Wipkingen and Wollishofen (excluding the five stations of the Forch railway, which uses the tracks of the tram system in Zürich). Another railway station, Letten, has been disused since 1989.