Zurich Altstetten train station

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Zurich Altstetten
Zurich Altstetten as seen from the Europabrücke bridge
Zurich Altstetten as seen from the Europabrücke bridge
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation ZAS
IBNR 8503001
opening 1847
Profile on SBB.ch No. 3001
location
City / municipality Zurich
Place / district Altstetten
Canton Zurich
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 679 298  /  249 492 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '29 "  N , 8 ° 29' 20"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-nine thousand two hundred ninety-eight  /  two hundred forty-nine thousand four hundred and ninety-two
Height ( SO ) 399  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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A staircase as a sculpture

The station Zurich Altstetten is one of 13 SBB stations in the area of the city Zurich and located in the same quarters Altstetten .

history

The first train station was put into operation in the then still independent municipality of Altstetten (incorporated in 1934) on August 9, 1847 on the occasion of the opening of the first railway line in Switzerland ( Spanish-Brötli-Bahn Zurich - Baden). On June 1, 1864, the Ämtler line Zurich - Zug was opened via the Knonau office . With the opening of the Zimmerberg tunnel as part of the Gotthard approach from Zurich - Thalwil - Zug - Arth-Goldau, the Wiedikon - Altstetten connection was opened on June 1, 1897 .

In the 1960s, the decision to build the Limmattal marshalling yard (RBL), the outsourcing of cargo handling outside the city and the associated expansion in the Limmattal also included Altstetten. A third and fourth track were built east of the RBL between Dietikon and Altstetten. From Altstetten, freight trains could only bypass the main station via the connection line to Zurich Wiedikon , when the Käferberg line went into operation on June 1, 1969, the single-track connection to Zurich Oerlikon was finally made possible.

Sunset over the station building

With the commissioning of the Zurich S-Bahn on May 2, 1990, the second double lane between Altstetten and Hardbrücke was put into operation. Since then, S-Bahn trains have been using tracks 3 and 4 ( southern double lane ) in Altstetten in regular operation and change between Altstetten and Hardbrücke via an overpass structure over the long-distance tracks (in Altstetten tracks 6 and 7, northern double lane ) to the northern edge of the track field.

building

The first building was erected by the SNB on the occasion of the opening of the line to Baden in 1847. As early as 1864 a new station building was built by the NOB; the introduction of the line from Zug created a wedge station . It was built according to the construction plans of Jakob Friedrich Wanner , who also designed the main train station at the time, on the existing wall sections of the central building of the old train station and was completed when the line to Zug opened. The old station building from 1847 was located in front of the southeast corner of the Schnellguthalle, where the northwestern switch head of the station is today. The new station building from 1864 came to be in an island location. The two branches of the wedge station were not relocated during the construction of today's station.

Together with the Käferberg line and the construction of the Mülligen express freight station, the entire railway system was rebuilt in the 1960s and the station received its current appearance with the third station building.

With its ten storeys, today's station building is one of the few high-rises in Zurich . It was built in 1966 by SBB and the chief architect of District Directorate III, Max Vogt . The building is made of exposed concrete .

In addition to the SBB counter, the ground floor houses a kiosk, snack bar and other business premises, while apartments are located on the upper floors. From an architectural point of view, today's station is one of the most important buildings of the SBB and one of the reasons why they received the 2005 Wakker Prize for a high-quality building culture.

There is a larger square in front of the train station, which has recently been redesigned. Four large plane trees demarcate the station from the square and provide shade for those waiting in summer.

Altstetten train station won the “Good Buildings Award” from the city of Zurich, as mentioned by a sign at the ticket office.

Track management

Since the renovation in the 1960s, the station is no longer designed as a wedge station, but as a through station with 7 tracks. Only tracks 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 have a standard platform; Track 5 is a straight through track that is mainly used by freight trains running on the Käferberg line. Track 1, on the other hand, is embedded in the so-called house platform , which is located at the station building and forms the standard platform for track 2. Track 1, which was designed as a road track, was therefore never used in regular operations, which is why it was canceled without replacement when the construction work started in 2018.

Opening dates of the routes

Minimalist architecture with a strict message
  • August 9, 1847 Zurich - Baden by the Swiss Northern Railway (SNB)
  • June 1, 1864 Altstetten - Train on the Zurich-Zug-Lucerne Railway (ZZL)
  • June 1, 1897 Altstetten - Zurich Wiedikon by the Swiss Northeast Railway (NOB)
  • 1967 Construction of the Zurich Mülligen express freight station (start of the 4-lane expansion Altstetten - Dietikon)
  • June 1, 1969 Zurich Altstetten - Zurich Oerlikon by the SBB (Käferberglinie)
  • May 2, 1990 Zürich Altstetten - Zürich Hardbrücke by SBB (S-Bahn Zürich, second double lane)

More information about the routes

  • 1861 double track Zurich - Turgi
  • January 21, 1925 Electrification Zurich - Olten
  • March 1, 1927 Double track and electrification Altstetten - Zurich Wiedikon
  • October 15, 1932 Altstetten - Zug electrified
  • November 5, 1967 Third track, Zurich Altstetten - Schlieren
  • December 1, 1974 Fourth track, Zurich Altstetten - Schlieren
  • June 29, 2004 Fifth track to Zurich HB
  • October 26, 2015 Letzigrabenbrücke forms the sixth track between Zurich Altstetten and Zurich HB

Distances to the nearest stations

Train stops

Long-distance transport

Zurich Altstetten train station is served by two InterRegio lines.

The SBB also planned to have two InterCity relief trains Zurich – Bern stop in Zurich Altstetten from December 2015 . However, the Federal Office of Transport FOT refused the required permit.

Zurich S-Bahn

Since the introduction of the Zurich S-Bahn , the S-Bahn trains have been the main mode of transport in Zurich Altstetten station.

All lines operate every day and all day at half-hourly intervals (with changing end points), only the S 14 runs only until 8:30 p.m. in the direction of Affoltern am Albis and the S 19 only on weekdays.

Operational

The remote control center (FstZ) Altstetten, which was responsible for remote control of the Altstetten - Turgi and Altstetten - Steinhausen routes, was located in the station building until autumn 2011. Since autumn 2011, this sector including Zurich Altstetten train station has been remote-controlled from the BZ Ost at Zurich Airport.

In the summer months until 2007 it was possible to load cars onto the seasonal motorail trains that run from Zurich Altstetten to Italy. There used to be connections to France ( Narbonne ). This is the only commercial car loader in the Swiss Plateau and for some time - apart from the tunnel car loaders - even the last car loader in Switzerland. The 2007 timetable was the last one with motorail trains to and from Switzerland.

Immediately after the train station in the direction of the main train station is the former main workshop on the south side . Together with the Herdern maintenance facility on the northern side, it now forms the Zurich service location.

West of the passenger railway station is the still under the name of the former Schnellgutbahnhof Altstetten, marshalling Zurich Mülligen as a small rail yard is used. Between Zürich Altstetten and Zürich HB is the area of ​​the so-called Zürich Vorbahnhof with the former Zürich marshalling yard and various parking and maintenance facilities.

Station squares

The station building with Altstetterplatz on the south side

Altstetterplatz

At the end of 2005 the redesigned Altstetterplatz was opened on the south side of the station. The flow of people has been significantly improved by the new open design. In addition, the square was given a long concrete bus shelter. This takes up the architectural language of the station building from 1968, on the other side of the square, adapted to the present day.

Volcano square

On the north side of the train station, a new town square was built around 2011 with the reversing loop for the planned Zurich West tram , which went into operation in December 2011. However, the course was not yet completed at this point in time. The existing bus lines north of the train station will also run from the new Vulkanplatz after completion. The partly fallow area on the northern side of Altstetten train station, narrowed between the railway area and the A1H / A3 motorway, is one of the largest contiguous building land reserves in Zurich's urban area.

Important national and international companies have already set up headquarters, back offices and training centers around Altstetten train station. The location is to be further promoted through targeted area development (including the WestLink area). At the end of September 2008, demolition work on the Sika building began. Construction will start towards the end of 2009.

Others

The station hit the headlines when, on December 5, 2004, around 400 FC Basel fans were arrested who had traveled on a special train.

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Zürich Altstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans G. Wägli Rail Network Switzerland, page 55