Zurich Airport train station

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Zurich Airport
The stairway to platform 1
The stairway to platform 1
Data
Location in the network Through station
Design Tunnel station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation ZFH
IBNR 8503016
opening 1980
Architectural data
Architectural style postmodern
location
City / municipality Balls
Canton Zurich
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 684 761  /  256131 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '2 "  N , 8 ° 33' 45"  O ; CH1903:  684,761  /  256131
Height ( SO ) 425  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The station Zurich Airport serves as a rail connection of the Zurich airport and is located in the town of Kloten north of Zurich . Although planned as a pure InterCity station, it has also been served by such lines since the introduction of the Zurich S-Bahn . It is the only train station on the airport line .

history

Construction of the station began in 1971 as part of the third stage of the airport construction, during which, among other things, multi-storey car park B (now multi-storey car park 2) and dock B were raised. If the stage was actually completed in 1976, the station was not served until June 1, 1980 with the first scheduled trains.

This was also due to the fact that the airport route was only finally decided in 1970 shortly before the start of the third stage of expansion of the airport. The location of the station in the vicinity of the airport was determined and construction could soon begin. However, the associated route first had to be fully planned and also created. The construction of some sections of the route could only begin when the first shell construction phase of the station had already been completed. The contract for the planning of a two-lane connection to the airport had already been awarded by the SBB General Directorate in 1969, but the rejection of the subway project on May 30, 1973 resulted in some changes to the plan. For example, the construction work for crossing the center of Glattbrugg and Opfikon could not begin until January 1976. The entire new line could only be used continuously by a construction train on August 14, 1979.

Location and architecture

The station is located under car park 2 and is accessed on the east side from the Airport Center . A development on the west side is not possible, as the train station is directly below the airport area. It has two island platforms, each with a usable length of 400 meters, on which the double lane is extended to four lanes through the airport tunnel.

The station is arched, with the four tracks having a radius of 500 to 550 meters. On both sides of the platforms there is a group of points with an overlying ventilation opening to the outside. The switch group on the southwest side connects the four Perongleise to the 1060 meter long double-lane airport tunnel, the one on the east side to the 2999-meter long double-lane Hagenholz tunnel . It should be noted here that the airport train station is counted as part of the airport tunnel, which means that it has a length of 1510 meters.

Above ground, the station can be recognized by the high shafts that can be seen when the train leaves. The two ventilation shafts were created to keep the air movements and pressure waves that occur when driving through the adjoining tunnels away from the station. Due to the shape of the shafts, a large part of the air flow is deflected upwards; when there is negative pressure in the tunnel, they allow air to flow in. As a result, only a small part of the air currents actually present can be felt in the station, and no door locks had to be installed between the platforms and the Airport Center.

traffic

With 300 trains per day, the station is one of the busiest in Switzerland. It is served (2015 timetable) by all long-distance trains in the direction of Eastern Switzerland, three S-Bahn lines and one connection to Basel. This also results in international connections to Munich or a direct train connection to Geneva-Cointrin Airport. Special airport trains such as in Vienna ( City Airport Train ) or Milan ( Malpensa Express ) are unnecessary as it was integrated directly into the existing railway network.

The journey time to the main station is around 10 minutes. Because of the high frequencies, trains ending in the airport are sometimes used as business trips to Bassersdorf or Effretikon, where they remain until they are put back into regular use at Zurich Airport.

At the platform with tracks 4 and 3, the trains in the direction of Zurich-Oerlikon / Zurich HB stop, at the other with tracks 2 and 1 those in the opposite direction. The platforms of the train station, which is built in a curve, are monitored by video during check-in - conductors or train drivers (in the rear-view mirror) cannot see the entire train. When the departure signal is given, on long-distance trains, orange flashing lights and an acoustic signal signal to the railway audience that the doors are about to close and the train is about to depart. With S-Bahn compositions, as at all stops, the train driver leaves the train alone, because the doors of this rolling stock can be controlled from the driver's cab.

Long-distance transport

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Web links

Commons : Zurich Airport railway station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Steiger: Zurich Airport: Totaler German victory in "aircraft noise dispute". Steiger Legal, July 4, 2012, accessed November 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Journal “Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt” 22/80, pages 505–546
  3. ↑ 420 meters according to the magazine “Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt” 22/80 pages 505-546
  4. ↑ Public transport. (No longer available online.) Zurich Airport, archived from the original on November 22, 2013 ; accessed on November 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flughafen-zuerich.ch