Zurich Oerlikon train station

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Zurich Oerlikon
Zurich-Oerlikon train station in January 2019
Zurich-Oerlikon train station in January 2019
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Platform tracks 8th
abbreviation ZOER
IBNR 8503006
opening December 27, 1855
location
City / municipality Zurich
Place / district Oerlikon
Canton Zurich
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 683 497  /  251918 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '46 "  N , 8 ° 32' 42"  O ; CH1903:  683 497  /  251918
Height ( SO ) 442  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The train station Zurich Oerlikon ( 442  m above sea level. M. ) is the eighth largest station of Switzerland , one of the 13 SBB rail stations on the territory of the city Zurich and located in the same district Oerlikon . Since the end of 2016, it has had eight tracks and its own underground shopping arcade with a total of 27 shops. The station of the municipality of Oerlikon, which was independent until 1934, is one of the oldest in Switzerland and is still one of the most important points in the Swiss rail network. Practically all trains leaving Zurich in the north and north-east direction have to pass through Oerlikon. The train station is therefore one of the bottlenecks in the greater Zurich area. Eleven lines of the Zurich S-Bahn run via Oerlikon and from there in four different directions ( Seebach , Glattbrugg , ( Opfikon ) - airport or Wallisellen ). There are also three tram lines and various bus lines from Oerlikon train station.

History of the reception building

In 1855 the NOB started operations with a provisional building in the form of an extended goods shed. It was a design by A. Beckh, construction management by Jakob Friedrich Wanner . On May 1, 1865, the station received its definitive building under the NOB, based on a design by Jakob Friedrich Wanner, who also directed construction. The temporary building was previously relocated to Oberglatt .

While the station building was being rebuilt between December 4, 1912 and spring 1914, a provisional facility was in operation. The owner of the renovation was SBB District Directorate III, the construction management was in the hands of K. Strasser and M. Steiner. With these last renovations, the building has been preserved to this day. Over time, free-standing, modern buildings were added on both sides. In the west against the former goods handling area, sales rooms and covered bicycle parking spaces were built, in the east technical rooms. Since a renovation in the 1990s, the Oerlikon remote control center has been located in the technical rooms instead of the old signal box.

Opening dates of the routes

  • December 27, 1855 Oerlikon - Wallisellen - Winterthur by the Swiss Northeast Railway (NOB)
  • June 26, 1856 Oerlikon - Wipkingen - Zurich by the NOB
  • May 1, 1865 Oerlikon - Glattbrugg - Bülach by the Bülach-Regensberg-Bahn (BR)
  • (October 15, 1877 Wettingen - Seebach - (bypassing the Oerlikon station) - Opfikon - Kloten - Winterthur by the Swiss National Railway (SNB))
    Bankruptcy curve / "war loop"
  • June 1, 1881 Oerlikon - Opfikon by the NOB
  • July 1, 1909 Oerlikon - Seebach by the SBB
    The war loop was shut down until 1939
  • June 1, 1969 Zurich Oerlikon - Zurich Altstetten by SBB (Käferberglinie)
  • September 30, 1979 Zurich Oerlikon - Zurich Airport - Bassersdorf by SBB ( airport line )
  • June 15, 2014 Third double lane Zurich Oerlikon - Zurich HB by SBB ( diameter line )

The Oerlikon station should also have been connected to the Zurich subway , but the project failed in a referendum in 1973.

Distances to the nearest train stations

Line layout and track position

before renovation

The station now consists of 8 platform tracks. To the west are the tunnels of the two lines towards Zurich HB. The eastbound lines already share in the train station.

Eastern tracks

  • Tracks 1 and 2 only lead towards Wallisellen.
  • Tracks 3–8 lead to Oberhauser Riet , where the tracks branch off into the double lanes to the airport, to Opfikon, to Glattbrugg and the single-lane line to Seebach. Since the construction of the airport line and the expansion of the track system in Oberhauser Riet, the tracks have been laid out as follows:
    • Platforms 3 and 4 serve the airport line and are mainly used by (passing) express trains
    • Tracks 5 to 8 form the double track to Glattbrugg, as well as the tracks on both sides to Opfikon - Kloten. The single-lane junction to Seebach can be driven from tracks 6-8

West leading tracks

Extensions for the diameter line

Station during construction in Feb. 2013

Since the partial opening of the diameter line in 2014, the Oerlikon station has three double tracks by Zurich HB , hence the six tracks are not enough of the station from more; the station was expanded by two tracks (7 and 8), which connect to the existing track 6 in the northwest. The station will also have its own underground shopping arcade with space for around 30 shops. In addition, the track system was expanded as follows:

  • The Weinberg tunnel of the diameter line ends in single-track tunnel exits, of which the western one lies between the two tracks of the Wipkinger line .
  • In the track field between the tunnel exits and the train station, a new unbundling structure was built with a single-track submission.

In order to create space for the two additional tracks, from 22./23. May 2012 the former administration building of the machine factory Oerlikon will be moved 60 meters to the west.

Since December 2015, with the fourth partial expansion of the Zurich S-Bahn, a total of eleven different S-Bahn trains have been running through Oerlikon station. These are the new lines S9 (Uster – Zurich HB – Schaffhausen), S15 (Rapperswil – Zurich HB – Niederweningen), S19 (Dietikon – Zurich HB – Effretikon) and S21 (Regensdorf – Zurich HB). The S5 no longer stops at Oerlikon station, it now runs from Pfäffikon SZ via Zurich HB to Zug.

Train stops

Zurich S-Bahn

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

Most of the lines run every half hour every day and all day (with changing endpoints). Exceptions are the S 2 , which only run every hour from 9 p.m. , the S 19 , which only runs on weekdays, and the S 3 and S 21 , which only run via this station during rush hour .

Long-distance transport

Zurich Oerlikon train station is served by one InterCity line and two InterRegio lines:

The station is also served by a RegioExpress line:

Night S-Bahn

There are three night S-Bahn trains from Oerlikon.

Accidents

1932 - rear-end collision

December 17, 1932 - In thick fog a steam locomotive was forgotten on the entry track. An express train drove to this place, leaving 5 dead and 55 injured. The locomotive of the express train was the Ae 3/6 I no. 10640, the forgotten steam locomotive was the Eb 3/5 no. 5831. Both badly damaged locomotives were restored and not scrapped.

1992 - flank drive

August 8, 1992 - A double-decker train on line 5 of the Zurich S-Bahn ran into the flank of an Intercity Romanshorn – Geneva at a switch in the Zurich-Oerlikon station, which was approaching at 65 km / h. One person was killed and eight injured. The reason was that a stop signal was overlooked. The train was force-braked at the signal, but the slip path was not sufficient. The SBB introduced the train control system ZUB , so that the trains stop in time whenever a signal indicates a stop.

2003 - Flank drive

October 24, 2003 - At around 5:40 p.m., the express train 1629 Zurich – Konstanz and the express train 2583 Schaffhausen – Zürich ran into the flank at Zurich-Oerlikon station. One traveler was killed and 32 injured. Due to an incorrectly closed brake valve between the first and second car, the other cars on the train to Constance were unbraked and the train was unable to stop at the station in time. The testing of the brake line has been tightened.

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Oerlikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  • Werner Stutz: Railway stations in Switzerland from the beginning to the First World War . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-280-01405-0 .
  1. ↑ Stutz, page 101
  2. ^ Stutz, page 164
  3. ^ Stutz, pages 248–249
  4. ↑ Source Civil Engineering Office of the Canton of Zurich or overview archive link ( memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ FactSheet of the SBB on the extension d. Oerlikon station
  6. ^ Media event in Zurich Oerlikon: MFO building to be moved from Cabo Ruivo , accessed on May 23, 2012
  7. ↑ Swiss television dossier , accessed on May 23, 2012
  8. ↑ Source ZVV 4. Partial supplements http://www.4-teilergaenzungen.ch
  9. ↑ Official accident report on the flank drive from October 24, 2003 (PDF; 4.2 MB)