Zurich Wollishofen train station

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Zurich Wollishofen
West view after the renovation in 2007
West view after the renovation in 2007
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 3
IBNR 8503009
opening 1875
Architectural data
architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner
location
City / municipality Zurich
Place / district Wollishofen
Canton Zurich
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 682 739  /  244649 coordinates: 47 ° 20 '51 "  N , 8 ° 32' 1"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine  /  244649
Height ( SO ) 409  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The station Zurich Wollishofen is one of the thirteen SBB rail stations on the territory of the city Zurich and located in the same neighborhood Wollishofen .

history

Station building: west view before the renovation in 2005

The first Wollishofen train station was built in 1875, with the opening of the left bank of the Zürichseebahn of the Swiss Northeast Railway (NOB) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof via Thalwil , Pfäffikon SZ and Ziegelbrücke to Näfels .

The Seebahn became the Gotthardbahn feeder with the breakthrough of Zimmerberg in 1897 , and on this occasion Wollishofen received its second station building, which is still there today. However, the building was not a new building, but the first train station in Zug , built between 1863 and 1864 by architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner . With the construction of the Gotthard Railway, Zug received a new wedge station and the NOB moved the original structure to Wollishofen.

The increasing volume of traffic at the beginning of the 20th century forced the SBB to relocate the Seebahn in the area of ​​the city of Zurich. The Seebahn was lowered and electrified between the apron of the main train station and Wollishofen. While Wiedikon and Enge received new train stations, only the track system in Wollishofen was adapted. The double-lane Seebahn reaches Wollishofen station from Enge through the new Enge tunnel (903 m) and a generously cleared cut where the old route is reached. South of the station, the double lane has run unchanged to Kilchberg since it opened.

Zurich S-Bahn

Since the introduction of the Zurich S-Bahn , Zurich Wollishofen station has been served exclusively by S-Bahn trains.

Distances to the nearest train stations

Local transport

Wollishofen station with VBZ lines at a glance (2018)

Stops at Wollishofen train station

There are connections to both tram line 7 near the station building (Wollishofen / Staubstrasse station) and to bus routes 161 and 165 from Zurich's public transport company on the lake side (Wollishofen / Werft station) .

Since December 2018, the bus lines 70, 184 and 185 of the Zurich public transport company , which have been extended from Morgental and Wollishofen to Wollishofen station, have been running on the new stop (Wollishofen station) at the expanded station entrance . This means that there are direct connections from Wollishofen train station to Zurich-Leimbach and Adliswil .

Wollishofen / Staubstrasse train station

From here it is also possible to get on the bus lines 70, 184 and 185 in the direction of Morgental.

Wollishofen station (at the station building)

Wollishofen / shipyard station

  • 161 Zurich Bürkliplatz - Wollishofen / Werft train station - Zurich, city limits - Kilchberg, church
  • 165 Zurich Bürkliplatz - Wollishofen / Werft station - Zurich, city limits - Rüschlikon, Park im Grüene

Track system

The station has six tracks in the platform area. The Seebahn double lane forms tracks 3 and 4, which have a shared 300-meter-long central platform that has been increased over a length of 200 meters to today's standard height of 55 cm. To the west of the track system is the reception building and the last remaining goods shed. Track 1, which is hardly used any more and which is laid as a street track in the house platform, runs past these; at the house platform is platform 2 which is no longer used for passenger traffic. Track 5, which is designed as a through-going track, runs east of the main line, and finally track 6, which has a relatively new 200-meter-long side platform, where a reserve train is usually parked during the day.

Despite being dismantled, the track system still has the shunting and maneuvering tracks required for freight traffic, and there are also stabling and connecting tracks. The fact that the facility survived into the 21st century is attributable not only to the local trade but also to the fact that the Wiedikon and Enge train stations can no longer be used for freight traffic since the lowering of the Seebahn. However, local freight traffic is also falling sharply here, and a first noticeable change can be observed east of the train station, where there is now a gas station between Seestrasse and the narrow platform on platform 6.

Siding

To the north of the station, a siding branches off to the east from the SBB line and crosses Mythenquai. This track leads to the shipyard of the Zürichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft as well as to the concrete works and gravel transshipment point Wollishofen of KIBAG . Another siding leads west to Bahnhofplatz.

Restaurant in Wollishofen train station

The station building in Wollishofen was completely renovated at the beginning of 2007, but is no longer used by the SBB in its original function as a reception building. Instead, a restaurant and bar were set up and leased in the building.

photos

  • Wollishofen station south view

  • Wollishofen station

  • Former Wollishofen station building (2014)

Web links

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