Winterthur Grüze railway station

Winterthur Grüze
The station building, 2009.
Location	Sankt Gallerstrasse 143, 8404 Winterthur, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°29′56″N 08°45′03″E / 47.49889°N 8.75083°E / 47.49889; 8.75083Coordinates: 47°29′56″N 08°45′03″E / 47.49889°N 8.75083°E / 47.49889; 8.75083
Elevation	452 m above the sea
Owned by	SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by	SBB-CFF-FFS THURBO
Line(s)	Tösstalbahn Winterthur–Wil (754)
Platforms	4
History
Opened	14 October 1855 (1855-10-14)
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station Winterthur Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S12 Winterthur Seen service   Winterthur Seen Winterthur Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S26 service   Winterthur Seen Winterthur Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S35 service   Winterthur Hegi
Location
Winterthur Grüze railway station Winterthur Grüze railway station (Switzerland)

Winterthur Grüze railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur Grüze) is a railway station that serves Grüze, an industrial zone in district number 2, Winterthur, a city in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

Opened in 1855, the station was built as a junction station and is the largest freight hub in Winterthur. It forms part of both the Tösstalbahn and the Winterthur–Wil railway. At the moment, it has no direct connection to the city bus service.

The roofs of the station platforms are listed buildings and are unique in Switzerland.

The station is situated roughly on the border between central Winterthur (to its west) and the Grüze industrial area (to its east).

The station was built in 1855, and used for the first time on 14 October of that year for Sankt Gallisch-Appenzellische Eisenbahn scheduled service on the Winterthur–Wil railway. In 1875, the Tösstalbahn (TTB) was opened. Initially, due to its operator's lack of permission to enter Winterthur Hauptbahnhof, that line's termini were Grüze and Bauma.

It was not until 1882 that the operators of the Tösstalbahn could run trains to Winterthur Hauptbahnhof. For that purpose, a second track was created between Winterthur HB and Winterthur Grüze. The line from Winterthur HB to Räterschen (the next station towards Wil – St. Gallen), as well as the route to Tösstal (Winterthur HB – Winterthur Grüze – Winterthur Seen etc.) remained separated, without any connection between them.

With the commissioning of the new electrical signalling in 1953, the two tracks to Winterthur were connected with each other by a set of points (switches). Between Winterthur HB and Winterthur Grüze, double track operation was introduced. Räterschen railway station also received new signalling (integrated circuits) at that time.

Simultaneously, the main line (Winterthur – Winterthur Grüze – Räterschen – (Wil – St. Gallen)) was renovated, and the section between Winterthur Grüze and Räterschen converted to double track (the St. Gallen – Wil – Räterschen section had been built as a double track section right from the beginning).