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Winterthur Hauptbahnhof railway station

Winterthur
Central pass-through railway station
Winterthur HB.jpg
The station frontage in 2008
Other names Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Location Bahnhofplatz 5–9, Winterthur, ZH
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°30′00″N 8°43′24″E / 47.50000°N 8.72333°E / 47.50000; 8.72333Coordinates: 47°30′00″N 8°43′24″E / 47.50000°N 8.72333°E / 47.50000; 8.72333
Elevation 438 m (1,437 ft)
Owned by SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by
Line(s) Zurich–Winterthur (750-752)
Tösstal line (754)
Winterthur–Bülach–Koblenz (761)
Rheinfall line (762)
Winterthur–Etzwilen-Stein am Rhein (821)
Winterthur–Romanshorn (840)
Winterthur–Wil (850)
Platforms 6
Tracks 9 (German: Gleis)
Connections ZVV / STADTBUS: Winterthur Hauptbahnhof, Museumstr./HB, Archstr./HB
Train
S-Bahn
Bus
STADTBUS, PostAuto
Airport
up to 8 direct trains per hour to/from Zürich Flughafen in c. 0:15h
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Depth 0
Platform levels 1 (4 passenger levels)
Parking P&R above tracks
Bicycle facilities openair, covered, secured
Architect
Architectural style 1896: Neorenaissance
Other information
Fare zone ZVV: 120
Website Bahnhof Winterthur
History
Opened
  • 1855 (1855) (wooden construction)
  • 1860 (1860) (total reconstruction)
  • 1894-96 (1894-96) (total reconstruction)
Rebuilt
  • 1875 (1875)
  • July 1988 (1988-07): car park deck
  • 2000 (2000): new building "Stadttor"
  • 2012-2013 (2012-2013): Bahnhofplatz reconstruction
Previous names Hauptbahnhof Winterthur
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 105,200 per working day
Rank 5 of 1735
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Zürich Airport   EuroCity
Zurich to Munich
  St. Gallen
Zürich Airport   InterCity
Geneva to St. Gallen via Bern
  Wil
Zürich Airport   InterCity
Geneva to St. Gallen via Neuchâtel
  Wil
Zürich Airport   InterCity
Brig to Romanshorn
  Frauenfeld
Zürich Airport   InterRegio
Biel/Bienne to Konstanz
  Frauenfeld
Kemptthal   Zurich S-Bahn
S7 service
  Terminus
Effretikon   Zurich S-Bahn
S8 service
  Oberwinterthur
Stettbach   Zurich S-Bahn
S11 service
  Terminus
Stettbach   Zürich S-Bahn
S12 Seuzach service
  Oberwinterthur
  Zürich S-Bahn
S12 Winterthur Seen service
  Winterthur Grüze
Effretikon   Zurich S-Bahn
S24 service
  Andelfingen
Terminus   Zurich S-Bahn
S26 service
  Winterthur Grüze
Terminus   Zurich S-Bahn
S29 service
  Oberwinterthur
Terminus   Zurich S-Bahn
S33 service
  Hettlingen
Terminus   Zurich S-Bahn
S35 service
  Winterthur Grüze
Terminus   Zurich S-Bahn
S41 service
  Winterthur Töss
Location
Winterthur is located in Switzerland
Winterthur
Winterthur
Location within Switzerland

Winterthur railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur or Hauptbahnhof Winterthur) is the principle railway station in the town of Winterthur, itself in the Swiss canton of Zürich.

The term Hauptbahnhof or HB (for main railway station) is no longer used by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), the station's owner and operator, but is still sometimes used colloquially. Thus the station's name appears simply as Winterthur on the station signs and on schedule information, but the name Hauptbahnhof is still used for the bus stop in front of the station.

Winterthur is Switzerland's fifth most busy station, and is a major node between Switzerland's largest railway nucleus in Zürich and places in Eastern Switzerland (such as St. Gallen and Schaffhausen), as well as Germany (Munich), and Austria (Vorarlberg). The station is served by trains on Zürich's suburban S-Bahn, as well as by regional and intercity trains, with most through passenger trains making a stop. It is also connected with Zürich's airport railway station Zürich Flughafen, which can be reached in about 15 minutes about every 8 minutes. Zürich Hauptbahnhof can be reached with up to 16 direct connections per hour and the fastest connection takes only 22 minutes (S12). The station has 9 standard gauge platforms (numbered 1-9).

All public transport of Winterthur is part of canton of Zurich's integrated fare network ZVV. It is very well connected to the city's local public transport, the STADTBUS Winterthur bus network, and regional bus services (e.g. PostBus Switzerland).


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