Winterthur railway station

Winterthur
Central pass-through railway station
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	SBB CFF FFS THURBO
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
	S-Bahn
	STADTBUS, PostAuto
	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	1855: A. Beck 1860: Jakob Friedrich Wanner 1896: Ernst Jung and Otto Bridler
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 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 railay 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).