Zurich Oerlikon railway station

Zürich Oerlikon
Pass-through railway station
The mai, south front of the 1914 Zürich Oerlikon station building (in 2009)
Location	Hofwiesenstrasse 369 Zürich, ZH Switzerland
Coordinates	47°24′46″N 8°32′42″E / 47.41278°N 8.54500°E / 47.41278; 8.54500
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Owned by	SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by	SBB CFF FFS
Line(s)	Zürich–Winterthur Furttal
Platforms	5
Tracks	8 (German: Gleis)
Connections	ZVV: Bahnhof Oerlikon, Bahnhof Oerlikon Nord, Bahnhof Oerlikon Ost
	S-Bahn
	VBZ trams 10 11 14 17
	VBZ trolley buses 62 80 94, VBZ buses 61 64 75 and suburban buses 768 781
	8 direct trains per hour to/from Zürich Flughafen in 5 min., VBZ tram 10 in 0:23h, and bus 768 in 0:25h
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Depth	0
Platform levels	1 (2 passenger levels)
Parking	none
Bicycle facilities	covered and secured (Velostation Quartierverbindung:400, Velostation Ausgang Andreasstr.:400)
Architect	1855: A. Beckh 1865: Jakob Friedrich Wanner 2016: 10:8 architects
Other information
Fare zone	ZVV: 110
Website	Bahnhof Zürich Oerlikon
History
Opened	1855 (wooden goods shed) 1865 (first building)
Rebuilt	1912–1914 (reconstruction of station building) 2004–2016 (total reconstruction of underpasses, tracks and platforms)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	84,500 per working day
Rank	7 of 1735
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterRegio Basel to Zürich Airport   Zürich Airport Zürich Hauptbahnhof   InterRegio Lucerne to Zürich Airport   Zürich Airport Zürich Hauptbahnhof   RegioExpress Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen   Bülach Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zurich S-Bahn S2 line   Zürich Airport Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn S6 line   Zürich Seebach Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn S7 line   Opfikon Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S8 line   Wallisellen Zürich Hardbrücke   Zurich S-Bahn S9 line   Glattbrugg Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S14 line   Wallisellen Zürich Hardbrücke   Zurich S-Bahn S15 line   Glattbrugg Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn S16 line   Zürich Airport Zürich Hauptbahnhof   Zürich S-Bahn S19 line   Wallisellen Zürich Hardbrücke   Zürich S-Bahn S21 line   Zürich Affoltern Zürich Wipkingen   Zürich S-Bahn S24 line   Zürich Airport
Location
Zürich Oerlikon railway station (Switzerland)

Zürich Oerlikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Oerlikon) is a railway station located at Oerlikon in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It is a major nodal point and junction for both the Zurich S-Bahn network and the Swiss railway network as a whole. Trains on 11 lines of the S-Bahn serve the station, as do frequent inter-regional trains. Inter-city passenger and freight traffic also passes through the station without stopping. Serving approximately 85,000 daily passengers, Zurich Oerlikon is the seventh busiest railway station in Switzerland.

Oerlikon station lies close nearby Hallenstadion and Messe Zürich in the centre of Oerlikon, a suburb of Zürich that was once an independent town, and still remains an important business and retail centre. The Swissôtel Zürich lies immediately opposite the front of the station.

The station building is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class B object of regional importance.

On 27 December 1855 the line from Oerlikon to Winterthur via Wallisellen station was established by the Schweizerische Nordostbahn (NOB), and a temporary wooden train station was built by A. Beckh and Jakob Friedrich Wanner. The following year the line was extendend to Zürich Hauptbahnhof through the Wipkingen Tunnel. Lines from Wallisellen to Uster (1856) and Oerlikon to Bülach via Glattbrugg station (1865) followed. The opening of these lines triggered the industrialization of Oerlikon, and a massive population growth. In particular the large works of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon was established immediately to the west of the station.