Winterthur railway station

This article is about the main railway station in the Swiss city of Winterthur. For other stations in the same city, see Winterthur railway station (disambiguation).
Winterthur
Central pass-through railway station
Renaissance-style building with twin cupola-topped towers
The station frontage (east side) in 2008
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 5–9
Winterthur
Switzerland
Coordinates47°30′1.18″N 8°43′25.63″E / 47.5003278°N 8.7237861°E / 47.5003278; 8.7237861
Elevation438 m (1,437 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Trolleybus
Trolleybus
Stadtbus Winterthur [de] 1 2 2E 3
Bus
Bus
Airport
Airport
Direct line to/from Zürich Airport with in 0:13h, S24 in 0:17h or other connections with one change
Construction
Architect
Architectural style1896: Neorenaissance
Other information
Fare zone120 (ZVV)[3]
WebsiteBahnhof 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
  • 2015-21 (2015-21): renovation and major enhancements
Previous namesWinterthur Hauptbahnhof
Passengers
2023110'900 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Rank3 out 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Terminus
 EuroCity St. Gallen
towards München Hbf
Zürich Airport
towards Geneva Airport
 IC 1 Wil
towards St. Gallen
IC 5
 St. Gallen
towards Rorschach
Zürich Airport
towards Brig
 IC 8 Frauenfeld
towards Romanshorn
Zürich Airport
towards Interlaken Ost
 IC 81
Zürich Airport
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 IR 13 Wil
towards Chur
Zürich Airport
towards Lucerne
 IR 75 Frauenfeld
towards Konstanz
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Kemptthal
towards Rapperswil
 S7 Terminus
Effretikon
towards Pfäffikon SZ
 S8
Stettbach
towards Aarau
 S11 Oberwinterthur
towards Seuzach
Winterthur Grüze
towards Sennhof-Kyburg
Stettbach
towards Brugg AG
 S12 Hettlingen
towards Schaffhausen
Winterthur Grüze
towards Wil
Zürich Stadelhofen
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 S23 Frauenfeld
towards Romanshorn
Kemptthal
towards Zug
 S24 Andelfingen
towards Thayngen
Oberwinterthur
towards Weinfelden
Terminus S26 Winterthur Grüze
towards Rüti ZH
S29 Oberwinterthur
towards Stein am Rhein
S33 Hettlingen
towards Schaffhausen
S35 Winterthur Grüze
towards Wil
Winterthur Töss
towards Bülach
 S41 Terminus
Effretikon
towards Aarau
 SN1
Limited service
Terminus SN3
Limited service
 Hettlingen
towards Stein am Rhein
Effretikon
towards Würenlos
 SN6
Limited service
 Terminus
Winterthur Töss
towards Bülach
 SN41
Limited service
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Terminus SN22
Limited service
 Winterthur Grüze
towards St. Margrethen
SN30
Limited service
 Oberwinterthur
towards Romanshorn
Location
Winterthur is located in Switzerland
Winterthur
Winterthur
Location in Switzerland
Winterthur is located in Canton of Zürich
Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur (Canton of Zürich)
Map

Winterthur railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur) is the principal railway station of Winterthur, in the Swiss canton of Zürich.[5][1] The station is listed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.[6]

Winterthur is Switzerland's fifth busiest station,[7] 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 network, as well as by regional and intercity trains, with all through passenger trains making a stop. It is directly linked to Zürich Flughafen – Zurich Airport's railway station – within 15 minutes travelling time seven times per hour. Zürich Hauptbahnhof can be reached with up to 16 direct connections per hour, the fastest of which takes 22 minutes. The station has five standard-gauge platforms serving nine tracks and is the central node of the local Stadtbus Winterthur [de] network and regional bus services (e.g. PostBus Switzerland). All public transport in and around Winterthur is part of the canton of Zürich's integrated fare network ZVV.

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Stadt Winterthur | Winterthur City" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Lausanne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  6. ^ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Zürich" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Zurich] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  7. ^ "Bahnhöfe" [Railway Stations] (in German). Swiss Federal Railway. 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-25.