Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
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Winterthur Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Winterthur HB) (English
: Winterthur Central Station or Winterthur Main Station) is the Hauptbahnhof for Winterthur
, a city in the canton
of Zurich
, Switzerland
.
Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS
. It is served by all express trains to and from Winterthur, and by a number of Zürich S-Bahn
lines. There are also direct trains to Germany. However, most trains to and from Eastern Switzerland
bypass the station.
The term "Hauptbahnhof" or "HB" is not much used by the station's operator to describe it: the signs inside the station, and the schedule information on the SBB-CFF-FFS website, refer to the station simply as "Winterthur", but the expression "Hauptbahnhof" appears on its bus stop.
The station is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance
.
was built in Winterthur as a timber framed structure. The design of the building was by A. Beck, who also managed the construction. The building was sold in 1860 to the City of Zurich, which wanted to move and rebuild it in the vicinity of the Kornhaus. Most likely, it was used for the construction of the Kornhauswirtschaft, as these two buildings bear a very great resemblance.
Five years after the opening of the provisional building, the first real station was built, under the direction of the architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner, who, together with A. Beck, was responsible for the design. The builder, Meier, came from Winterthur, and the train shed
was built by the firm Benkiser of Pforzheim. In 1875, its first expansion was completed, to coincide with the commencement of the Winterthur operations of the Tösstalbahn and the Nationalbahn. This expansion consisted of an extension to each side of the station building equal to the width of four window bays, in order to create space for new waiting rooms.
Further renovations in 1894-96 left the station building in its present form. These renovations, proposed by the architect Ernst Jung and Otto Bridler, produced a station building in Renaissance style
; the Federal Palace of Switzerland served as a template.
In 1944, the present day tracks 8 and 9 were added. In 1980, the station was again extended by two tracks (the current platforms 1 and 2), which were used for the Tösstal line and for postal trains. Today, S-Bahn trains to Wil depart from the Postal train track.
In 1988, the two-storey parking deck was built over the station yard. In 2000 followed the construction of the Stadttor Winterthur between the station building and the EPA department store
, which is now a Coop
City department store.
s. From those two platforms, S-Bahn trains depart for the Tösstal and to Wil. Long distance trains stop at tracks 3, 4 and 5, which are the ones closest to the station concourse.
In front of the station, on the line towards Zurich, is the former goods station
. It was closed in 1995/1996, and serves today only for the storage of trains. As a replacement for the closed structure, a maintenance facility was built at the Oberwinterthur railway station
.
Genève Aéroport
– Genève – Lausanne
–Fribourg- Bern – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen
– Winterthur – Wil SG- Uzwil - Flawil - Gossau SG – St. Gallen
Brig
- Visp – Spiez
– Thun
– Bern – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – Frauenfeld
– Weinfelden - Amriswil - Romanshorn
Genève Aéroport
– Genève - Nyon - Morges/Lausanne
– Yverdon-les-Bains Neuchâtel – Biel/Bienne
– Solothurn
– Olten
- Aarau – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen
– Winterthur – Wil – St. Gallen
Biel/Bienne
– Solothurn
– Olten
– Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – Frauenfeld
– Weinfelden
– Kreuzlingen
– Konstanz
Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – St. Gallen
– St. Margrethen
– Bregenz
– Lindau (Bodensee) – München Hbf
.
Winterthur – Zürich HB – Dietikon
– Lenzburg
(– Aarau
) Winterthur – Schaffhausen
(– Stein am Rhein
– Konstanz (D)
- Kreuzlingen
- Romanshorn
) Winterthur – Romanshorn
((– Konstanz (D)
) - Kreuzlingen
) Winterthur – Wil SG – St. Gallen
Winterthur – Bülach
of the Stadtbus Winterthur company and therefore also the most important hub of the Winterthur trolleybus system
. All but two of the city bus lines stop at the Hauptbahnhof. Additionall, the regional Stadtbus lines, along with Postauto lines, all stop there. Only the lines that serve Wiesendangen
and a few villages northeast of Winterthur depart from Oberwinterthur station instead. The Winterthur bus station is the largest in the canton of Zurich.
es. Normally, articulated bus
es run on lines 5, 7 and 14. On the remaining lines, conventional (rigid chassis) buses provide the services.
The night buses operate on the following lines, but only outwards; there are no return services.
This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at November 2011.
English language
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: Winterthur Central Station or Winterthur Main Station) is the Hauptbahnhof for Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
, a city in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Zurich
Canton of Zürich
The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS
SBB-CFF-FFS
Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...
. It is served by all express trains to and from Winterthur, and by a number of Zürich S-Bahn
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighboring cantons The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been...
lines. There are also direct trains to Germany. However, most trains to and from Eastern Switzerland
Eastern Switzerland
Eastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus...
bypass the station.
The term "Hauptbahnhof" or "HB" is not much used by the station's operator to describe it: the signs inside the station, and the schedule information on the SBB-CFF-FFS website, refer to the station simply as "Winterthur", but the expression "Hauptbahnhof" appears on its bus stop.
The station is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
.
History
In 1855, the first temporary station buildingStation building
A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger train station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers.A station building is not to be confused with the station itself...
was built in Winterthur as a timber framed structure. The design of the building was by A. Beck, who also managed the construction. The building was sold in 1860 to the City of Zurich, which wanted to move and rebuild it in the vicinity of the Kornhaus. Most likely, it was used for the construction of the Kornhauswirtschaft, as these two buildings bear a very great resemblance.
Five years after the opening of the provisional building, the first real station was built, under the direction of the architect Jakob Friedrich Wanner, who, together with A. Beck, was responsible for the design. The builder, Meier, came from Winterthur, and the train shed
Train shed
A train shed is an adjacent building to a railway station where the tracks and platforms are covered by a roof. It is also known as an overall roof...
was built by the firm Benkiser of Pforzheim. In 1875, its first expansion was completed, to coincide with the commencement of the Winterthur operations of the Tösstalbahn and the Nationalbahn. This expansion consisted of an extension to each side of the station building equal to the width of four window bays, in order to create space for new waiting rooms.
Further renovations in 1894-96 left the station building in its present form. These renovations, proposed by the architect Ernst Jung and Otto Bridler, produced a station building in Renaissance style
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...
; the Federal Palace of Switzerland served as a template.
In 1944, the present day tracks 8 and 9 were added. In 1980, the station was again extended by two tracks (the current platforms 1 and 2), which were used for the Tösstal line and for postal trains. Today, S-Bahn trains to Wil depart from the Postal train track.
In 1988, the two-storey parking deck was built over the station yard. In 2000 followed the construction of the Stadttor Winterthur between the station building and the EPA department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, which is now a Coop
Coop (Switzerland)
Coop is a Swiss cooperative which operates the largest in supermarket chain in Switzerland. In 2001, Coop merged with 11 cooperative federations which had been its main suppliers for over 100 years....
City department store.
Tracks
Winterthur HB is a through station with nine tracks, of which only tracks 1 and 2 are bay platformBay platform
Bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in the UK and Australia to describe a dead-end platform at a railway station that has through lines...
s. From those two platforms, S-Bahn trains depart for the Tösstal and to Wil. Long distance trains stop at tracks 3, 4 and 5, which are the ones closest to the station concourse.
In front of the station, on the line towards Zurich, is the former goods station
Goods station
A goods station is, in the widest sense, a railway station which is exclusively or predominantly where goods of any description are loaded or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.A station where goods are not specifically received or...
. It was closed in 1995/1996, and serves today only for the storage of trains. As a replacement for the closed structure, a maintenance facility was built at the Oberwinterthur railway station
Oberwinterthur railway station
Oberwinterthur railway station serves Oberwinterthur, which is district number 2 in Winterthur, a city in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland....
.
Long distance services
The following regularly scheduled long distance trains stop at Winterthur HB:Genève Aéroport
Geneva Airport railway station
Geneva Airport railway station is a railway station located under the terminal of the Geneva International Airport , in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland....
– Genève – Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
–Fribourg- Bern – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen
Zürich Airport railway station
Zurich Airport railway station is a railway station located underneath Check In 3, inside the terminal of Zurich Airport , in Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland....
– Winterthur – Wil SG- Uzwil - Flawil - Gossau SG – St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
Brig
Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
- Visp – Spiez
Spiez
Spiez is a city in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Spiez has an area of . Of this area, 38.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.1% is forested...
– Thun
Thun
Thun is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants , as of 1 January 2006....
– Bern – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-Early history:The earliest trace of human settlement are several La Tène era graves to the east of Langdorf. The Roman road from Oberwinterthur to Pfyn ran through what is now the Allmend in Frauenfeld. Two Roman villas were...
– Weinfelden - Amriswil - Romanshorn
Romanshorn
Romanshorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-History:Romanshorn was probably settled in the 7th Century, and is first mentioned in 779 as Rumanishorn in a land grant from Waldrata to the Abbey of St. Gall. During the Late Middle Ages and until...
Genève Aéroport
Geneva Airport railway station
Geneva Airport railway station is a railway station located under the terminal of the Geneva International Airport , in Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland....
– Genève - Nyon - Morges/Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
– Yverdon-les-Bains Neuchâtel – Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...
– Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
– Olten
Olten
Olten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.-History:...
- Aarau – Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen
Zürich Airport railway station
Zurich Airport railway station is a railway station located underneath Check In 3, inside the terminal of Zurich Airport , in Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland....
– Winterthur – Wil – St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne is a city in the district of the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is the German name for the town, Bienne its French counterpart. The town is often referred to in both...
– Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
– Olten
Olten
Olten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name.Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of Switzerland.-History:...
– Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-Early history:The earliest trace of human settlement are several La Tène era graves to the east of Langdorf. The Roman road from Oberwinterthur to Pfyn ran through what is now the Allmend in Frauenfeld. Two Roman villas were...
– Weinfelden
Weinfelden
Weinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name.Weinfelden is an old town, which was known during Roman times as Quivelda .-History:...
– Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...
– Konstanz
Konstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur – St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
– St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:...
– Bregenz
Bregenz
-Culture:The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.-Sport:* A1 Bregenz HB is a handball team....
– Lindau (Bodensee) – München Hbf
Zürich S-Bahn
The following S-Bahn lines, all of which belong to the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, serve Winterthur HB. While the lines with the lower numbers are operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS, the trains with the higher numbers (from S26) are operated by THURBOTHURBO
THURBO is the corporate identity of a railway company in eastern Switzerland, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS and the canton of Thurgau.-Operations:...
.
Night trains
Winterthur HB is a terminus of five night trains, two of which are part of the Zürich S-Bahn network. The other three belong to the "THURBO-Nightliner" system. Line SN4 of the Zürich S-Bahn is also operated by THURBO and belongs simultaneously to the THURBO-Nightliners.Winterthur – Zürich HB – Dietikon
Dietikon
Dietikon is the fifth biggest city of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, after Zürich, Winterthur, Uster and Dübendorf. It is the capital of the same-named district of Dietikon and part of the Zürich metropolitan area.- Geography :...
– Lenzburg
Lenzburg
Lenzburg is a town in the central region of the Swiss canton Aargau and is the capital of the district of the same name. The town, founded in the Middle Ages, lies in the Seetal valley, about 3 kilometres south of the Aare river. Lenzburg and the neighbouring municipalities of Niederlenz and...
(– Aarau
Aarau
Aarau is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura...
) Winterthur – Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 34,587 ....
(– Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.The town has a well-preserved medieval centre, retaining the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserved, though the former city wall now consists of houses...
– Konstanz (D)
Konstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
- Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...
- Romanshorn
Romanshorn
Romanshorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-History:Romanshorn was probably settled in the 7th Century, and is first mentioned in 779 as Rumanishorn in a land grant from Waldrata to the Abbey of St. Gall. During the Late Middle Ages and until...
) Winterthur – Romanshorn
Romanshorn
Romanshorn is a municipality in the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-History:Romanshorn was probably settled in the 7th Century, and is first mentioned in 779 as Rumanishorn in a land grant from Waldrata to the Abbey of St. Gall. During the Late Middle Ages and until...
((– Konstanz (D)
Konstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
) - Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...
) Winterthur – Wil SG – St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
Winterthur – Bülach
Bülach
Bülach is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Zurich, located in the district of the same name, and belongs to the Glatt Valley .-History:Bülach is first mentioned in 811 as Pulacha...
Urban public transport
Winterthur HB is the central bus stationBus station
A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...
of the Stadtbus Winterthur company and therefore also the most important hub of the Winterthur trolleybus system
Trolleybuses in Winterthur
The Winterthur trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network that serves Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.Opened on 28 December 1938, the system gradually replaced the Winterthur tramway network.-History:...
. All but two of the city bus lines stop at the Hauptbahnhof. Additionall, the regional Stadtbus lines, along with Postauto lines, all stop there. Only the lines that serve Wiesendangen
Wiesendangen
Wiesendangen is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Wiesendangen has an area of . Of this area, 54.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 19.8% is settled and the remainder is...
and a few villages northeast of Winterthur depart from Oberwinterthur station instead. The Winterthur bus station is the largest in the canton of Zurich.
Stadtbus Winterthur
Lines 1–3 are trolleybus lines. The remaining lines are operated exclusively by low-floor busLow-floor bus
A low-floor bus is a bus that has no steps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin. Being low floor improves the accessibility of the bus for the public, particularly the elderly or infirm, or those with push chairs, and increasingly, those in wheelchairs.In the modern...
es. Normally, articulated bus
Articulated bus
An articulated bus is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usually a single-deck design, and comprises two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint...
es run on lines 5, 7 and 14. On the remaining lines, conventional (rigid chassis) buses provide the services.
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| 1 | Töss – HB – Oberwinterthur |
| 2 | Wülflingen – HB – Seen |
| 3 | Rosenberg – HB – Oberseen |
| 4 | HB – Breite – HB (circle route) |
| 5 | Technorama – HB – Dättnau |
| 7 | HB – Schlosstal – Bhf. Wülflingen |
| 10 | HB – Bhf. Oberwinterthur |
| 11 | HB – Steig |
| 12 | HB – Bruderhaus – HB |
| 14 | HB – Bhf. Hegi |
| HB – Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz" (Museum bus; Taxi line) |
Regional lines
The yellow numbers are Postauto lines, and the blue numbers are city bus lines. However, lines 665/670 are served by both Postauto buses and city buses.| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| 660 | HB – Brütten – Nürensdorf – Bassersdorf (- Flughafen) |
| 767 | (HB –) Brütten – Breite – Nürensdorf – Bassersdorf – Flughafen Kloten |
| 665 | HB – Neftenbach – Dättlikon |
| 670 | HB – Neftenbach – Berg am Irchel – Flaach – Rafz |
| 674 | HB - Rosenberg - Seuzach |
| 676 | HB – Rutschwil – Henggart |
| 680 | HB – Elsau – Schlatt – Elgg/Girenbad b. Turbenthal |
Night buses
Night buses operate hourly on Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday from 01:30 to 04:30. As the last regular buses usually depart from HB at 0.50 and the first such buses start running again from 5:30, one can therefore speak of a continuously operating network when the night buses are running.The night buses operate on the following lines, but only outwards; there are no return services.
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
| N59 | HB – Strochenbrücke – Schlosstal - Niederfeld - Bahnhof Wülflingen |
| N60 | HB – Oberwinterthur – Seuzach - Adlikon bei Andelfingen (Postauto) |
| N61 | HB – Hegi – Elsau - Wiesendangen - Sulz - Rickenbach – Ellikon - Altikon – Thalheim - Dinhard - Welsikon |
| N64 | HB – Rosenberg – Seuzach – Flaach – Buch am Irchel - Riedt bei Neftenbach (Postauto) |
| N65 | HB – Waldheim – Eishalle – Oberseen |
| N66 | HB – Töss – Brütten – Nürensdorf - Bassersdorf – Lindau - Kemptthal |
| N67 | HB – Wülflingen – Neftenbach – Pfungen – Dättlikon |
| N68 | HB – Seen – Zell – Turbenthal – Wila (Postauto) |
Panorama
See also
- History of rail transport in SwitzerlandHistory of rail transport in SwitzerlandThe construction and operation of Swiss railways during the 19th century was carried out by private railways. The first internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway to be opened...
- Rail transport in SwitzerlandRail transport in SwitzerlandThe railways of Switzerland include and narrow gauge .*Network size: 5,063 km*standard gauge: , of which is electrified.*narrow gauge: , of which is electrified...
External links
- SBB-CFF-FFS website (Swiss rail operator)
- RailCity Winterthur
This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at November 2011.