Zürich Enge railway station

Zürich Enge
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	VBZ bus line 66 PostAuto bus lines 200 210 Aargau Verkehr bus lines 444 445
Zürich Flughafen with S2 in 0:18h and with S24 in 0:23h
Construction
Architect	Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister (1927)
History
Opened	1875 (1875) (different location)
Rebuilt	1925–1927
Previous names	Bahnstation Enge
Passengers
2018	18900 per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Zürich Wiedikon towards Zürich Airport S2 Thalwil towards Unterterzen Zürich Wiedikon towards Winterthur S8 Zürich Wollishofen towards Pfäffikon SZ Zürich Wiedikon towards Thayngen or Weinfelden S24 Zürich Wollishofen towards Zug Zürich Wollishofen towards Lachen SN8 Limited service Zürich Wiedikon towards Pfäffikon ZH
Location
Zürich Enge Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Zürich Enge Zürich Enge (Canton of Zürich) Show map of Canton of Zürich

Zürich Enge railway station (

Although now largely confined to serving suburban trains (S-Bahn), the station has a particularly imposing semicircular facade. It is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.^[4]

History

The first Enge station opened in 1875 with the opening of the

The current station was built between 1925 and 1927, when the line was rerouted to the west, using a lower level alignment with more tunneling. The station building is constructed of granite from the Ticino, which is noted in the naming of the front square as Tessinerplatz. The architects were the brothers Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister, who modelled the station frontage on that of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof.

Currently, Enge station has two tracks. Originally, the station had three tracks, which carried all the traffic on both the Lake Zurich left bank line and the Zürich to Lucerne main line. These tracks were served by a side platform to the east and an island platform between the two westernmost tracks. With the opening of the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing in 2002, most long-distance trains no longer pass through or stop at Enge station. As a consequence, the westernmost track was removed and the island platform converted to a side platform.

Operation

The rail approaches to the station from both north and south are by tunnel, with the tunnel mouths at the end of the platforms. The 848 m (2,782 ft) long

The station is served by lines S2, S8, and S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn:^[6]

• S2: half-hourly service between Zürich Airport and Ziegelbrücke; on weekends trains continue from Ziegelbrücke to Unterterzen.
• S8: half-hourly service between Winterthur and Pfäffikon SZ.
• S24: half-hourly service between Winterthur and Zug; trains continue from Winterthur to either Thayngen or Weinfelden.

During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN8) offered by ZVV:^[7][8]

• Zürich HB
  .

Tram/Bus

There is a tram stop, called Bahnhof Enge, right in front of the reception building at Tessinerplatz. Another nearby stop is Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse, where connections to both trams and buses exist.

• Bahnhof Enge to the east next to the reception building at Tessinerplatz,
  7
  ;
• Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse via northern access to the
  PostAuto bus lines 200 and 210, and Aargau Verkehr bus lines 444 and 445
  ;

• 
  Clock at the station front
• 
  The station interior
• 
  The station platforms (

  bed

  of former track 3 to the left)
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  Bahnhof Enge tram stop at Tessinerplatz
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  Station building with Bahnhof Enge tram stop (left) and Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse tram/bus stop (right)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zürich Enge railway station.

• Zürich Enge railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Zürich Enge)
• Zurich Enge station plan