Buchs-Dällikon is a

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. The station is situated in the

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of Buchs, but also serves the adjacent municipality of Dällikon. Both municipalities are situated in the

Furttal Furttal is a valley region in Switzerland between Lägern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich. The area's name stems from the German word for ford (crossing), ford, or ''furt'', and is named after the crossing over the Lim ...

region in the

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. The station is located on the Wettingen-Effretikon railway line (Furttal line).

Infrastructure

Buchs-Dällikon station was completely renewed between 2005 and 2008, and the former station building was removed. The station is equipped with a park & rail facility (

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) to the south, and bicycle parkings. There are two tracks but only one

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. The second track is used for crossing cargo trains, which use the mostly single-tracked Furttal line to bypass the city center of

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Service

Buchs-Dällikon station is served by line S6 of the

Zurich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

. On weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN6) offered by ZVV. Summary of all

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services: *

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

: ** : half-hourly service to , and to via . ** Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends): *** : hourly service to , and to via . The station is also served by regional bus routes of

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(VBG).

Former Buchs ZH railway station

Buchs used to have a second railway station on the Bülach-Baden railway line (), which connected the Furttal line near Otelfingen with the Oerlikon-Bülach line in

Niederglatt Niederglatt is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Niederglatt is first mentioned in 1149 as ''Niderunglatto''. Between 1153 and 1155 it was mentioned as ''Nidrunglate''. Until 1840 it ...

. Since the 1920s, the

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had plans to close this line. After 1934, the station building was unattended.The last

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called at this station on 17 January 1937. The former station building in the upper part of the village remained, but the tracks have been mostly removed in 1969. A few tracks of the Bülach-Baden line remain between Otelfingen and stations, and between and an industrial area south of

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. The tracks are used by the adjacent industry.

References

External links

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Video of Buchs-Dällikon railway station on YouTube
* Railway stations in the canton of Zürich Swiss Federal Railways stations {{switzerland-railstation-stub