Hüntwangen-Wil is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

canton of Zurich Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

. The station location straddles the municipalities of

Eglisau Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as ''Ouwa''. In 1238 it was mentioned as ''Owe'', in 1304 as ''ze S ...

and

Hüntwangen Hüntwangen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Hüntwangen is first mentioned in 1254 as ''Hiuntwangin''. Geography Hüntwangen has an area of . Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricu ...

, but takes its name from Hüntwangen and the adjoining municipality of

Wil Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...

. In terms of railway geography, the station is on the Eglisau to Neuhausen line of the

Swiss Federal Railway Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

(SBB), which crosses the international border twice, travelling through German territory, on its route between the

cantons of Zurich and

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the ...

. The station is operated by the SBB and is an intermediate stop on Zurich S-Bahn line S9 between Zurich and

. Between Hüntwangen-Wil and the preceding Eglisau station, the railway crosses the

Eglisau railway bridge The Eglisau railway bridge, or ''Eisenbahnbrücke Eglisau'', is a single-track railway bridge which carries the Eglisau-Neuhausen railway line, Eglisau to Neuhausen line across the Rhine in Switzerland. Both ends of the bridge lie within the Egli ...

over the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

References

External links

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Hüntwangen-Wil station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site
Huntwangen-Wil Huntwangen-Wil {{Switzerland-railstation-stub