Kloten is a
railway station
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in the
Swiss
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canton of Zurich
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and
municipality of Kloten. The station is located on the
Zurich to Winterthur line and is an intermediate stop on
Zurich S-Bahn line
S7.
Although the station is situated only from the main terminal of
Zurich Airport
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, it has been bypassed by the opening, in 1980, of a new line directly serving the
Zürich Airport railway station
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in the basement of that terminal.
[ Kloten is now only visited by the S7 and freight trains, while all other passenger trains on the line serve
the airport.
]
Layout and facilities
Kloten consists of a single island platform
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providing access to tracks 3 and 4. Trains to use track 3, while trains to Zürich use track 4. No platforms serve tracks 1 and 2.
The main entrance and station building is located on Lindenstrasse on the north side of the tracks. On the south side is a car and bicycle parking lot on Breitistrasse. A pedestrian tunnel runs between Lindenstrasse and Breitistrasse, connecting the platform with the station building and parking lot.[ Bus routes 732, 733, 735, and 766 stop at the entrance on Lindenstrasse; buses 731 and 736 stop on Breitistrasse.]
References
External links
*
Kloten station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site
Kloten
Kloten is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (german: Glatttal).
History
Kloten is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Chlotun''.
Geography
Kloten is located in the Gl ...
Kloten
Kloten is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (german: Glatttal).
History
Kloten is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Chlotun''.
Geography
Kloten is located in the Gl ...
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