Neuhausen (german: Bahnhof Neuhausen) is a

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served by

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services in the

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Neuhausen am Rheinfall Neuhausen am Rheinfall (sometimes abbrv. as Neuhausen a. Rhf., called Neuhausen until 1938) is a town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the Rhine Falls, a tourist attraction and mainland Europe ...

, in the

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canton of Schaffhausen The canton of Schaffhausen, also canton of Schaffouse (german: Kanton Schaffhausen; rm, Chantun Schaffusa; french: Canton de Schaffhouse; it, Canton Sciaffusa) is the northernmost canton of Switzerland. The principal city and capital of the c ...

Location

The railway station is located at the junction of the Rheinfall line and the Eglisau to Neuhausen line, next to the River

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at the eastern end of the town of

. Neuhausen station is one of three stations in Neuhausen, the other two being

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and . Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof lies about to the west, whilst Neuhausen Rheinfall station is to the south-west.

Train services

The railway station is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S9, S12, S24 and S33, and by a Schaffhausen S-Bahn line (operated by THURBO): *

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: ** : hourly service to (via ) and . ** : hourly service to (via ) and . ** : hourly service to (via ) and (via and ). ** : hourly service to (via ) and . * : ** : hourly service to (via ).

Bus services

The railway station is served by municipal bus line 7 of

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(vbsh). The bus stop next to the railway station is called ''Neuhausen SBB''. It is the southern terminus of line 7.

Border

Until December 2010 the next station in the direction towards

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, was Altenburg-Rheinau, located in

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, part of

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, in Germany, close to the border with Switzerland. However, despite protests from the German authorities, the station was closed by the Swiss due to low passenger numbers. Until the opening of

Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station Neuhausen Rheinfall (german: Bahnhof Neuhausen Rheinfall) is a railway station in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. The station opened on 13 December 2015, principally to serve the tourist attraction of the Rhine Falls, ...

in December 2015, Neuhausen station was a border station for customs purposes. Customs checks could be performed aboard trains and in Neuhausen station by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the

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in 2008.

Collision

A train collision occurred on Thursday 10 January 2013, at 8:47

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on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen line, about 250 meters away from the station. Two trains, the S33 and the former S11 peak-hour service, collided head-on and derailed. There were twenty-six injuries. Nine had to be taken to hospital, but there were no serious injuries. Among the people hospitalised were the two drivers.

Gallery

File:SBB Historic - F 122 00722 004 - Neuhausen am Rheinfall Stationsgebaeude Strassenseite.jpg, Former station building, west side File:SBB Historic - F 122 00722 001 - Neuhausen am Rheinfall Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, Former station building, east side

References

External links

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