Neuhausen Rheinfall (german: Bahnhof Neuhausen Rheinfall) 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 ...

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 ...

. The station opened on 13 December 2015, principally to serve the tourist attraction of the

Rhine Falls The Rhine Falls (german: Rheinfall , a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the List of waterfalls by flow rate, most powerful waterfall in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine on the border between the cantons of Ca ...

, from which it takes its name. It is linked by a combination of bridges and elevators to the bank of the River

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

, just below the waterfall.

Location

The station is located on the Eglisau to Neuhausen line of the

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(SBB) that crosses the international border twice on its route between the

cantons of

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

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 the

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

line S9 between

and

, and the Schaffhausen S-Bahn between

Jestetten Jestetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History In 1806 Jestetten became part of Baden. From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Jestetten together with Altenburg, Lottstetten and what was then ...

and Schaffhausen. Both lines operate hourly for most of the day, combining to provide a half-hourly service to and from Schaffhausen. Neuhausen Rheinfall station is one of three stations in

, the other two being , which is the next station in the direction of Schaffhausen on the same line, and

Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof (sometimes abbreviated as Neuhausen Bad Bf) is one of three railway stations in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall (the others being and ). Location Despite it being situated in Switzerland, the station is l ...

, which is on a different line (

High Rhine Railway The High Rhine Railway (german: Hochrheinbahn) is the Deutsche Bahn railway line from Basel to Singen. It is also part of the tri-national S-Bahn Basel and referenced as . It was built by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways as part of the Bad ...

line). Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof lies about to the north-west, whilst Neuhausen station is to the north-east. Neuhausen Rheinfall station is also one of two stations intended to serve the Rhine Falls, the other being on the opposite bank of the river (next to the Laufen Castle).

Train services

The railway station is served exclusively by regional trains (

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...

). Services calling at the station are Zurich S-Bahn line S9 and an unnumbered line of Schaffhausen S-Bahn (operated by THURBO): *

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

Bus services

The closest bus stop is ''Neuhausen Zentrum'' just above the railway station in the center of

. This bus stop is served by

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lines 1 (

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) and 7, both operated by

Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen () is a public transport company in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. It operates bus and trolleybus lines covering the city of Schaffhausen and the surrounding canton, with one regional bus line passing through Ger ...

(vbsh).

Customs

As the next railway station is , which is in Germany, Neuhausen Rheinfall is a border station for passengers arriving from Germany. Customs checks may be performed aboard trains and at Neuhausen Rheinfall station by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the

Schengen Area The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...

in 2008.

References

External links

* Railway stations in the canton of Schaffhausen Swiss Federal Railways stations Neuhausen am Rheinfall Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 2015 {{Switzerland-railstation-stub