Zurich Affoltern railway station () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in the
Affoltern quarter of the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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city of
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
. The station is located on the
Wettingen–Effretikon railway line (Furttal line).
The station is not to be confused with
Affoltern am Albis railway station, which is located in
Affoltern am Albis
Affoltern am Albis (abbreviated as ''Affoltern a.A.''; Swiss German: ''Affoltere'') is a town and a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Affoltern is first mentioned in 1190 as ''Afiltre ...
(''
Säuliamt''), canton of Zürich.
Infrastructure
In 2010, the station was rebuilt with the introduction of a
convenience store
A convenience store, convenience shop, bakkal, bodega, corner store, corner shop, superette or mini-mart is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as convenience food, groceries, beverages, tobacco products, lotter ...
and parking for 130 bicycles. The store is open 365 days a year from dawn to dusk and is part of the
Migrolino chain owned the
Migros
Migros () is Switzerland's largest retail company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a cooperative federation (the Federation of Migros ...
company. The former station building (''Alter Bahnhof'') is situated to the west of the current location, on the opposite side of ''Zehntenhausstrasse''.
Service
The station is served by line
S6 of the
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, ...
, along with bus routes 37, 61 and 62 of the
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its c ...
(VBZ). Some trains of the peak-hour service
S21 also call at Zürich Affoltern station.
On weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN6) offered by
ZVV.
Summary of all
S-Bahn
The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...
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 .
** : half-hourly service to , and to via (limited service at Zürich Affoltern station).
**
Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):
*** : hourly service to , and to via .
See also
*
List of railway stations in Zurich
*
Rail transport in Switzerland
Rail transport in Switzerland is noteworthy for the density of its network, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-Alps, Alp freight system. It is made nece ...
References
External links
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Affoltern
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