Zürich Affoltern railway station (german: Bahnhof Zürich Affoltern) is a

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in the Affoltern quarter of the

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city of

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. 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 Affoltern am Albis is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich, situated in the municipality of Affoltern am Albis. The station is located on the Zürich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line. Affoltern am Albis station is less than ...

, 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

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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

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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 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, ...

, along with bus routes 37, 61 and 62 of the

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(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

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services: *

: ** : 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):https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/pdf/nachtnetz.pdf *** : hourly service to , and to via .

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External links

* * Affoltern {{Switzerland-railstation-stub