Zürich Seebach (german: Zürich Seebach) is a

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in the Seebach quarter of the

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city of

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. It is located on the Wettingen–Effretikon railway line (Furttal line).

Infrastructure

The station is aligned on a west to east axis, and has two through platform tracks serving a single

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, together with a number of non-platform through tracks and sidings. The platform is accessed at its eastern end by a subway, and at its western end by an access to the centre of the adjacent

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. The platform has no roof, but there is a shelter near the subway. To the west the Furttal line continues as a dual track railway towards . To the east the line splits into two single track lines, one curving south to join the Oerlikon–Bülach line towards (used by

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) whilst the other joins the same line heading northbound. The latter line is only used by

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s. Zürich Seebach station sees significant through freight traffic, most of which takes the Furttal line in order to avoid passing through central Zürich, using the northern connector (via and ) onto or off the Zürich–Winterthur line. Zürich Seebach station and Zürich Oerlikon station are less than apart

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, and their platforms run nearly parallel. Trains between Oerlikon and Seebach use a narrow curve at slow speed. This curve was built in 1909 by Swiss Federal Railways to allow access from to the Furttal line (the latter was built to bypass the Zürich city center). The station building, an early work of architect

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(1925–2019), was built in 1959. It is no longer used.

Service

Zürich Seebach station is served by

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trains only. The S6 service of the

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calls at the station, whereas the S21 peak hour service passes through. The S6 provides half-hourly connections to , taking 12 minutes, and continues along the Lake Zürich right-bank line to

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. In the opposite direction, te S6 continues to

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, taking 28 minutes for the journey. On weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN6) offered by ZVV. Summary of all

services: *

: ** : half-hourly service to via , and to via . ** Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/pdf/nachtnetz.pdf *** : hourly service to , and to via . The stations is not well connected to the

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and bus routes. The closest tram/bus stop is ''Seebacherplatz'', a ca. 3 minute walk from Seebach station. Better and more frequent connections exist at Zürich Oerlikon station.

Gallery

File:ETH-BIB-Zürich-Seebach, Oerlikon-LBS H1-023752.tif, Aerial view of station (towards east) from 1963 File:SBB Historic - F 122 01241 001 - Zuerich Seebach Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, Station building by

in 1999 File:SBB Historic - F 122 01241 003 - Zuerich Seebach Stationsgebaeude Strassenseite.jpg, Station building and entrance to subway towards the

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File:Seebach Bahnhof 1 2014-08-24.JPG, Western access to platform via the

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with double-deck carriages operating as S6 service

References

External links

* Seebacch {{Switzerland-railstation-stub