Affoltern am Albis is a

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in the

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, situated in the municipality of

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' ...

. The station is located on the Zürich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line. Affoltern am Albis station is less than 30 minutes from

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. On the Zug side there are three sidings, which are rarely used, and a former siding from the ''OVA'' site. The old station with its two platform tracks was completely rebuilt in 2001. The level crossing at the OVA site was abolished and replaced by a bicycle and passenger underpass. The station received a third platform track and all buildings were replaced. The station forecourt was rebuilt and a bus station was built. The integrated bus terminal has eight stops for the provisional six bus routes to the region as well as to Cham, Zürich, Muri and Thalwil. In September 2002, the current station was inaugurated with a festival.

Service

Affoltern am Albis station is an intermediate stop on

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line S5, as well as being the terminus of line S14. During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN5) offered by ZVV. Summary of S-Bahn services: *

: ** : half-hourly service to , and to via . ** : half-hourly service to via . ** Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/pdf/nachtnetz.pdf *** : hourly service between and via .

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Affoltern am Albis station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site

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