Niederweningen railway station is a terminal

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in the

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and municipality of Niederweningen. The station is located on the

Wehntal railway line The Wehntal Railway (german: Wehntalbahn), named after the Wehntal valley, is a standard gauge railway line running between Oberglatt and Niederweningen in Switzerland. The line in the greater Zurich area belongs to the Zurich S-Bahn network and ...

close to the border of both the municipality and the canton, and serves as the terminus of

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line S15. Niederweningen station, and the end of the line, was originally located closer to the centre of Niederweningen, at the location now occupied by Niederweningen Dorf station. In 1938 the line was extended approximately towards the cantonal boundary to serve the company

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, and the new terminus retained the name of the previous terminus. The station has a modern station building, which also incorporates a

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that is part of the Migrolino chain owned the

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company. The Bucher Industries, a manufacturer of agriculture and industrial machinery, is not anymore served by the railway, however some sidings are still visible.

Services

The following services stop at Niederweningen: *

: half-hourly service to .

References

External links

* * Railway stations in the canton of Zürich Swiss Federal Railways stations Niederweningen {{switzerland-railstation-stub