Stettbach is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the north-eastern boundary of the

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city of

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. Although the station is located just within the city boundary, in the city's Schwamendingen district, it takes its name from the nearby village of Stettbach, which is in the adjacent municipality of

Dübendorf Dübendorf is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population of about 30,000 (2021). It is the fourth largest city in the canton, after Zürich, Winter ...

History

Stettbach station, along with the

Zürichberg Tunnel The Zürichberg Tunnel (german: Zürichbergtunnel) is a railway tunnel in the Swiss city of Zürich. The tunnel runs from a junction with the Lake Zürich right bank line at Zürich Stadelhofen station, to Stettbach railway station. It passes und ...

and the connecting railway on which the station is situated, were opened in 1990. At the same time Zürich Stadelhofen station was connected by the Hirschengraben Tunnel to new through low level platforms at

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, thus creating the through west-east backbone of the Zürich S-Bahn. In conjunction with the opening of the

Glattalbahn The Glattalbahn, originally known as the Stadtbahn Glattal, was a project that was ultimately successful in introducing a modern rapid-transit system to the Glattal area of Switzerland, to the north of the city of Zürich. Stadtbahn Glattal ...

in 2010, the tram and bus station on the surface were rebuilt.

Operation

The station is on the Zürichberg line, which links Zürich Stadelhofen station, in central Zürich, with

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and

stations. The station has a single platform below ground level, served by two tracks, and at the southern end of the station the railway tracks enter the

to Zürich Stadelhofen. The station is served by the following lines 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, ...

: * * * * All lines are operated by the

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usuall ...

(SBB). During weekends, there are also four nighttime S-Bahn service (SN1, SN5, SN6, SN9) offered by ZVV. * Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends): ** : hourly service between and (via ). ** : hourly service between and (via ). ** : hourly service between and (via ). ** : hourly service between and (via ). Adjacent to the station at ground-level are the termini of two of Zurich's tram routes. Route 7 is owned and operated by the

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(VBZ) and links Stettbach to central Zürich via the

Schwamendingen Schwamendingen is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. Formerly an independent community, it was incorporated into Zurich in 1934 to build district number 12. The district comprises the quarters Schwamendingen Mitte, Saatlen and Hirzenbac ...

district. Route 12 is operated by VBZ on behalf of the

( VBG), and links Stettbach to

Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switze ...

, via and in the increasingly urbanised

Glattal The Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'' or ''Glatttal'') is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The Glatt is a tributary to the Rhine in the Zürcher Unterland area of the canton of Zurich. It is long ...

region. Several bus routes also depart from the ground-level station.

Future plans

Zürich Zoo , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

, situated on the Zürichberg mountain above the tunnel, has plans to construct a

cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems: * Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable ** Aerial tramway ** Chairlift ** Gondola lift *** Bi ...

to link the zoo and station, a distance of about .

Gallery

File:ETH-BIB Com FC24-8012-0005 Stettbach xx0590.jpg, Aerial view of the station in 1990, looking towards South. File:Zürich - Schwamendingen-Stettbach IMG 4791 ShiftN.jpg, Surface tram and bus station (2009) before it was rebuilt in 2010. File:Bahnhof Stettbach 2012-03-26 17-16-10 (P7000).JPG, The underground platforms. File:Bahnhof Stettbach 02.jpg, The station at the surface (connection to trams and buses). File:Hochbord.jpg, Aerial view of the station, looking towards East.

References

External links

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