Zurich Hardbrücke railway station () is a

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in the central part of the

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city of

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

. It is situated below Hardbrücke, a road bridge that lends its name to the station. Hardbrücke station is only away from (main station) and situated near the business and entertainment district

Zürich West Zürich West (German: ''Zürich-West'') is an area in the Industriequartier, located in the west of Zürich. It is a former industrial site, stretching between the track leading away from Zürich Hauptbahnhof and the Limmat The Limmat is ...

, next to the Prime Tower. It lies within fare zone 110 of the

Zürcher Verkehrsverbund The Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), is the largest public transportation network in Switzerland. It covers the canton of Zurich and adjacent areas. All modes of public transportation (rail, light rail, bus, trolleybus, lake passenger liner, fun ...

(ZVV).

History

The station was opened in 1982, with the provision of platforms on the line to (via

Käferberg Tunnel The Käferberg Tunnel () is a railway tunnel in the Swiss city of Zürich. The tunnel runs under the Käferberg hill from the western approaches to Zürich Hauptbahnhof to a portal to the south of Oerlikon station. It is long and carries twin ...

). In 1990, in line with the introduction of the

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scheme, it was expanded to include platforms on the line to . In conjunction with the extension of

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

route 8 from ''Hardplatz'' over Hardbrücke to ''Hardturm'' in 2017, the station was partly rebuilt and platforms 2 and 3 were renewed.

Layout and facilities

The station sits in the approach to

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as Zurich Main Station, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe. It is a major railway hub, with services to and from a ...

(Zürich HB), Zürich's main station, on the Zürich–Baden line near its junction with the

variant of the Zürich–Winterthur line, and to the north of the through tracks that carry long-distance passenger and occasional freight trains. It lies below the '' Hardbrücke'', a road bridge that crosses the rail tracks and forms an important north–south connection within the city. The station has two side platforms and a central island platform served by four tracks, with the two inner tracks on the line to via the Käferberg Tunnel, and the two outer tracks on the line to . The line to Oerlikon is sloped and at a higher level, and thus the platforms are not all at the same level. Access to the station's platforms is either from the ''Hardbrücke'' bridge or an

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. The bridge has station entrances and exits on either side, with separate access to and from all platforms. The entrance to the underpass is to the north of the station, below the bridge and adjacent to the bicycle and car parking. Access to all platforms from both the bridge and the underpass is through stairs and

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s. The station's underpass has a

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and a small

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. The station is connected to the municipal tram and bus network. Zürich trolleybus routes 33, 72 and Zürich bus route 83, and since December 2017

route 8 serve the adjacent stop above on the bridge, called ''Bahnhof Hardbrücke''. All routes are operated by VBZ.

Operation

The station is a major node in the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

system. It is served by eleven regional railway lines of this

system: , , , , , , , , , , and . Eastward, all trains from Hardbrücke station operate via low-level platforms 41–44 at

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, continuing to Stadelhofen station through the

Hirschengraben Tunnel The Hirschengraben Tunnel is a railway tunnel in the Switzerland, Swiss Zürich, city of Zürich. The tunnel runs from the western approaches to Zürich Hauptbahnhof railway station, east under the station, the river Limmat and city centre before ...

. They provide, for most of the day, 16 trains per hour (tph) to or from both of these two inner-city stations. In westward direction, trains continue to and , respectively. Other stations served include:

Services

Summary of all

regional train Regional rail is a public rail transport service that operates between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and unlike commuter rail, operate beyond the limits of urban areas, connecting smaller cities a ...

services by

at Zürich Hardbrücke: * * * * * * * * * * * During weekends, there are five nighttime S-Bahn services (SN1, SN5, SN6, SN7, SN9) calling at Hardbrücke station, offered by ZVV: *: hourly service between and via . *: hourly service between and via . *: hourly service between and via . *: hourly service between and via . *: hourly service between and via .

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