Zürich Enge Railway Station

Zürich Enge railway station () is a railway station on the S-Bahn Zürich system in the southwestern part, in the Enge quarter, of the Swiss city of Zürich. The station is located on the Lake Zürich left bank line, although since 2003 it is bypassed by the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing.

Although now largely confined to serving suburban trains (S-Bahn), the station has a particularly imposing semicircular facade. It is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.

History

The first Enge station opened in 1875 with the opening of the Lake Zürich left bank line. The line's original routing through the area differed from the current alignment and was largely at street level, with many level crossings. The first station was located about to the south-east of the current station, close the site of the crossing of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and General-Wille-Strasse.

The current station was built between 1925 and 1927, when the line was rerouted to the west, using a lower level alignment with more tunneling. The station building is constructed of granite from the Ticino, which is noted in the naming of the front square as ''Tessinerplatz''. The architects were the brothers Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister, who modelled the station frontage on that of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof.

Currently, Enge station has two tracks. Originally, the station had three tracks, which carried all the traffic on both the Lake Zurich left bank line and the Zürich to Lucerne main line. These tracks were served by a side platform to the east and an island platform between the two westernmost tracks. With the opening of the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing in 2002, most long-distance trains no longer pass through or stop at Enge station. As a consequence, the westernmost track was removed and the island platform converted to a side platform.

Operation

The rail approaches to the station from both north and south are by tunnel, with the tunnel mouths at the end of the platforms. The long Ulmberg Tunnel, leading to , is to the north, whilst the long Enge Tunnel, leading towards , is to the south.

Services

Train

The station is served by lines S2, S8, and S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn:

* : half-hourly service between and .
* : half-hourly service between and .
* : half-hourly service between Winterthur and ; trains continue from Winterthur to either or .

During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN8) offered by ZVV:
* : hourly service between and via .

Tram/Bus

There is a tram stop, called ''Bahnhof Enge'', right in front of the reception building at ''Tessinerplatz''. Another nearby stop is ''Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse'', where connections to both trams and buses exist. Zürich tram routes 5, 6 and 7 stop at ''Bahnhof Enge'' (Tessinerplatz), while ''Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse'' is served by tram lines 5, 13 and 17, and bus routes 66, 200, 210, 444 and 445.

Summary of tram and bus services:
*Bahnhof Enge to the east next to the reception building at Tessinerplatz, VBZ tram lines , and ;
*Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse via northern access to the platforms, VBZ tram lines , and , VBZ bus route , PostAuto bus lines and , and Aargau Verkehr bus lines and ;

Gallery

File:Bahnhof Enge 2008.JPG, Clock at the station front
File:Zürich - Enge - Metro Centric.jpg, The station interior
File:Zürich - Enge Bahnhof IMG 0745.JPG, The station platforms (bed of former track 3 to the left)
File:Enge - Bahnhof - Seestrasse 2012-09-18 13-51-35 (P7000).jpg, ''Bahnhof Enge'' tram stop at Tessinerplatz
File:Enge Bahnhof Zurich - panoramio.jpg, Station building with ''Bahnhof Enge'' tram stop (left) and ''Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse'' tram/bus stop (right)

See also

* List of railway stations in Zurich
* Rail transport in Switzerland

References

External links

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Interactive station plan (Zürich Enge)Zurich Enge station plan

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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zurich
Enge
Swiss Federal Railways stations
Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1875