Zurich Selnau ( or ) is an underground

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on the

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system in

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in the centre of the

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city of

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. The station is on a section of tunnel under the river

Sihl The Sihl is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the Zürich, city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at . It has ...

, common to the

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and

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railway lines. Before the opening of this tunnel in 1990, the station was the surface-level terminus of these lines. Only

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services call at Selnau station, which are operated by the

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(SZU).

Layout

The underground station has two tracks, served by a central platform. The platform has access to the streets at each end, with the northern access emerging through an unusual mid-river structure within the river Sihl. File:Selnau - Bahnhof - Sihlbrücke 2011-11-17 13-06-06.JPG, The station seen from street level File:Selnau.jpg, The station seen from platform level

Service

S-Bahn

The station is served by the following train services of

Tram

The railway station is connected to the Zurich tram network with its own tram stop, called ''Bhf. Selnau'', located at the station's southern entrance. This tram stop lies on line . The station's northern entrance is situated in between tram stops ''

Stauffacher ''Stauffacher'' is an important nodal station of the Zurich tram network. It is located in the Aussersihl district of the city of Zurich, Switzerland, next to the St. Jakob church. It is situated along the , between and . The tram stop was name ...

'' (, , , , ) and ''Sihlstrasse'' (, ), both within walking distance.

History

The original was an above-ground terminal station, serving as the Zurich city terminus of both the Uetliberg and Sihltal lines. It first opened in 1875 to serve the Uetliberg line, and was reached by the Sihltal line in 1892. In 1990, the two lines were extended to an underground terminus at

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via a tunnel running under and along the Sihl river. The original cul-de-sac station , which was situated south of the tram stop ''Bhf. Selnau'', was by-passed by this new line, and a new underground intermediate station was provided north of the former terminus. The original station was then redeveloped. File:Zuerich-vbz-tram-8-be-687930.jpg, The street front of the original terminal station in 1986 File:Bahnhof Selnau am Sihlkanal um 1885.jpg, The former surface station in 1885

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