Zürich Tiefenbrunnen railway station () is a

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in 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 located on the

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, and is situated on the shore of

Lake Zürich Lake Zurich (, ; ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and ...

, in the Seefeld quarter of the city.

Operation

The station has one side platform and one island platform, served by three tracks, and the station building and entrance is on the west or lake side of the station. The platforms and entrances are connected by pedestrian subway. The station is served by the following passenger trains: Adjacent to the station is the terminus 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 ...

routes 2 and 4 and

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route 33, all operated by

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its c ...

, the municipal transport operator for Zürich. The station is also served by regional bus routes of the Autobusbetrieb Zürich–Zollikon–Küsnacht (AZZK). The

Zürichhorn Zürichhorn is a river delta on Zürichsee's eastern shore in the lower basin of the lake. The area is part of the parks and quays in the Seefeld (Zürich), Seefeld quarter of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. The gardens are one of the most popu ...

lakeside park, with its

Chinese Garden The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Emperor of China, Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and t ...

Centre Le Corbusier The Pavillon Le Corbusier is a Swiss art museum in Zürich-Seefeld at Zürichhorn dedicated to the work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. In 1960, Heidi Weber had the vision to establish a museum designed by Le Corbusier. The building was to ...

, casino and steamer pier, lies some north-west of the station. The steamer pier is served by boats of the

Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft The Lake Zurich Navigation Company (, ZSG) is a public Swiss company operating passenger ships and boats on Lake Zurich () and the river Limmat in Zurich.The company's services connect lake-side towns between Zurich and Rapperswil/ Schmerikon, i ...

on both its Lake Zurich and River Limmat services.

Gallery

File:BhfTB2.JPG, The station frontage File:Zürich - Tiefenbrunnen Bahnhof IMG 7867.JPG, Interchange between train and tram

References

External links

* * Swiss Federal Railways stations Tiefenbrunnen District 8 of Zurich {{Switzerland-railstation-stub