Zürich Triemli (german: Zürich Triemli) 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 ...

in the west of the

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

city of

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

, in the city's Friesenberg quarter. The station is on the Uetliberg line, which is operated by the

Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn The ''Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn AG'' – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The network comprises the Uetliberg railway line and the Sihltal railway line, a ...

(SZU). The station is served by the following passenger trains: Situated on a single track line, the station had a passing loop and two platforms, prior to renovation of the station. Besides being served by through trains between

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

and

Uetliberg __NOTOC__ The Uetliberg (also known as Üetliberg) is a mountain in the Swiss plateau, part of the Albis chain, rising to . The mountain offers a panoramic view of the entire city of Zürich (to the northeast of its summit) and the Lake of Zur ...

railway stations, Triemli is also the terminus of a more frequent suburban shuttle service from Zurich HB. The station is adjacent to the

Triemli Hospital Triemli Hospital, also known in German as ''Stadtspital Triemli'' or ''Triemlispital'', is a major hospital in the Swiss city of Zürich. The hospital is located in the western suburbs of the city, in the Friesenberg quarter and the Wiedikon dis ...

, one of Zürich's main hospitals, and there is direct access from the station platform to the hospital site. A

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass ...

carries Hohensteinweg across the line immediately to the west of the station. The station is some on foot from the Triemli terminus of routes 9 and 14 of the Zürich tram system, which lies at a lower level on the other side of the hospital site.

Gallery

File:Zurich Triemli 2011 302.jpg, Looking downhill towards Zurich with an entrance to the ''Stadtspital Triemli'' to the left File:Zurich Triemli 2011 080.jpg, Looking uphill towards the Uetliberg with the level crossing of Hohensteinweg

References

External links

* Triemli {{Switzerland-railstation-stub