Zürich Enge railway station
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Zürich Enge railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Enge) 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.[2][3]
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Location | Zürich Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°21′50.8″N 8°31′50.9″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lake Zürich left-bank line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | ZVV: Bhf. Enge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
VBZ trams 5 6 7 13 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Direct lines to/from Zürich Flughafen with S2 in 0:18h and with S24 in 0:23h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Architect | Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister (1927) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1875 (1875) (different location) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1925–1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Bahnstation Enge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | 18900 per weekday[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4]