Bilten railway station

Bilten
The station in 2021
General information
LocationBilten
Switzerland
Coordinates47°9′7″N 9°1′48″E / 47.15194°N 9.03000°E / 47.15194; 9.03000
Elevation421 m (1,381 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zürich left-bank line
Distance54.2 km (33.7 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsSüdostbahn
ConnectionsBus interchange PostAuto Schweiz buses[1]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Reichenburg S27 Ziegelbrücke
Terminus
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Reichenburg S2
Limited service
Ziegelbrücke
Terminus
Reichenburg
towards Winterthur
S8
Limited service
Location
Bilten is located in Switzerland
Bilten
Bilten
Location in Switzerland
Bilten is located in Canton of Glarus
Bilten
Bilten
Location in the canton of Glarus

Bilten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Glarus and municipality of Glarus Nord. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and takes its name from the nearby village of Bilten.[2][3]

Layout and connections

Bilten has a 312-metre (1,024 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4).[4] PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke and Pfäffikon.[5]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Bilten:[6]

References

  1. ^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto Schweiz. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  5. ^ Tarifverband Ostwind (12 December 2021). "Glarus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.