Hinwil railway station
Hinwil | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz, Hinwil, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°17′59″N 8°50′21″E / 47.2997°N 8.839231°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 565 m (1,854 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Effretikon–Hinwil Uerikon–Bauma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 133 (ZVV)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hinwil railway station (German: Bahnhof Hinwil) is a railway station in the municipality of Hinwil in the Oberland region of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.[2] The station is situated at the junction of the Effretikon to Hinwil via Wetzikon railway line, which is still in full use, and the Uerikon to Bauma railway (UeBB), which is partly closed and partly used as a heritage railway.[3] The station lies within fare zone 133 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[1]
Services
S-Bahn
Hinwil station is only served by S-Bahn trains. It is the terminus of Zurich S-Bahn route S14, which operates from Affoltern am Albis via Zurich, Uster and Wetzikon to Hinwil. As of the December 2018 timetable change, the following services stop at Hinwil:[4]
- Zurich S-Bahn S14: half-hourly service to Affoltern am Albis via Zürich HB
Heritage trains
Hinwil station is also the terminus of services of the Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO), which operates trains to Bauma in the Töss Valley, over the former UeBB line (now a heritage railway), with trains normally hauled by steam locomotives.[5] The UeBB line in the other direction, towards Uerikon, was closed in 1948 and little now remains.[3]
Gallery
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Hinwil station in 1877 -
Hinwil station in 1902
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Fahrplan an den Fahrsonntagen im 2012" [Sunday timetable for 2012] (in German). Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO). Retrieved 8 March 2012.
External links
Media related to Hinwil railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Hinwil railway station – SBB