Kempten railway station (Switzerland)

For the main railway station in Kempten in Germany, see Kempten (Allgäu) Hauptbahnhof.
Kempten
Kempten station building
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse,
Kempten,
Wetzikon,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E / 47.331832; 8.80419
Elevation552 m (1,811 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Operated bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Effretikon–Hinwil line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Other information
Fare zone132 (ZVV)[1]
Passengers
20182,100 per weekday[2]
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Pfäffikon ZH
towards Bülach
 S3 Wetzikon
Terminus
Location
Kempten is located in Switzerland
Kempten
Kempten
Location in Switzerland
Kempten is located in Canton of Zurich
Kempten
Kempten
Canton of Zurich

Kempten is a railway station in the municipality of Wetzikon in the Oberland region of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The station takes its name from the nearby village of Kempten.[3] It is located on the Effretikon to Hinwil railway line,[4] within fare zone 132 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[1]

Service

The station is served only by S-Bahn trains. It is an intermediated stop on Zurich S-Bahn line S3, which links Zürich Hardbrücke and Wetzikon via Zürich Stadelhofen and Effretikon. During peak hours, the S3 continues from Zürich Hardbrücke to Bülach.[5]

History

Between 1903 and 1939, Kempten station was also served by the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), a metre gauge electric tramway that linked Kempten with Meilen, on the shores of Lake Zürich, via Wetzikon.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  5. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.



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