Uerikon railway station
Uerikon | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station building, platform and tracks in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Stationstrasse Uerikon, Stäfa, Zürich Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°14′9.2″N 8°45′7.6″E / 47.235889°N 8.752111°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 426 m (1,398 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 28.9 km (18.0 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV | |||||||||||||||
 | ZSG passenger ships[2] | |||||||||||||||
 | VZO bus routes[3] 951 952 | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 143 (ZVV)[4] | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Uerikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Uerikon) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated near the village of Uerikon in the municipality of Stäfa on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich (Goldcoast).[5] The station is located on the Lake Zurich right-bank line,[1] within fare zone 143 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[4]
Uerikon station used to be a junction station with the former Uerikon–Bauma railway (UeBB), which between 1901 and 1948 linked Uerikon with Hombrechtikon, Bubikon, Hinwil, Bäretswil and Bauma.[1]
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following S-Bahn services stop at Uerikon:[6][7][8]
- Zurich S-Bahn:
- S7: half-hourly service between Winterthur and Rapperswil
- S20: on weekdays, morning rush-hour service to Zürich Hardbrücke.
A regional bus stop is adjacent to the railway station, served by buses of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).[3]
Additionally, passenger ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) operate from a lakeside terminal located a short distance southeast of the railway station. The boats operate either in direction to Zurich Bürkliplatz or Rapperswil/Schmerikon, serving the terminals of several lakeside towns and Ufenau island en route.[2]
Gallery
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The station in 2008 -
The station forecourt in 2024
See also
References
- ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ a b "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ a b "VZO | Partner im ZVV" (in German). Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ a b "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Winterthur - Kloten - Zürich HB - Meilen - Rapperswil" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Zürich Hardbrücke - Zürich HB - Uerikon" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
External links
Media related to Uerikon railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Uerikon railway station – SBB
