Kilchberg railway station
Kilchberg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station building in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kilchberg Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°19′27.912″N 8°32′52.760″E / 47.32442000°N 8.54798889°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lake Zurich left-bank line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | ZSG ship lines | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | VBZ bus lines[1] 162 163 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ZVV 150[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kilchberg railway station is a railway station in Switzerland, situated near to the banks of Lake Zurich in the municipality of Kilchberg, within fare zone 150 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[3]. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left bank line, which originally formed part of the Zürich to Lucerne main line, although most main line trains now use the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing. It is served by lines S8 and S24 of the Zurich S-Bahn.[4][5][6]
Services
[edit]Rail
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services call at Kilchberg (the S2 service passes through):
- S8: half-hourly service between Winterthur and Pfäffikon SZ.
- S24: half-hourly service between Winterthur and Zug; trains continue from Winterthur to either Thayngen or Weinfelden.
During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN8) offered by ZVV:[7]
- SN8: hourly service between Pfäffikon ZH and Lachen via Zürich HB.
Bus and boat
[edit]There is a bus stop next to the station building, which served by VBZ bus routes 162 and 163.
There is also a nearby landing stage of Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG), from whre ships run either in direction to Zurich Bürkliplatz or Rapperswil/Schmerikon, serving the terminals of several lakeside towns and Ufenau island en route.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Regionalnetz | Regional network" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Tariff districts of Zurich and its urban area" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Zurich City Map (Map). 1:16000. Hallwag Kümmerlry+Frey AG. 25 January 2009. ISBN 978-3-8283-0070-5.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Nighttime network at weekends" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
External links
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Media related to Kilchberg railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Kilchberg railway station – SBB
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