Paradeplatz tram stop
Paradeplatz in 2007, looking east towards Hotel Baur en Ville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Paradeplatz, Zurich Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′11″N 8°32′20″E / 47.36971°N 8.53890°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tram routes | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paradeplatz tram stop, located in Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the 487 tram stops on the Zurich tram network. It is one of the busiest transfer points, given its central position and location on the city's main street, Bahnhofstrasse. The stop is owned and maintained by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), which operates Zurich's trams, buses and Polybahn and Rigiblick funiculars
The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were electrified in 1896.
Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888. Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.