Winterthur railway station

Winterthur
The station frontage (east side) in 2008
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz 5–9
Winterthur
Switzerland
Coordinates47°30′01″N 8°43′26″E / 47.500328°N 8.723786°E / 47.500328; 8.723786
Elevation438 m (1,437 ft)
SystemCentral pass-through railway station
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Operated bySwiss Federal Railways
Lines
Distance
Platforms
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Stadtbus Winterthur 1 2 2E 3
Direct line to/from Zurich Airport with in 0:13h, S24 in 0:17h or other connections with one change
Construction
ParkingParking deck above platforms
Bicycle facilitiesParking station
Architect
Architectural style1896: Neorenaissance
Other information
Fare zone120 (ZVV)
WebsiteBahnhof Winterthur
History
Opened
  • 1855 (1855) (wooden construction)
  • 1860 (1860) (total reconstruction)
  • 1894-1896 (total reconstruction)
Rebuilt
  • 1875 (1875)
  • July 1988 (1988-07): car park deck
  • 2000 (2000): new building "Stadttor"
  • 2012-2013: Bahnhofplatz reconstruction
  • 2015-2021: renovation and major enhancements
Previous namesWinterthur Hauptbahnhof
Passengers
2023110'900 per weekday (SBB)
Rank3 out 1'159
Services
Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station
Zürich HB
Terminus
EuroCity St. Gallen
towards München Hbf
Zürich Airport IC 1 Wil
towards St. Gallen
Zürich Airport
towards Lausanne
IC 5
St. Gallen
Zürich Airport
towards Brig
IC 8 Frauenfeld
towards Romanshorn
Zürich Airport IC 81
Zürich Airport
towards Zürich HB
IR 13 Wil
towards Sargans
Zürich Airport
towards Lucerne
IR 75 Frauenfeld
towards Konstanz
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Kemptthal
towards Rapperswil
S7 Terminus
Effretikon S8
Stettbach
towards Aarau
S11 Oberwinterthur
towards Seuzach
Winterthur Grüze
Stettbach
towards Brugg AG
S12 Hettlingen
towards Schaffhausen
Winterthur Grüze
towards Wil
Zürich Stadelhofen
towards Zürich HB
S23 Frauenfeld
towards Romanshorn
Kemptthal
towards Zug
S24 Andelfingen
towards Thayngen
Oberwinterthur
towards Weinfelden
Terminus S26 Winterthur Grüze
towards Rüti ZH
S29 Oberwinterthur
S33 Hettlingen
towards Schaffhausen
S35 Winterthur Grüze
towards Wil
Winterthur Töss
towards Bülach
S41 Terminus
Effretikon
towards Aarau
SN1
Limited service
Terminus SN3
Limited service
Hettlingen
Effretikon
towards Würenlos
SN6
Limited service
Terminus
Effretikon
towards Olten
SN11
Limited service
Winterthur Töss
towards Bülach
SN41
Limited service
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Terminus SN21
Limited service
Winterthur Grüze
towards St. Gallen
SN22
Limited service
Wil
towards Heerbrugg
SN30
Limited service
Oberwinterthur
towards Romanshorn
Location
Winterthur
Location in Switzerland
Winterthur
Winterthur (Canton of Zurich)

Winterthur railway station (German: Bahnhof Winterthur) is the principal railway station of the city of Winterthur in the Swiss canton of Zurich, and a major junction station of several railway lines. The station is listed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.

Winterthur is Switzerland's fifth-busiest station, and is a major node between Switzerland's largest railway nucleus in Zurich and places in Eastern Switzerland (such as St. Gallen and Schaffhausen), as well as Germany (Konstanz, Munich), and Austria (Bregenz). The station is served by trains on Zurich's suburban S-Bahn network, as well as by InterRegio (IR) and InterCity (IC) and EuroCity (EC) trains, with all through passenger trains making a stop. It is directly linked to Zürich FlughafenZurich Airport's railway station – within 15 minutes travelling time seven times per hour. Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zürich HB) can be reached with up to 16 direct connections per hour, the fastest of which takes 22 minutes. The station has five standard-gauge platforms serving nine tracks and is the central node of the local Stadtbus Winterthur network and regional bus services (e.g. PostBus Switzerland). All public transport in and around Winterthur is part of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) integrated fare network.

Winterthur is one of ten railway stations in the city of Winterthur (fare zone 120 of ZVV), the others being: Oberwinterthur, Reutlingen, Sennhof-Kyburg, Winterthur Grüze, Winterthur Hegi, Winterthur Seen, Winterthur Töss, Winterthur Wallrüti, and Winterthur Wülflingen.