Bilten railway station

Bilten
The station in 2021
General information
Location	Bilten Switzerland
Coordinates	47°09′07″N9°01′48″E / 47.152°N 9.03°E / 47.152; 9.03
Elevation	421 m (1,381 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line	Lake Zürich left-bank line
Distance	54.2 km (33.7 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses [1]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Reichenburg towards Siebnen-Wangen S27 Ziegelbrücke Terminus Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Reichenburg towards Zurich Airport S2 Limited service Ziegelbrücke Terminus Reichenburg towards Winterthur S8 Limited service
Location Bilten Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Bilten Location in the canton of Glarus Show map of Canton of Glarus

Bilten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Glarus and municipality of Glarus Nord. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and takes its name from the nearby village of Bilten. ^{[2] [3]}

Layout and connections

Bilten has a 312-metre (1,024 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4). ^[4] PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke and Pfäffikon. ^[5]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Bilten: ^[6]

• S27 on weekdays only, five round-trips during the morning and evening rush hours between Ziegelbrücke and Siebnen-Wangen.
• Zürich S-Bahn S2 / S8 : individual trains in the late night and early morning to Ziegelbrücke, Winterthur, and Zürich Airport.

References

1. "Linthgebiet" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto Schweiz. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
2. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
3. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
4. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
5. Tarifverband Ostwind (12 December 2021). "Glarus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
6. "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

External links

• Media related to Bilten railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Bilten railway station – SBB