Neuhausen railway station

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Neuhausen
Bahnhof Neuhausen.jpg
Station in 2024
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°40′58″N8°37′33″E / 47.682899°N 8.625855°E / 47.682899; 8.625855
Elevation397 m (1,302 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
THURBO
Line(s) Eglisau to Neuhausen line
Rheinfall line
Connections
Bus Sinnbild Kraftomnibus.svg
Bus
 VBSH 7
Airport BSicon FLUG.svg
Airport
Direct line to/from Zürich Flughafen with S24 in 0:45h
Other information
Fare zone810 (Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]) [1]
History
Previous namesNeuhausen am Rheinfall (before 2013)
Passengers
20181,700 per weekday [2]
Services
Preceding station Logo Zurcher Verkehrsverbund.svg Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S9 Neuhausen Rheinfall
towards Uster
S12 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
towards Brugg AG
Schaffhausen
towards Thayngen
S24 Andelfingen
towards Zug
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S33 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
towards Winterthur
Preceding station Schaffhausen S-Bahn Following station
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S65 Neuhausen Rheinfall
towards Jestetten
Location
Neuhausen railway station

Neuhausen (German : Bahnhof Neuhausen) is a railway station served by S-Bahn services in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen.

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Location

The railway station is located at the junction of the Rheinfall line and the Eglisau to Neuhausen line, next to the River Rhine at the eastern end of the town of Neuhausen am Rheinfall.

Neuhausen station is one of three stations in Neuhausen, the other two being Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof and Neuhausen Rheinfall. Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west, whilst Neuhausen Rheinfall station is 750 metres (2,460 ft) to the south-west. [3]

Train services

The railway station is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S9, S12, S24 and S33, and by a Schaffhausen S-Bahn line (operated by THURBO): [3] [4]

Bus services

The railway station is served by municipal bus line 7 of Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (vbsh). The bus stop next to the railway station is called Neuhausen SBB. It is the southern terminus of line 7 . [5]

Border

Until December 2010 the next station in the direction towards Bülach, was Altenburg-Rheinau, located in Altenburg, part of Jestetten, in Germany, close to the border with Switzerland. However, despite protests from the German authorities, the station was closed by the Swiss due to low passenger numbers. [6] [7] [8]

Until the opening of Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station in December 2015, Neuhausen station was a border station for customs purposes. Customs checks could be performed aboard trains and in Neuhausen station by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008. [9] [10]

Collision

Neuhausen station train collision
Details
Date10 January 2013
Location Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Country Switzerland
Incident type Train collision
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths0
Injured17

A train collision occurred on Thursday 10 January 2013, at 8:47 CET [11] on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen line, about 250 meters away from the station. Two trains, the S33 (THURBO) and the former S11 peak-hour service, collided head-on and derailed. There were twenty-six injuries. [12] Nine had to be taken to hospital, but there were no serious injuries. Among the people hospitalised were the two drivers.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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