Oberwinterthur railway station

Oberwinterthur
Oberwinterthur
	The station frontage, 2016.
General information
Location	Hegifeldstrasse 1A; 8404 Winterthur ; Winterthur, Zürich ; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°30′28″N8°45′39″E / 47.50778°N 8.76083°E Coordinates: 47°30′28″N8°45′39″E / 47.50778°N 8.76083°E
Elevation	457 m above the sea
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by	Swiss Federal Railways; THURBO
Line(s)	Winterthur–Etzwilen-Stein am Rhein (821); Winterthur–Romanshorn (840)
Platforms	3
Connections	Postauto and Winterthur buses
History
Opened	1855
Services
Location
	Oberwinterthur Location within Switzerland

Last updated May 01, 2023

Oberwinterthur railway station (German: Bahnhof Oberwinterthur) is a railway station that serves Oberwinterthur, which is district number 2 in Winterthur, a city in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.^[1]^[2]

Location

Oberwinterthur railway station is situated right in the centre of Oberwinterthur.

Services

Zürich S-Bahn

The station is served by the following four Zürich S-Bahn lines:^[4]

S11 ( Aarau – Lenzburg –) Dietikon – Zürich HB – Zürich Stettbach – Winterthur – Seuzach / Sennhof-Kyburg (– Wila )
Operates non stop between Stettbach and Winterthur; the lines to Seuzach and Sennhof-Kybourg are operated alternately at hourly intervals; supplementary trains to Wila.
S24 Thayngen / Weinfelden – Winterthur – Zürich Flughafen – Wipkingen – Zürich HB – Thalwil – Zug
Services stop in Kemptthal until 9:20 PM; the lines to Thayngen and Weinfelden are operated alternately at hourly intervals; stops between Neuhausen and Winterthur only in Andelfingen.
S29 Winterthur – Stein am Rhein
S30 Winterthur – Frauenfeld – Weinfelden (– Romanshorn – Rorschach )

Night trains

Oberwinterthur is served by one "Nightliner", operated by THURBO. The line to Stein am Rhein is served not by night trains, but by various night bus lines.

SN Winterthur – Romanshorn ((– Konstanz (D)) – Kreuzlingen)

Local transport

Bahnhof Oberwinterthur bus station

This is the actual bus station for the railway station, and is located on the same side of the tracks as the station building.

The first three bus lines serving this bus station are operated by the city network. The other three are regional lines that terminate at Oberwinterthur railway station. Of the regional lines, the yellow line 615 is operated by PostBus Switzerland, while the other two are operated by the city bus network.

Line	Route
1	Töss – HB – Oberwinterthur
5	Technorama – HB – Dättnau
10	HB – Bhf. Oberwinterthur
610	Bhf. Oberwinterthur – Wiesendangen, Dorf – Bhf. Oberwinterthur (circle route)
611	Bhf. Oberwinterthur – Gundetswil
615	Bhf. Oberwinterthur – Rickenbach – Ellikon a. d Thur – Altikon

Hegifeld bus station

The Hegifeld bus station is located on the side of the tracks opposite from the station building, but is nevertheless connected directly with the railway station and its platforms by a pedestrian underpass.

Line	Route
15	Hegifeld – Bahnhof Hegi – Hegifeld (circle route)
680	HB – Elsau – Schlatt – Elgg/Girenbad b. Turbenthal*

* Line 680 runs three times each day to Girenbad bei Turbenthal.

Night buses

Line	Route
N61	HB – Oberwinterthur – Stadel – Sulz – Rickenbach – Ellikon – Altikon – Thalheim – Grüt – Dinhard

The night bus N65 (HB – Oberseen – Hegi – Elsau – Wiesendangen) also serves Hegifeld station, but only for alighting passengers.

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References

↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
↑ "Peter Spuhler investiert in Winterthur". Tages-Anzeiger . Retrieved 19 November 2011.
↑ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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Oberwinterthur railway station – SBB

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[1] map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

[saw12-13-2] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[3] "Peter Spuhler investiert in Winterthur". Tages-Anzeiger . Retrieved 19 November 2011.

[zvv-4] "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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