Opfikon railway station

Opfikon is a railway station in Switzerland, in the municipality of Opfikon. The station is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S7. Opfikon station is some 250 metres (820 ft) walk from Glattbrugg station on S-Bahn lines S3, S9 and S15, and the Stadtbahn Glattal.^[2][3][4] It lies within fare zone 121 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).^[5]

Opfikon
The station platforms in 2015
General information
Location	Giebeleichstrasse Opfikon Switzerland
Coordinates	47°25′47.820″N 8°33′42.329″E
Elevation	427 m (1,401 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Wettingen–Effretikon line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	ZVV: Opfikon, Bahnhof / Glattbrugg, Post
Bus	VBG 761 768
Airport	VBG bus 768 in 0:18h to/from Zurich Airport
Other information
Fare zone	121 (ZVV)[1]
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Zürich Oerlikon towards Rapperswil S7 Kloten Balsberg towards Winterthur Zürich Oerlikon towards Stäfa SN7 Limited service Kloten Balsberg towards Bassersdorf
Location Opfikon Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Opfikon Opfikon (Canton of Zürich) Show map of Canton of Zürich

The station is situated on the Wettingen–Effretikon line, originally opened by the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn; SNB) in 1877 and bypassing the city of Zurich. However the passenger trains that stop at the station all operate from Zurich Main Station, using a connection from Zürich Oerlikon station opened in 1881. The station area was heavily modified in 1978, when the airport branch and its through tracks were added.^[4]

Layout

Opfikon station has a single central platform, which is flanked by two tracks. The two through tracks of the Zurich Airport station branch of the Zurich to Winterthur line run parallel to the platform, but are not connected to the platform tracks in the vicinity of the station,^[4][6] and trains to/from Zurich Airport therefore passing by. The station is, however, connected to the airport via a bus route.

Services

The following services stop at Opfikon:^[7]

• Zurich S-Bahn:
  • S7 Winterthur–Kloten–Hardbrücke–Zürich HB–Meilen–Rapperswil
    Operates non stop between Stadelhofen and Meilen, Winterthur and Effretikon, stops in Kemptthal as of 9:20 PM.

During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service calling at Opfikon station, offered by ZVV:^[8]

• SN7: hourly service between Bassersdorf and Stäfa via Zürich HB.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland