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Railway station in Meilen, Switzerland
Meilen
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse,
Meilen,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates47°16′10″N 8°38′39″E / 47.269522°N 8.644266°E / 47.269522; 8.644266
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Operated bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zürich right bank line
ConnectionsVZO bus routes
ZSG passenger ships
Horgen–Meilen car ferry
Construction
ArchitectGustav Wülfke (1893)
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Herrliberg-Feldmeilentowards Baden S6 UetikonTerminus
Zürich Stadelhofentowards Winterthur S7 Uetikontowards Rapperswil
Küsnacht ZHtowards Zürich Hardbrücke S20 Männedorftowards Uerikon
Location
Meilen is located in SwitzerlandMeilenMeilenLocation within Switzerland

Meilen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich, situated in the municipality of Meilen. The station is located on the Lake Zürich right bank railway line.

History

The station was opened in 1893, at the same time as the Lake Zürich right bank line.

In 1903, Meilen station became the interchange point with the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), a newly built metre gauge electric tramway that served the Zürcher Oberland area inland from the lake. The WMB originally ran beyond Meilen station, to terminate at the lakeside, but this section closed in 1931 leaving the station as the line's terminus. The WMB closed in 1950.

Services

The station is served by the following passenger trains:

Operator Train Type Route Typical Frequency
Swiss Federal Railways Zürich S-Bahn
S6
Baden - Wettingen - Würenlos - Otelfingen - Otelfingen Golfpark - Buchs-Dällikon - Regensdorf-Watt - Zürich Affoltern - Zürich Seebach - Zürich Oerlikon - Zürich Hardbrücke - Zürich Hbf - Zürich Stadelhofen - Zürich Tiefenbrunnen - Zollikon - Küsnacht Goldbach - Küsnacht ZH - Erlenbach ZH - Winkel am Zürichsee - Herrliberg-Feldmeilen - Meilen - Uetikon 2 trains per hour
Swiss Federal Railways Zürich S-Bahn
S7
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof - Kemptthal - Effretikon - Bassersdorf - Kloten - Kloten Balsberg - Opfikon - Zürich Oerlikon - Zürich Hardbrücke - Zürich Hbf - Zürich Stadelhofen - Meilen - Uetikon - Männedorf - Stäfa - Uerikon - Feldbach - Kempraten - Rapperswil 2 trains per hour

A regional bus terminal is adjacent to the railway station, served by buses of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). Passenger ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, and the Horgen–Meilen car ferry, operate from lakeside terminals some 600 metres (2,000 ft) to the south.

Further reading

  • Baumgartner, Ulrich J. (29 November 1990), "Sanierung und Ausbau Bahnhof Meilen", Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt (in German), 108 (48: S-Bahn Zürich - Architektur): 1411


References

  1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. "Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  5. "Winterthur–Kloten–Zürich HB–Meilen–Rapperswil" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  6. "Baden–Regensdorf-Watt–Oerlikon–Zürich HB–Uetikon" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  7. "Thayngen–Schaffhausen–Flughafen ò–Zürich HB–Herrliberg-F" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

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