Bassersdorf railway station
Railway station in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bassersdorf is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and the municipality of Bassersdorf. The station is located on the Zurich to Winterthur main line, to the east of where the Zürich Airport and Kloten lines diverge. It is an intermediate stop on the Zurich S-Bahn services S7 and S24.[1][2][3]
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Location | Bahnhofstrasse Bassersdorf, Zurich Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47.438335°N 8.626564°E / 47.438335; 8.626564 | |||||||||||||||
Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Zurich–Winterthur line (Wettingen–Effretikon) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1980 (at present location) | |||||||||||||||
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The original route of the railway was through the centre of Bassersdorf. But with the construction of a new railway to serve Zürich Airport in 1980, this route was abandoned along with the original Bassersdorf railway station from 1877, built by Schweizerische Nationalbahn. A new station was constructed on the new line, some 500 m (1,600 ft) to the south of the original station.[4]