Esslingen railway station
Esslingen | |||||||||||
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The station, looking towards Zürich | |||||||||||
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| Location | Esslingen, Egg, Zurich Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°17′16″N 8°42′36″E / 47.28776°N 8.70990°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Forchbahn | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Forchbahn | ||||||||||
| Line | Forchbahn | ||||||||||
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| VZO bus route[1] 842 | |||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 142 (ZVV)[2] | ||||||||||
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Esslingen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and the municipality of Egg, servig the village of Esslingen.[3] It is the outer terminus of the Forch Railway (Forchbahn, FB) from the city of Zurich, which is operated as Zurich S-Bahn service S18. The station is operated by the Forchbahn, and has three terminal platforms and a bus interchange located under an overall roof.[4][5] It lies within fare zone 142 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[2]
History
The Forchbahn was originally opened as a roadside electric tramway, and has been progressively upgraded into a modern electric railway. Between the Forchbahn's opening in 1912 and 1949, it connected at Esslingen with the Uster–Oetwil tramway (UOeB), another similar roadside tramway that closed in 1949. The stop both lines shared was situated to the east of the existing station near the junction of Löwenstrasse and Usterstrasse, and is still marked by the presence of the Restaurant Bahnhof. The line's terminus was relocated to its current site in 1995.[6][7][8]
Services
The station is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S18, which operates between Zurich and Esslingen. As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services call at Esslingen:
- Zurich S-Bahn S18: half-hourly service to Zürich Stadelhofen FB
The station provides interchange with buses on route 842 of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO), which links Uster and Oetwil am See and replaces the UOeB.[4][9]
See also
References
- ^ "VZO | Partner im ZVV" (in German). Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Zürich Stadelhofen–Forch–Esslingen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Uster-Oetwil Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (1949 overlaid on current) (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Chronicle" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Uster–Mönchaltorf–Oetwil am See" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
External links
- Media related to Esslingen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Esslingen railway station – SBB