Kempten railway station (Switzerland)
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Kempten,
Wetzikon,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
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_IMG_3470_ShiftN.jpg) Kempten station building | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bahnhofstrasse, Kempten, Wetzikon, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 552 m (1,811 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Effretikon–Hinwil line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 132 (ZVV)[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 2,100 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||
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Kempten is a railway station in the municipality of Wetzikon in the Oberland region of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The station takes its name from the nearby village of Kempten.[3] It is located on the Effretikon to Hinwil railway line,[4] within fare zone 132 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[1]
The station is served only by S-Bahn trains. It is an intermediated stop on Zurich S-Bahn line S3, which links Zürich Hardbrücke and Wetzikon via Zürich Stadelhofen and Effretikon. During peak hours, the S3 continues from Zürich Hardbrücke to Bülach.[5]
- Zurich S-Bahn S3: half-hourly service to Zürich Hardbrücke (or Bülach during peak hour) via Zürich HB, and to Wetzikon.
History
Between 1903 and 1939, Kempten station was also served by the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), a metre gauge electric tramway that linked Kempten with Meilen, on the shores of Lake Zürich, via Wetzikon.[6]
