Paradeplatz tram stop

LocationParadeplatz, Zurich
Switzerland

Coordinates47°22′11″N 8°32′20″E / 47.36971°N 8.53890°E / 47.36971; 8.53890

SystemVerkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop

Owned byVerkehrsbetriebe Zürich

Paradeplatz
Paradeplatz in 2007, looking east towards Hotel Baur en Ville
General information
Location	Paradeplatz, Zurich Switzerland
Coordinates	47°22′11″N 8°32′20″E / 47.36971°N 8.53890°E / 47.36971; 8.53890
System	Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop
Owned by	Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Operated by	Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Tram routes	6
Services
Preceding station Zürich tramway network Following station Sihlstrasse towards Geissweid 2 Kantonalbank towards Klusplatz Stockerstrasse towards Laubegg 5 Kantonalbank towards Zürich Stadelhofen Stockerstrasse towards Wollishoferplatz 7 Rennweg towards Stettbach Sihlstrasse towards Triemli 9 Kantonalbank towards Hirzenbach Rennweg towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof 11 Kantonalbank towards Zürich Tiefenbrunnen Stockerstrasse towards Albisgütli 13 Rennweg towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Location Paradeplatz Location within Switzerland

Paradeplatz tram stop, located in Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the 487 tram stops on the Zurich tram network.^[1] It is one of the busiest transfer points, given its central position and location on the city's main street, Bahnhofstrasse.^[2][3] The stop is owned and maintained by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ),^[4] which operates Zurich's trams, buses and Polybahn and Rigiblick funiculars

The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were electrified in 1896.

Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888.^[5] Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.^[6]