Kempten railway station (Switzerland) explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Kempten
Coordinates:47.3318°N 8.8042°W
Passengers:2,100 per weekday[1]
Pass Year:2018
Map Type:Switzerland
Map Size:300

Kempten is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Wetzikon. The station takes its name from the nearby village of Kempten and is located on the Effretikon to Hinwil railway line.[2]

The station is not to be confused with Kempten (Allgäu) Hauptbahnhof, which is the main station of Kempten (Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany).

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.[3]

Service

The station is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S3, which links and Wetzikon via and Effretikon. During peak hours, the S3 continues from Hardbrücke to Bülach.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . 2018 . 9 January 2023 . Swiss Federal Railways.
  2. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2012-03-05.
  3. Web site: Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn . www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch . 2012-05-25 . 2013-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017231434/http://www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch/58895/59042.html . dead .
  4. Web site: S-Bahn trains, buses and boats . ZVV . 9 December 2018 . 22 September 2019 .