Steinhausen Rigiblick railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Steinhausen-Rigiblick
Address:Turmstrasse
Steinhausen, Zug
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates:47.1881°N 8.4797°W
Opened:26 November 2012
Line:Zürich–Affoltern am Albis–Zug
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Operator:Swiss Federal Railways
Map Type:Switzerland

Steinhausen-Rigiblick is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zug, in the municipality of Steinhausen, on the Zurich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line.[1] [2]

It was inaugurated on 26 November 2012 and opened on the timetable change on 9 December 2012. The construction of the 320-metre-long station cost about CHF 10.5 million.[3] In addition to the construction of the platform and the underpass, the track was adapted for the S41 service, preserving the remains of the "Sumpfweiche" ("swamp points" at the former direct connection with the line to Luzerne).

Service

The station is an intermediate stop on Zurich S-Bahn line S5.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 1 November 2018.
  2. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 12.
  3. S-Bahn-Haltestelle Steinhausen Rigiblick: SBB weiht neuen Halt in Steinhausen ein.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065518/http://m.sbb.ch/news.newsdetail.2012-11-2611_2.html. 4 March 2016. SBB . 26 November 2012. 1 November 2018. de.
  4. Web site: S-Bahn trains, buses and boats . ZVV . 9 December 2018 . 28 November 2019 .