Zürich HB

It's hard for a station to get better than Zürich HB. Zürich HB is the main station of and is 's largest station. The station is huge: it's a hub for all kinds of long-distance trains from all over Europe, intercity and regional SBB trains, and forms the core of Zurich's S-Bahn and tram system.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: main railway station in the Swiss city of Zurich
  • Also known as: “Zurich Central Station”, “Zurich Hauptbahnhof”, “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”, “Zurich Main Station”, “Zürich Station”, and “Zurich’s Central Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zurich Opera House and Cabaret Voltaire.

Theater building
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The is an opera house in the Swiss city of . Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich.

Arts center
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is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in , Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes.

Church
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The is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed Church in , . It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wiedikon and Aussersihl.

Suburb
is a district in the city of . It corresponds to District number 3 and comprises the neighborhoods of , and . was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.

Suburb
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is a district in the city of Zürich. Known officially as District number 4, the district is known as colloquially Chreis Cheib, cheib being the Zürich German word for an animal cadaver.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the district 6 in . It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 25,078, in an area of 2.47 km2.

Zürich HB

Latitude
47.3781° or 47° 22′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.5394° or 8° 32′ 22″ east
Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)
Inception
August 7th, 1847
Operator
SBB
Network
ZVV
Open location code
8FVC9GHQ+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236383343
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q224494
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Zürich HB” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة قطارات زيورخ الرئيسية”
  • Arpitan: “Gâra centrâla de Tsurique”
  • Catalan: “Estació Central de Zúric”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世火车总站”
  • Czech: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Danish: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Dutch: “Station Zürich”
  • Dutch: “Zurich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Dutch: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉefstacidomo Zuriko”
  • Esperanto: “Zürich HB”
  • Finnish: “Zürichin päärautatieasema”
  • French: “gare centrale de Zurich”
  • French: “Gare centrale de Zurich”
  • French: “gare de Zurich”
  • French: “Zurich Gare Centrale”
  • French: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • French: “Zurich-Central”
  • French: “Zurich-centrale”
  • Galician: “estación central de Zürich”
  • Galician: “Estación central de Zürich”
  • German: “Bahnhof Zürich HB”
  • German: “Bf Zürich HB”
  • German: “Hauptbahnhof Zürich”
  • German: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • German: “Zürich HB”
  • Hungarian: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Hungarian: “Zürichi főpályaudvar”
  • Italian: “stazione di Zurigo Centrale”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Zurigo Centrale”
  • Italian: “stazione di Zurigo Principale”
  • Japanese: “チューリッヒ中央駅”
  • Korean: “HB역”
  • Korean: “취리히 HB역”
  • Korean: “취리히 중앙역”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه راه‌آهن مرکزی زوریخ”
  • Polish: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Portuguese: “Estação central de Zurique”
  • Romanian: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Russian: “Главный вокзал Цюриха”
  • Slovak: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Spanish: “Estacion central de Zurich”
  • Spanish: “Estación central de Zúrich”
  • Swedish: “Zürich Hauptbahnhof”
  • Thai: “สถานีกลางซือริช”
  • Thai: “สถานีรถไฟกลางซูริก”
  • Turkish: “Zürih Merkez Garı”
  • Turkish: “Zürih Merkez Tren İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Цюрих-Головний”
  • Urdu: “زیورخ ہاپٹ بہن ہوف”
  • Venetian: “stasion Sentrałe de Zurigo”
  • Yiddish: “ציריך הויפט באן סטאנציע”

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