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Kempten railway station (Switzerland)

Coordinates: 47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E / 47.331832; 8.80419
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Kempten
Kempten station building
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse,
Kempten,
Wetzikon,
Canton of Zürich,
Switzerland
Coordinates47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E / 47.331832; 8.80419
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Operated bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Effretikon–Hinwil line
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Pfäffikon ZH style="background:#Template:Swiss rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Zürich S-Bahn
S3 service
style="background:#Template:Swiss rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Wetzikon

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. It is served by Zürich S-Bahn line S3, which links Zürich and Wetzikon via Effretikon.[1][2]

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]

References

  1. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  2. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Wetzikon-Meilen Bahn". www.eingestellte-bahnen.ch. Retrieved 2012-05-25.