Kempten railway station (Switzerland)
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Location | Bahnhofstrasse, Kempten, Wetzikon, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°19′55″N 8°48′15″E / 47.331832°N 8.80419°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Effretikon–Hinwil line | ||||||||||
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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
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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External links
- Media related to Bahnhof Kempten at Wikimedia Commons
- Kempten station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site