Zürich Altstetten railway station

The station has one side platform and two island platforms, served by five tracks, and has station buildings and entrances on both the north and south sides of the station. The platforms and entrances are connected by a pair of pedestrian subways.[7]

The track 1 is built very close to the station building, in pedestrian area, as a light rail track (embedded into pavement). It is not used during normal operations. The numbers of tracks actually in use start from 2. The track 5 has no platform. It is only used for the passing trains that do not stop at this station.

For most of the day, the following regional services of the Zürich S-Bahn are provided:

• S5 Zug – Affoltern am Albis – Zürich HB – Uster – Wetzikon – Rapperswil – Pfäffikon SZ
• S11 (Aarau – Lenzburg –) Dietikon – Zürich HB – Zürich Stettbach – Winterthur – Seuzach / Sennhof-Kyburg (– Wila)
• S12 Brugg AG – Zürich HB – Zürich Stettbach – Winterthur – Schaffhausen / Wil SG
• S14 Affoltern am Albis – Zürich HB – Oerlikon – Uster – Wetzikon – Hinwil
• S19 ( Koblenz – Baden – ) Dietikon – Zürich HB – Oerlikon – Effretikon ( – Pfäffikon ZH )
• S42 Zürich HB – Othmarsingen – Muri AG

During weekends, there are also two Nighttime S-Bahn services (SN1, SN5) offered by ZVV.[8][9]

• SN1: hourly service between Aarau and Winterthur via Zürich HB.
• SN5: hourly service between Knonau and Pfäffikon SZ via Zürich HB.

Additionally there are single InterRegio (IR) trains per hour that call at Altstetten in both directions.[5][10]

• IR 35: Between Chur and Bern via Olten (operated by SOB and SBB CFF FFS).
• IR 36: Between Zurich Airport and Basel SBB (operated by SBB CFF FFS).

There are two stations with tram and bus services. Bhf. Altstetten Nord is located north to the railway station, while Bahnhof Altstetten is situated south of the station. Route 4 of the Zürich tram system serves the Bhf. Altstetten Nord station, whilst route 31 of the Zürich trolleybus system passes the south side of the station (Bahnhof Altstetten). Zürich bus routes 35, 78, 80, 83, 89 and 485 also serve the south side of the station, whilst routes 304 and 307 both terminate at Bhf. Altstetten Nord.[11][12]

Since December 2022, the Limmattal light rail line (route 20) terminates at Bahnhof Altstetten station. The light rail line has its own platforms, across the station plaza from platform two of the S-Bahn services. This service, operated by AVA, runs through the Limmat Valley region and connects to the Zürich tram network at Farbhof, just to the west of Altstetten station.[13][14][15]

Summary of tram and bus services:

• Bahnhof Altstetten to the south of the station, via both western and eastern underpass, AVA light rail line 20, VBZ trolley bus line 31 , VBZ bus lines 35, 78, 80, 83, 89, and VBG line 485;
• Bhf. Altstetten Nord to the north, via the eastern underpass, VBZ tram line 4, VBZ bus lines 304 and 307;