Bilten railway station
Bilten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Glarus and municipality of Glarus Nord. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and takes its name from the nearby village of Bilten.[2][3]
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| Location | Bilten Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°9′7″N 9°1′48″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 421 m (1,381 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lake Zürich left-bank line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 54.2 km (33.7 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Südostbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  PostAuto Schweiz buses[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Layout and connections
Bilten has a 312-metre (1,024 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4).[4] PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke and Pfäffikon.[5]
Services
As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Bilten:[6]
- S27: on weekdays only, five round-trips during the morning and evening rush hours between Ziegelbrücke and Siebnen-Wangen.
- Zürich S-Bahn S2 / S8: individual trains in the late night and early morning to Ziegelbrücke, Winterthur, and Zürich Airport.
References
- "Linthgebiet" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto Schweiz. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- Tarifverband Ostwind (12 December 2021). "Glarus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Bilten railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Bilten railway station – SBB
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