Winterthur Grüze railway station
- Tösstal web ( 754 )
- Railway Winterthur -Wil (850)
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The station Winterthur - Groat (452 m above sea level. M. ) is a Winterthur railway station in the industrial zone Grüze in the upper district of Winterthur. It operates as an isolation station and is the largest cargo hub in Winterthur. The station has at the moment also no direct connection to the city bus network. The roofs of the station platform are listed buildings and are unique in Switzerland.
History
In the environment of the station Grüze after connecting the Tösstal train originated a variety of industries, the station was also used as a freight depot. These included the Swiss nail factory, a Stearinfabrik, the metal structures Geilinger or a petroleum - bearing. Today is the Grüze mainly still for the nearby waste incineration plant as freight station of importance.
1882 built the Tösstal web then finally a private track to the Winterthur main station. The route from Winterthur HB - Räterschen (next station towards Wil - St. Gallen), as well as the distance to the Tösstal (Winterthur HB - Winterthur - Grüze - Winterthur-Seen and further ), were still separated, there was no connection between the tracks.
1898 by the VSB came the initiative to operate the station Grüze together. To this end, the track system has been simplified and re- built by the VSB a new shelter, which still exists today. In 1902, the VSB was nationalized in 1918 the same thing happened with the TTB.
The railway line Winterthur -Wil was in 1926/27 electrified, in the same train, TTB - reception building received an interlocking cultivation. North of the station, the sub-station SBB arose.
1949 to 1953, the portion Grüze - Räterschen was expanded to double track, so all the way to St. Gallen was new double track. Also in this period, namely in 1951, eliminating the electrification of the railway Tösstal. The track layout was changed again, among other things, the tracks were connected to Winterthur with switches, and 1953. a new electrical switch ( alternate ) plant put into operation. The Räterschen station has at the same time also received a new signal box ( Integra switch work ).
Since the introduction of the S -Bahn Zurich 1990 stops hourly depending on a direction of S12 lakes and direction Winterthur - Zurich in Grüze station. Since November 2002, Groat is a self-service station and the signal box is automatically controlled remotely.
Architecture
The station is a railway station separation since the construction of the railway Tösstal and forms the junction of the coming from the main railway lines to Wil and in the Tösstal. The tracks here are provided with 4-7 platforms, the two tracks in each direction. The remaining tracks without platforms are up on a siding on the side of Tösstal line and be used for freight. Since the station is set within the industrial area, much cargo handling was operated previously at this station. Even today, the station is one of the main freight hubs of the SBB in the canton of Zurich.
The roofs of the station built in 1955, Perron are unique in Switzerland and are listed buildings. They were, from 1952 to 1955 developed by the SBB architect Hans Hilfiker, who is also the famous Swiss railway clock designed as a prototype for new platform roofing. Characteristic of this roof is the central support tube with platform numbers at its ends, protrude from the roof on both sides. The new roofs were never produced in series and so the station was Grüze the only station of its kind in Switzerland. That was never the roof in series production, even exceeded construction costs was due to.
The station building is located southwest of all main lines.
Expansion plans
The Grüze station for the opening up of the urban development area Neuhegi of central importance. Within this framework Grüze improvements are also provided at the station. For this purpose, the construction of a bus bridge is planned over the station with a stop just above the tracks, so that one comes from the platforms directly from the bus stop. The construction of this bridge is in 2018Vorlage: Future / be started in 4 years. Also in the context of the appreciation of the station a new bicycle underpass is planned. In implementing these expansion plans for the urban development area and the expansion of the S-Bahn bid with the fourth part of the supplement S -Bahn Zurich, the city council expects a multiplication of passengers in ten to twenty years to 10'000 - 15'000 train travelers.
In a study on career development in Winterthur in 2013 in Winterthur, as well as a postulate in the large council was already from a station Grüze north on the railway line to the upper Winterthur train the speech.
Train services
S -Bahn lines
The station is served by 3 lines of the S -Bahn Zurich.
- S 12 Brugg - Zurich HB - Winterthur HB - Seuzach / lakes (only every hour, every half hour offset from Winterthur to Seuzach )
- S 26 Winterthur HB - Bauma - Ruti ZH
- S 35 Winterthur HB - Wil SG
Night trains
A night train in the direction of Wil Thurbo passes the station. The Tösstal is operated by the Winterthur main station ago with night buses and therefore has no night train.
- Winterthur - Wil SG - St. Gallen
Security system
The initial hand-operated turnouts were the beginning of the 20th century, replaced by a mechanical interlocking.
This was in 1953 replaced by a switch integration work. The new interlocking plant was one of the largest switch interlocking systems of Switzerland, the signal box was compiled from three plants. For the trains driving roads were adjusted for shunting the switches and signals were hand made . The two barrier layers Renan ( direction Wil - St. Gallen, Winterthur and direction lakes - Bauma ) have been hand operations. First there were barriers guards at work, later, the plants were integrated into the signal box (where you still had to give the opening or closing command ).
In the field of industrial and freight tracks the course site and manually provided.
Nov. 17, 2002, the electronic interlocking was taken from the type ELEKTRA the company Alcatel in operation.