Bilten railway station

Bilten
The station in 2021
General information
LocationBilten
Switzerland
Coordinates47°9′7″N 9°1′48″E / 47.15194°N 9.03000°E / 47.15194; 9.03000
Elevation421 m (1,381 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zürich left-bank line
Distance54.2 km (33.7 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsSüdostbahn
ConnectionsBus interchange PostAuto Schweiz buses[1]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Reichenburg
towards Siebnen-Wangen
 S27 Ziegelbrücke
Terminus
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Reichenburg
towards Zurich Airport
 S2
Limited service
 Ziegelbrücke
Terminus
Reichenburg
towards Winterthur
 S8
Limited service
Location
Map

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF) (in German). PostAuto Schweiz. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  5. ^ Tarifverband Ostwind (12 December 2021). "Glarus" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.


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