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Opfikon railway station

Opfikon, Italy

Opfikon is a railway station in Switzerland, in the municipality of Opfikon. The station is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S7. Opfikon station is some 250 metres (820 ft) walk from Glattbrugg station on S-Bahn lines S3, S9 and S15, and the Stadtbahn Glattal. It lies within fare zone 121 of the Zürcher

Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). The station is situated on the Wettingen–Effretikon line, originally opened by the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn; SNB) in 1877 and bypassing the city of Zurich. However the passenger trains that stop at the station all operate from Zurich Main Station, using a connection from Zürich Oerlikon station opened in 1881. The station area was heavily modified in 1978, when the airport branch and its through tracks were added.

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