Bauma railway station (German: Bahnhof Bauma) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Bauma (Töss Valley). The station is situated at the junction of the Tösstal railway line, which is still in full use, and the Uerikon to Bauma railway (UeBB), which is partly closed and partly used as a heritage railway.[4][5][1]

Bauma
Boxy green railcar in front of three-story building
Bauma station, with a visiting preserved railcar, 2010
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse
Bauma, Canton of Zürich
Switzerland
Coordinates47°22′7.813″N 8°52′41.639″E / 47.36883694°N 8.87823306°E / 47.36883694; 8.87823306
Elevation639 m (2,096 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
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Train operators
Connections
Other information
Fare zone172 (ZVV)[2]
Passengers
2018670 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Saland
towards Winterthur
S26 Steg
towards Rüti ZH
Preceding station Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland Following station
Neuthal
towards Hinwil
Uerikon–Bauma railway Terminus
Location
Map

Services

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Bauma station is an intermediate station on the Zürich S-Bahn route S26, which operates between Rapperswil and Winterthur.

It is also served by buses of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO) and Swiss PostBus service (PostAuto).[6][5]

Heritage railway

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Bauma station is also the terminus of the heritage railway services of the Dampfbahn-Verein Zürcher Oberland (DVZO), which operates to Hinwil, over the former UeBB, with trains normally hauled by steam locomotives. The UeBB line beyond Hinwil, towards Uerikon, was closed in 1948 and little now remains.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  5. ^ a b "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Regionalnetz" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Fahrplan an den Fahrsonntagen im 2012" [Sunday timetable for 2012] (in German). DVZO. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
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