Kloten Balsberg is a railway station in the municipality of Kloten, in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It lies within fare zone 121 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). The station is located on a variant of the multi-stranded ZurichâÂÂWinterthur railway line and is served by S-Bahn line S7. It is an interchange point between the Zurich S-Bahn and the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system.
The station was originally situated on the WettingenâÂÂEffretikon line of the Swiss National Railway (; SNB), which opened in 1877. This SNB became bankrupt in 1878. The line was then taken over by the Swiss Northeastern Railway (; NOB), becoming part of their ZurichâÂÂWinterthur line. It has been part of the network of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) since 1902. Although the station is situated only from the main terminal of Zurich Airport, it was bypassed by the opening, in 1980, of a new line directly serving the Zurich Airport railway station in the basement of that terminal. Since 2008, the Stadtbahn Glattal has provided a new direct route to the airport.
The railway station has a single side platform and one railway track. There is no station building but a shelter. It is directly linked to the adjacent tram stop of the Glattalbahn light rail by an elevated walkway.
The station is only served by S-Bahn trains. Line S7 of the Zurich S-Bahn runs every half-hour throughout the day, with services extending to Winterthur in one direction, and to Rapperswil, via Zurich, in the other direction.
During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service calling at the station, offered by ZVV: Journey time to Zürich Hauptbahnhof is 15 minutes
The tram stop, which is named Bahnhof Balsberg, adjacent to the station and connected directly to the station platform by an elevated walkway, is served by Zurich tram routes 10 and 12, operated by VBZ/VBG on behalf of the Stadtbahn Glattal.
Tram route 10 runs between four and eight times per hour, depending on the time of day, with services extending to Zurich Airport in one direction, and to Zurich in the other direction. Tram route 12 runs four times per hour, with services extending to the airport in one direction, and to Stettbach in the other direction. Journey time to Zürich Hauptbahnhof is 33 minutes. The routes are summarized below (only selected stops):
Line : (Löwenplatz âÂÂ) Bahnhofplatz/HB â Central â ETH/Universitätsspital â Seilbahn Rigiblick â Milchbuck â Sternen Oerlikon â Bhf. Oerlikon Ost â Glattpark â Bhf. Glattbrugg â Bhf. Balsberg â Zurich Airport (Zurich )
Line : â Glatt â Bhf. Wallisellen â Glattpark â Bhf. Glattbrugg â Bhf. Balsberg â Zurich Airport (Zurich )
The station is also served by PostAuto bus route 510, which departs from a bus stop below the elevated tram stop.