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Uetliberg railway station

Uetliberg railway station, situated near the summit of Uetliberg mountain, the Hausberg of the city of Zurich in Switzerland, is the upper terminus of the Uetliberg line of the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU), within fare zone 155 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). The railway station is located within the municipality of Stallikon, although the adjacent mountain-top is divided between Stallikon and the city of Zurich.

The station lies some from, and below, the summit of Uetliberg, to which it is linked by a footpath. It has two terminal tracks with two side platforms, and a substantial station building, which includes a restaurant.

Services

The station is served year-round by S-Bahn trains of the S10 service of Zurich S-Bahn:

History

The station dates back to 1875, when the opened its line from Zürich Selnau railway station, then a surface terminal station, to the summit of the Uetliberg mountain. Since 1990, Selnau is a below-ground through station and the line continues to , a subsurface station that is connected with Zürich Hauptbahnhof (), the city's central station. The line was electrified using the direct current system in 1923.

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