🇨🇭 Glattfelden

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Quick Facts

Country	🇨🇭
Type	Major
Coordinates	47.548576, 8.524039
Timezone	Europe/Zurich
Connections	772
UIC Code	8503401

About Glattfelden

Glattfelden is a small commuter station in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, situated in the Glatt valley north of Zurich near the Rhine river border with the canton of Schaffhausen. The station is served by S-Bahn Zürich line S33, connecting Glattfelden with Zurich main station and onwards to Embrach–Rorbas and Bülach. It provides a quiet residential community with regular direct connections into the Zurich city centre.

Frequently Asked Questions

Glattfelden station is served by S-Bahn Zürich services on the line connecting Zürich to Bülach and Eglisau. The station provides convenient commuter access to Zürich and the Zürcher Unterland region.

SBB operates S-Bahn services through Glattfelden as part of the Zürich commuter network. The station is within the ZVV fare zone system for integrated ticketing.

Glattfelden station offers basic commuter facilities including a platform shelter, ticket machine, and bicycle parking. The station is accessible and located within walking distance of the village center.

Glattfelden is the birthplace of the writer Gottfried Keller, one of Switzerland's most celebrated German-language authors. The Glatt river valley offers pleasant walking paths through farmland and forests.

Glattfelden station was built as part of the railway expansion through the Zürcher Unterland. The village is best known as the ancestral home of Gottfried Keller, whose semi-autobiographical novel 'Green Henry' drew inspiration from the local landscape.

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