Zürich Enge railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich Enge) is a railway station on the S-Bahn Zürich system in the southwestern part, in the Enge quarter, of the Swiss city of Zürich. The station is located on the Lake Zürich left bank line, although since 2003 it is bypassed by the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing.^[2][3]

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Zürich Enge
The east façade of the station in 2008, as seen from the redesigned Tessinerplatz
General information
Location	Zürich Switzerland
Coordinates	47°21′50.8″N 8°31′50.9″E
Elevation	409 m (1,342 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lake Zürich left-bank line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	ZVV: Bhf. Enge
	VBZ trams 5 6 7 13 17
	VBZ bus line 66 PostAuto bus lines 200 210 Aargau Verkehr bus lines 444 445
	Direct lines to/from Zürich Flughafen with S2 in 0:18h and with S24 in 0:23h
Construction
Architect	Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister (1927)
History
Opened	1875 (1875) (different location)
Rebuilt	1925–1927
Previous names	Bahnstation Enge
Passengers
2018	18900 per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Zürich Wiedikon towards Zürich Airport S2 Thalwil towards Unterterzen Zürich Wiedikon towards Winterthur S8 Zürich Wollishofen towards Pfäffikon SZ Zürich Wiedikon towards Thayngen or Weinfelden S24 Zürich Wollishofen towards Zug Zürich Wollishofen towards Lachen SN8 Limited service Zürich Wiedikon towards Pfäffikon ZH
Location
Zürich Enge Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Zürich Enge Zürich Enge (Canton of Zürich) Show map of Canton of Zürich

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Although now largely confined to serving suburban trains (S-Bahn), the station has a particularly imposing semicircular facade. It is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance.^[4]

The first Enge station opened in 1875 with the opening of the Lake Zürich left bank line. The line's original routing through the area differed from the current alignment and was largely at street level, with many level crossings. The first station was located about 200 metres (660 ft) to the south-east of the current station, close the site of the crossing of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and General-Wille-Strasse.^[5]

The current station was built between 1925 and 1927, when the line was rerouted to the west, using a lower level alignment with more tunneling. The station building is constructed of granite from the Ticino, which is noted in the naming of the front square as Tessinerplatz. The architects were the brothers Otto Pfister and Werner Pfister, who modelled the station frontage on that of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof.

Currently, Enge station has two tracks. Originally, the station had three tracks, which carried all the traffic on both the Lake Zurich left bank line and the Zürich to Lucerne main line. These tracks were served by a side platform to the east and an island platform between the two westernmost tracks. With the opening of the alternative Zimmerberg Base Tunnel routing in 2002, most long-distance trains no longer pass through or stop at Enge station. As a consequence, the westernmost track was removed and the island platform converted to a side platform.

The rail approaches to the station from both north and south are by tunnel, with the tunnel mouths at the end of the platforms. The 848 m (2,782 ft) long Ulmberg Tunnel, leading to Wiedikon, is to the north, whilst the 903 m (2,963 ft) long Enge Tunnel, leading towards Wollishofen, is to the south.^[3]

• Clock at the station front
• The station interior
• The station platforms (bed of former track 3 to the left)
• Bahnhof Enge tram stop at Tessinerplatz
• Station building with Bahnhof Enge tram stop (left) and Bhf. Enge/Bederstrasse tram/bus stop (right)