Neuhausen railway station

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Neuhausen
LocationBahnhofstrasse
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Coordinates47°40′58″N 8°37′33″E / 47.682899°N 8.625855°E / 47.682899; 8.625855Coordinates: 47°40′58″N 8°37′33″E / 47.682899°N 8.625855°E / 47.682899; 8.625855
Elevation397 m (1,302 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Operated bySwiss Federal Railways
THURBO
Line(s)Eglisau to Neuhausen line
Rheinfall line
Other information
Fare zone810 (Ostwind)
Services
Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S9 Neuhausen Rheinfall
towards Uster
S12 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
towards Brugg AG
Schaffhausen
towards Thayngen
 S24 Andelfingen
towards Zug
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S33 Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall
towards Winterthur
Preceding station Following station
Schaffhausen
Terminus
 S Neuhausen Rheinfall
towards Jestetten
Location
Neuhausen is located in Switzerland
Neuhausen
Neuhausen
Location within Switzerland

Neuhausen is a railway station in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen.

Location[]

The station is located at the junction of the Rheinfall line and the Eglisau to Neuhausen line, and is served by Zurich S-Bahn lines S9, S12, S24 and S33, and by a Schaffhausen S-Bahn line.[1][2][3][4]

Neuhausen station is one of three stations in Neuhausen, the other two being Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof and Neuhausen Rheinfall. Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west, whilst Neuhausen Rheinfall station is 750 metres (2,460 ft) to the south-west.[1]

Border[]

Until December 2010 the next station in the direction towards Zürich, was , located in , part of Jestetten, in Germany, close to the border with Switzerland. However, despite protests from the German authorities, the station was closed by the Swiss due to low passenger numbers.[5][6][7]

Until the opening of Neuhausen Rheinfall station in December 2015, Neuhausen station was a border station for customs purposes. Customs checks could be performed aboard trains and in Neuhausen station by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.[8][9]

Collision[]

Rheinfall Station train collision
Details
Date10 January 2013
LocationNeuhausen am Rheinfall
CountrySwitzerland
Incident typeTrain collision
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths0
Injured17

A train collision occurred on Thursday 10 January 2013, at 8:47 CET[10] on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen line, about 250 meters away from the station. Two trains, the S33 and the S11, collided head-on and derailed. There were twenty-six injuries.[11] Nine had to be taken to hospital, but there were no serious injuries. Among the people hospitalised were the two drivers.

References[]

  1. ^ a b map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Schaffhausen–Bülach–Zürich" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  5. ^ "Ab Sonntag brausen die Züge hier vorbei". Tages-Anzeiger.
  6. ^ "Bahnhalt in Altenburg muss bestehen bleiben - SPD-Wehr - unsere Stadt gemeinsam gestalten".
  7. ^ "Abgesang auf ein Bahnkuriosum | NZZ".
  8. ^ "Switzerland's Schengen entry finally complete".
  9. ^ "Land borders open as Switzerland enters Schengen zone". 12 December 2008.
  10. ^ "'Thurbo' bei Crash 20 Meter zurückgeschoben". Blick (in German). 10 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Zugunfall hätte verhindert werden können". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 17 January 2013.

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