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uses the Wipkingen Tunnel. As there is no rail access from the Wipkingen route to the Hauptbahnhof's low-level through platforms, this necessitates that the S24 reverses in the high-level terminal platforms, making it the only remaining S-Bahn service to do so.
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The Wipkingen Tunnel is now one of three different routes from Oerlikon to Hauptbahnhof, each of which tunnels through the intermediate ridge and emerges from adjacent portals to the south of Oerlikon station. Like the Wipkingen Tunnel, the
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services using either the Weinberg or Käferberg tunnels. However to ensure that Wipkingen station is still served, the half-hourly S-Bahn service
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Since the opening of the Weinberg Tunnel, use of the Wipkingen Tunnel is largely confined to long distance trains, with most
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As built, the tunnel was 959 metres (3,146 ft) long, with a southern portal close to the
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Southern portal of the Wipkingen Tunnel, seen from Wipkingen station
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Haydock, David (August 2014). "Zürich's New S-Bahn Tunnel".
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Zürich–Winterthur
Zürich
Switzerland
Coordinates
47°23′54″N 8°31′57″E / 47.39833°N 8.53250°E / 47.39833; 8.53250
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways
tracks
Track gauge
Electrified
Overhead catenary
V
AC
Hz
‹See Tfd›
German
railway
tunnel
Swiss
city of Zürich
Wipkingen station
Oerlikon station
standard gauge
V
AC
Hz
overhead catenary
Swiss Federal Railways
Schweizerische Nordostbahn

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