Paradeplatz tram stop
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| Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Paradeplatz in 2007, looking east towards Hotel Baur en Ville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Paradeplatz Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′11″N 8°32′20″E / 47.36971°N 8.53890°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tram routes | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paradeplatz tram stop, located in Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the 487 tram stops on the Zurich tram network.[1] It is one of the busiest transfer points, given its central position and location on the city's main street, Bahnhofstrasse.[2][3] The stop is owned and maintained by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ),[4] which operates Zurich's trams, buses and Polybahn and Rigiblick funiculars
The stop is served by eight lines: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 17.[5][6]
- 2, 8 and 9 to Stauffacher
- 6, 7, 11, 13 and 17 to Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station)[7] along the northern part of Bahnhofstrasse
- 2, 8, 9 and 11 to Bürkliplatz and Bellevueplatz along the southern part of Bahnhofstrasse
- 6, 7, 13 and 17 to Zürich Enge railway station.
The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were electrified in 1896.
Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888.[8] Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zurich, Switzerland". MetaSUB. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "||Paradeplatz – The Heart of Bahnhofstrasse". www.zuerich.com. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Illien, Noele (4 January 2024). "36 Hours in Zurich". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Fussgänger stirbt nach Tramunfall". march24.ch (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Haltestellen- und Linienfahrpläne". online.fahrplaninfo.zvv.ch. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Next departures". www.zvv.ch. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Cole, Teju (23 September 2015). "Far Away From Here". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Zurich and Its Environs. Orell Füssli & Company. 1888.
- ^ "tram shelter Paradeplatz in Zürich by Hermann Herter". modernism-in-architecture.org. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.