zurich main station sees some traffic....

sandro schaer May 1, 2012

  1. sandro schaer

    sandro schaer TrainBoard Member

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    just saw a documentation on tv.

    main station of zurich (switzerland) sees 3100 trains per day ! that's a train every 28 seconds !


    any other station with even more trains per day ?
     
  2. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    If I had to guess, chicago, (if a US station even got that high) or a big Asian megalopolis.
    Wow, that's busy. Amsterdam Centraal had trains coming in every couple of minutes, 18 hours a day.

    How do the Swiss spell Zurich? Americans tend to anglo-saxonize words like Munich/München, Cologne/Köln, etc.
     
  3. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    Hemi, Chicago would be a good choice, although not in 2012. In 1945-55 absolutely, along with combined Grand Central & Penn Stations in New York City, but not today, thanks to Congress' negativity with Amtrak and our society's love of the automobile, roads to everywhere, and Interstates.
     
  4. Alan

    Alan Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I know Swiss railways are phenomenal Sandro, but never realised Zurich was so busy! I have been to Switzerland several times, but not to Zurich. Maybe another holiday there would be good (as we are already living in the Alpine region now) ;)
     

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