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Owned by
  
Swiss Federal Railways

Address
  
8706 Meilen, Switzerland

Owner
  
Swiss Federal Railways

Operated by
  
Swiss Federal Railways

Opened
  
12 March 1894

Meilen railway station

Location
  
Bahnhofstrasse, Meilen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Line(s)
  
Lake Zürich right bank line

Connections
  
VZO bus routes ZSG passenger ships Horgen–Meilen car ferry

Similar
  
Männedorf railway station, Herrliberg‑Feldmeilen railway station, Stäfa railway station, Uetikon railway station, Feldbach railway station

Meilen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich, situated in the municipality of Meilen. The station is located on the Lake Zürich right bank railway line.

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History

The station was opened in 1893, at the same time as the Lake Zürich right bank line.

In 1903, Meilen station became the interchange point with the Wetzikon-Meilen-Bahn (WMB), a newly built metre gauge electric tramway that served the Zürcher Oberland area inland from the lake. The WMB originally ran beyond Meilen station, to terminate at the lakeside, but this section closed in 1931 leaving the station as the line's terminus. The WMB closed in 1950.

Services

The station is served by the following passenger trains:

A regional bus terminal is adjacent to the railway station, served by buses of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO). Passenger ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, and the Horgen–Meilen car ferry, operate from lakeside terminals some 600 metres (2,000 ft) to the south.

References

Meilen railway station Wikipedia