Dietikon railway station

Not to be confused with Dietlikon railway station.

Dietikon
The current station building in 2012
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz Dietikon, Canton of Zürich Switzerland
Coordinates	47°24′22.0″N 8°24′18.0″E / 47.406111°N 8.405000°E / 47.406111; 8.405000
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways (since 1902) Schweizerische Nordostbahn (1853-1902) Schweizerische Nordbahn (1847-1853)
Operated by	Aargau Verkehr AG Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Zurich–Baden railway line Bremgarten–Dietikon railway line
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	ZVV
Tram	AVA tram line 20
Bus	VBZ bus lines 301 305 306 309 314
Other information
Fare zone	154 (ZVV)[1]
History
Opened	1847 (1847)
Rebuilt	1860s and 1970s
Passengers
2018	23,700 per weekday
Services
Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station Baden towards Basel SBB IR 36 Zürich Altstetten towards Zürich Airport Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Killwangen-Spreitenbach towards Aarau S11 Glanzenberg towards Seuzach or Wila Killwangen-Spreitenbach towards Brugg AG S12 Glanzenberg towards Schaffhausen or Wil Schöneggstrasse towards Wohlen S17 Terminus Wettingen towards Koblenz S19 Zürich Altstetten towards Pfäffikon ZH Othmarsingen towards Muri AG S42 Zürich Altstetten towards Zürich HB Killwangen-Spreitenbach towards Aarau SN1 Limited service Glanzenberg towards Winterthur
Location Dietikon Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Dietikon Dietikon (Canton of Zürich) Show map of Canton of Zürich
Notes [2][3][4]

Dietikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Dietikon) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated in the city of Dietikon in the Limmat Valley.^[5] The station is located on the Swiss Federal Railway's Zürich to Olten main line and is also the terminus of the metre gauge Bremgarten–Dietikon railway (BD).^[6] The station lies within fare zone 154 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).^[7]

History

The first station on the site was built by the Swiss Northern Railway in 1847, as part of their pioneering line from Zürich to Baden, and hence was one of the first railway stations in Switzerland. The original station building was constructed on the northern side of the railway line and still exists, albeit now used as a rail enthusiasts' club.^[8]

The original station was replaced in the 1860s by a new building on the southern, city centre, side of the line. This in turn was replaced in the 1970s by the current large station building on the same side of the line.^[8]

Operation

The station has five through platforms on the main line, two terminal platforms on the Bremgarten–Dietikon railway (S17) and, since 2022, two terminal platforms on the Limmattal light rail line (Limmattalbahn), which is operated by AVA.^[9][10][11]

Whilst the Bremgarten–Dietikon terminal platforms are alongside their main line equivalents, trains approach them via street running track through the centre of Dietikon and across the station frontage. Also in the station frontage is a large covered bus station, used by local and regional bus services, and the Limmattalbahn (tram route 20), which operates between Altstetten and Killwangen-Spreitenbach over Dietikon using mostly its own tracks.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following long-distance and S-Bahn services stop at Dietikon:^[12]

• InterRegio : hourly service between Zurich Airport and Basel SBB.
• Zurich S-Bahn:
  • S11: half-hourly service between Aarau and Winterthur; hourly service to Seuzach or Sennhof-Kyburg; rush-hour service to Wila.
  • S12: half-hourly service between Brugg AG and Winterthur; hourly service to Schaffhausen or Wil.
  • S17: half-hourly service to Wohlen via Bremgarten.
  • S19: hourly service to Koblenz via Baden (during peak hours), half-hourly to Effretikon (during peak hours to Pfäffikon ZH) via Zürich HB.
  • S42: peak-hour service between Muri AG and Zürich HB.

During the day, the three regular S-Bahn services (S11, S12, and S19) combine for six trains per hour to Zürich HB.

During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service calling at the station, offered by ZVV:^[13]

• SN1: on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service between Aarau and Winterthur via Zürich Stadelhofen.

Tram

Limmattalbahn line 20: Killwangen-Spreitenbach – Dietikon – Schlieren – Zürich Altstetten

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
2. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
3. "Limmattal" (PDF) (in German). ZVV. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
4. "Tarifzonen" (PDF). ZVV. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
6. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
7. "Tariff districts of Zurich and its urban area" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
8. Stutz, Werner (1983). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz, von den Anfängen bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg [Stations of Switzerland, from its origins to the First World War] (in German). Zurich: Orell Füssli.
9. Moglestue, Andrew (March 2010). "Limmattalbahn". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
10. Moglestue, Andrew (October 2011). "Limmatalbahn to connect to Zürich tram". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
11. Moglestue, Andrew (June 2013). "Limmattalbahn into central Zürich?". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
12. Swiss Federal Railways (10 December 2023). "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Dietikon" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
13. "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

External links

• Media related to Dietikon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Dietikon railway station – SBB