Emmat railway station

Emmat
A photograph of railway tracks, a platform with a small neon pink waiting shelter, a ticket vending machine, and station signage. In the background light clouds and a green hill with a treeline.
Emmat railway station with its pink waiting shelter
General information
LocationEgg
Switzerland
Coordinates47°17′33″N 8°42′06″E / 47.2924°N 8.7018°E / 47.2924; 8.7018
Elevation516 m (1,693 ft)
OwnerForchbahn AG
OperatorForchbahn AG
LineForch railway
Platforms1
Tracks1
Other information
Fare zone130 (ZVV)[1]
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Langwies ZH
towards Zürich Stadelhofen FB
 S18 Esslingen
Terminus
Location

Emmat is a railway station in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in the municipality of Egg.[2] It is served by the Forch railway, which operates as S18 on the Zurich S-Bahn network connecting Emmat to the city of Zurich. The station lies within zone 130 of the Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) and is operated by the Forchbahn AG.

History

The station was opened along with the rest of the Forch railway on 29 November 1912.[3]

In June 1999, the supervisory board of the Forchbahn AG decided to close Emmat with the timetable change in May 2000 due to low passenger numbers.[4] The board estimated that the omission of the stop could save the ZVV SFr 110'000.[5] Around that time, the board intended to introduce a fifteen-minute schedule during lunchtime, and sought to stabilize the timetable during peak hours by omitting Emmat.[5] According to the board, the station had lost importance since the relocation of the nearby station Esslingen.[5] The municipal council of Egg advocated for a postponement of the scheduled closing; in response the supervisory board announced in 2000 that the closing date would be postponed to the timetable change in December 2002.[6] The board asked passengers of the region to demonstrate the need for Emmat until that deadline.[6] In opposition to the proposed closing, the interest group IG Pro Emmat formed which successfully campaigned against the closing: The Forchbahn AG agreed to keep serving the station under the condition that the waiting shelter, which was in poor condition at the time, be renovated.[7] The characteristic pink-orange paintwork of the shelter is the result of a competition which the IG Pro Emmat held in response.[7][8] 45 phrases centered around the theme of waiting were painted on the shelter.[8] In 2001 the Forchbahn AG manager Fritz Heiniger announced that the closure of the station was definitely canceled.[4]

The station was renovated beginning in March 2021 to make it accessible: along the entire length of the station, the platform was raised by 15 cm (6 in) to allow for step-free boarding/alighting.[9] It was also widened to 2.6 m (8.5 ft).[9] In addition, the platform was extended by 8 m (26 ft) towards Egg and an access ramp was installed.[9] The platform was fitted with tactile indicators for visually impaired passengers.[9] The renovation was completed earlier than scheduled and the station returned to service in May.[10]

Services

The station is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S18, which operates between Zurich and Esslingen. As of the December 2025 timetable change, the following services call at Emmat:

The service frequency increases to every fifteen minutes during peak hours. The station is a request stop. With around fifty passengers per day, the station is the least frequented station of the Zurich S-Bahn network as of 2013.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Maps of Switzerland - Swiss Confederation - map.geo.admin.ch". map.geo.admin.ch. swisstopo. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Die Betriebseröffnung der Forchbahn". Neue Zürcher Nachrichten. No. 325. 29 November 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Eine Feier für ein Wartehäuschen". Zürichsee-Zeitung. 11 June 2010. p. 7 – via Swissdox.
  5. 1 2 3 "Forchbahn-Haltestelle Emmat in Egg vor dem aus?". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. No. 137. 15 June 2000. p. 49. Retrieved 25 March 2026 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  6. 1 2 "Gnadenfrist für die Forchbahn-Haltestelle Emmat". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. No. 145. 24 June 2000. p. 48. Retrieved 25 March 2026 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. 1 2 "4 Warte, warte nur ein Weilchen". Hochparterre : Zeitschrift für Architektur und Design. 18 (9): 6. September 2005 – via E-Periodica.
  8. 1 2 Gautschi, Eduard (17 June 2010). "Erfolgreicher Kampf um Emmat". Tages-Anzeiger. TX Group. p. 21 – via Swissdox.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Die Forchbahnhaltestelle Emmat wird bald behindertengerecht - ZOM". www.zo-online.ch (in Swiss High German). 24 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "Forchbahn-Haltestelle ist schon wieder in Betrieb - ZOM". www.zo-online.ch (in Swiss High German). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  11. ↑ Rüegg, Michael (3 January 2014). "Dietikon - Knapp neben Podest: Bahnhof Dietikon zählt täglich 21 000 Passagiere". Limmattaler Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Hotz, Stefan (24 December 2013). "Transparenz über die Zahl der Ein- und Aussteigenden". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
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