Winterthur railway station
Winterthur is Switzerland's fifth busiest station, and is a major node between Switzerland's largest railway nucleus in Zürich and places in Eastern Switzerland (such as St. Gallen and Schaffhausen), as well as Germany (Munich), and Austria (Vorarlberg). The station is served by trains on Zürich's suburban S-Bahn network, as well as by regional and intercity trains, with most through passenger trains making a stop. It is also connected with Zürich's airport railway station Zürich Flughafen, which can be reached in about 15 minutes about every 8 minutes. Zürich Hauptbahnhof can be reached with up to 16 direct connections per hour and the fastest connection takes only 22 minutes (S12). The station has 9 standard gauge platforms (numbered 1-9).
Zürich Oerlikon railway station
The station is an important and busy one. It is served by lines S2, S6, S7, S8, S9, S14, S15, S16, S19, S21, and S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn. It is also called at by trains on the InterRegio (IR) lines from Zürich Airport to Basel SBB and Zürich Airport to Luzern, and the RegioExpress (RE) line from Zürich to Schaffhausen.