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).
Electric Tilt Train
Using traction equipment based on the JR Shikoku 8000 series trains, the Tilt Train set an Australian train speed record of north of Bundaberg in May 1999, a record that still stands. This also makes it the fastest narrow-gauge train in the world.
In 2006 the electric sets underwent an $8.3 million refurbishment program at Mayne depot.