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The ground floor has sixteen tracks (Tracks 3 - 18). These are for trains coming from major areas in Switzerland as well as most, if not all, international trains, such as the EuroCity, Cisalpino, TGV and InterCity Express.

One floor below lie two tracks (Tracks 1 and 2), for the exclusive usage of SZU regional trains, which head west towards Uetliberg and the western part of the canton of Zürich.

Another floor below, and there are four tracks catering mainly to regional trains in the canton. The S-Bahn trains use the four tracks (Tracks 21 through 24).

Until 1991, this station was a dead-end station which did not permit traffic to go through the station. In 1991, an underground passage was opened where trains can proceed to Zürich Stadelhofen. Formerly used only by the Zürich S-BahnThe Zurich S-Bahn ( German: S-Bahn Zurich system is a network of rail lines within the ZVV area (geographically, within the entire canton of Zurich and minor outlying areas such as Rapperswil). To say that the entire network went into operation in May 199, it is now also used by the ICE tilting train.

In the early 2000sThis article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2000, see the links below. Millennia: 2nd millennium 3rd millennium 4th millennium Centuries: 20th century 21st cen, an extension to the railway station at Sihlpost was opened. Tracks 51 through 54, which form this extended train station, cater to trains running through Switzerland.

The station is busy at all times, with trains running as early as 5 AM and into 1 AM late in the night. From friday to sunday, the trains runs 24 hours nonstop.

Numerous trams, trolleybuses and buses link to the main station.