Paradeplatz tram stop
| Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paradeplatz in 2007, looking east towards Hotel Baur en Ville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Paradeplatz Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′11″N 8°32′20″E / 47.36971°N 8.53890°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tram routes | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paradeplatz tram stop, located in Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the 487 tram stops on the Zurich tram network. It is one of the busiest transfer points, given its central position and location on the city's main street, Bahnhofstrasse. The stop is owned and maintained by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), which operates Zurich's trams, buses and Polybahn and Rigiblick funiculars
The stop is served by eight lines: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 17.
- 2, 8 and 9 to Stauffacher
- 6, 7, 11, 13 and 17 to Zürich Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) along the northern part of Bahnhofstrasse
- 2, 8, 9 and 11 to Bürkliplatz and Bellevueplatz along the southern part of Bahnhofstrasse
- 6, 7, 13 and 17 to Zürich Enge railway station.
The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were electrified in 1896.
Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888. Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.