Designed by Durig AG, Zurich Main Station, The new underground Lowenstrasse transit station forms the centerpiece of the cross-city rail link. With its four railway tracks and two platforms, it is situated below tracks 4 to 9 of the upper central station. The east end of the platform is aligned underneath the transverse hall of the historical main station, after which the tunnel descends beneath the River Limmat towards Oerlikon.
Photography: Ruedi Walti
Towards the west, a ramp concludes by feeding the track into the existing rail network above the Langstrasse underpass and onwards to the railway lines running through the Limmat Valley. The layout of the Lowenstrasse station consciously borrows from the concept of the existing Museumstrasse regional railway station. The main difference, however, is that the platform level of the Lowenstrasse station is equipped with two 420-meter-long central platforms, allowing them, after the completion of all the building phases, to additionally accommodate longer intercity carriage compositions. Above the platform, which is situated 16 meters below ground, is a new shopping level, stretching both east and west and interrupted by the River Sihl, which flows beneath the main station. Three cross connections – the broadened Sihlquai passage, the new Gessnerallee passage and the extension of the existing Lowenstrasse passage – create short transfer routes and connect the Löwenstrasse station with other areas of the main st...