Paradeplatz tram stop, located in

Paradeplatz Paradeplatz () is a square on Bahnhofstrasse in downtown Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in Switzerland and has become synonymous with wealth and the Swiss banks, being the location of the headquart ...

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, 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 Bahnhofstrasse (, ), in the Swiss city of Zurich, is the city's main downtown street and one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping avenues. In 2011, a study named Bahnhofstrasse the most expensive street for retail property in Eur ...

. The stop is owned and maintained by

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its c ...

(VBZ), which operates Zurich's trams, buses and

Polybahn The Polybahn, also known as the UBS Polybahn, is a funicular in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. The line links the ''Central'' square with the terrace () by the main building of ETH Zurich, which was formerly called , and from which the ...

and Rigiblick

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The stop is served by eight lines: , , , , , , and . *, and to

Stauffacher ''Stauffacher'' is an important nodal station of the Zurich tram network. It is located in the Aussersihl district of the city of Zurich, Switzerland, next to the St. Jakob church. It is situated along the , between and . The tram stop was name ...

*, , , and to

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(main railway station) along the northern part of

*, , and to Bürkliplatz and

Bellevueplatz Bellevueplatz (, from the French language, French , meaning "beautiful sight") is a town square in the city of Zurich, Switzerland built in 1856. Named after the former on its north side, it is one of the nodal points for roads and public tra ...

along the southern part of Bahnhofstrasse *, , and to railway station. The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were

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in 1896. Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888. Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.

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{{reflist Tram stops in Zürich

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