The station is located on the main line of the Oerlikon–Bülach line and is an interchange point between the Zürich S-Bahn and the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system.

[3][1] The station is served by S-Bahn lines S3, S9 and S15, and by Zürich tram routes 10 and 12, operating on behalf of the Stadtbahn Glattal.

Glattbrugg station is some 250 metres (820 ft) walk from Opfikon station on S-Bahn line S7.

[3][4] A large rail-served fuel depot is located to the west of the station, which is used to handle aviation fuel supplies to the nearby Zurich International Airport.

[1] The following services stop at Glattbrugg:[5] This article about a railway station in Switzerland is a stub.