It is an interchange point between the Zürich S-Bahn and the Stadtbahn Glattal light rail system, which serves an elevated tram stop, adjacent to the station and connected directly to the station platform by an elevated walkway.

Tram route 10 runs between four and eight times per hour, depending on the time of day, with services extending to Zurich Airport in one direction, and to Zürich in the other direction.

[5][6][7] The station was originally situated on the Wettingen–Effretikon line of the Swiss National Railway (Schweizerische Nationalbahn; SNB), which opened in 1877.

It has been part of the network of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) since 1902.

Although the station is situated only 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the main terminal of Zurich Airport, it was bypassed by the opening, in 1980, of a new line directly serving the Zürich Flughafen railway station in the basement of that terminal.