Bahnhofplatz, Zurich

Bahnhofplatz is a square in the city centre of Zurich, Switzerland. It is located in front of the southern entrance of the main building of Main Station (Hauptbahnhof or HB, completed in 1871) and at the northern end of Bahnhofstrasse, the city's shopping avenue. The focal point of the square is a fountain surmounted by a statue of Alfred Escher, a Swiss railway pioneer among others, which was inaugurated in 1889. Its water forms an additional fountain in the underground level below the square. Besides Bahnhofstrasse, other roads leading to Bahnhofplatz are Löwenstrasse, Lintheschergasse and Waisenhausstrasse. Two bridges flank the square: Postbrücke to the west (across the river Sihl) and Bahnhofbrücke to the east (across the river Limmat). The square features a central tram stop with two through tracks, Bahnhofplatz/HB, and is flanked by two trolleybus stops with the same name. The lines form part of the extensive Zurich public-transport system.