Paradeplatz tram stop

{{Short description|Tram stop in Zurich, Switzerland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Paradeplatz {{rint|tram}}

| other_name =

| type = Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich tram stop

| image = Zürich Paradeplatz.jpg

| caption = Paradeplatz in 2007, looking east towards Hotel Baur en Ville

| address = Paradeplatz

| opened =

| closed =

| owned = Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich

| operator = Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich

| tram_routes = 8

| bus_operators =

| connections =

| map_type = Switzerland

| country = Zurich, Switzerland

| coordinates = {{coord|47.36971|8.53890|region:|display=inline,title}}

| embedded =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Trams in Zürich

|line1=2|left1=Sihlstrasse|right1=Kantonalbank

|line2=9|left2=Sihlstrasse|right2=Kantonalbank

|line3=11|left3=Rennweg|right3=Kantonalbank

|line4=8|left4=Stockerstrasse|right4=Kantonalbank

|line5=6|left5=Stockerstrasse|right5=Rennweg

|line6=7|left6=Stockerstrasse|right6=Rennweg

|line7=13|left7=Stockerstrasse|right7=Rennweg

|line8=17|left8=Stockerstrasse|right8=Rennweg

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Paradeplatz tram stop, located in Paradeplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, is one of the 487 tram stops on the Zurich tram network.{{Cite web |title=Zurich, Switzerland |url=https://metasub.org/city-profiles/zurich-switzerland/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=MetaSUB |language=en-US}} It is one of the busiest transfer points, given its central position and location on the city's main street, Bahnhofstrasse.{{Cite web |title={{!}}{{!}}Paradeplatz – The Heart of Bahnhofstrasse |url=https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/attractions/paradeplatz-the-heart-of-bahnhofstrasse |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.zuerich.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Illien |first=Noele |date=2024-01-04 |title=36 Hours in Zurich |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/04/travel/things-to-do-zurich.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The stop is owned and maintained by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ),{{Cite web |title=Fussgänger stirbt nach Tramunfall |url=https://march24.ch/articles/276798-fussgaenger-stirbt-nach-tramunfall |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=march24.ch |language=de}} which operates Zurich's trams, buses and Polybahn and Rigiblick funiculars

The stop is served by eight lines: {{ric|Trams in Zürich|2}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|6}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|7}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|8}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|9}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|11}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|13}} and {{ric|Trams in Zürich|17}}.{{Cite web |title=Haltestellen- und Linienfahrpläne |url=https://online.fahrplaninfo.zvv.ch/frame_hst3.php?lang=en&hstNr=1861&$hstName=Z%25FCrich,%2520Paradeplatz |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=online.fahrplaninfo.zvv.ch}}

• {{ric|Trams in Zürich|2}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|8}} and {{ric|Trams in Zürich|9}} to Stauffacher
• {{ric|Trams in Zürich|6}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|7}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|11}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|13}} and {{ric|Trams in Zürich|17}} to Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station){{Cite news |last=Cole |first=Teju |date=2015-09-23 |title=Far Away From Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/magazine/far-away-from-here.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} along the northern part of Bahnhofstrasse
• {{ric|Trams in Zürich|2}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|8}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|9}} and {{ric|Trams in Zürich|11}} to Bürkliplatz and Bellevueplatz along the southern part of Bahnhofstrasse
• {{ric|Trams in Zürich|6}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|7}}, {{ric|Trams in Zürich|13}} and {{ric|Trams in Zürich|17}} to {{rws|Zürich Enge}} railway station.

The first horse-drawn trams circulated in 1882; the trams were electrified in 1896.

Trams were mentioned at Paradeplatz in 1888.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Zurich_and_Its_Environs/XFxEavUZc2wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Paradeplatz+tram+stop&pg=PA113&printsec=frontcover |title=Zurich and Its Environs |date=1888 |publisher=Orell Füssli & Company |language=en}} Hermann Herter architects designed the stop's waiting shelter in 1928.{{Cite web |title=tram shelter Paradeplatz in Zürich by Hermann Herter |url=https://modernism-in-architecture.org/buildings/tram-shelter-paradeplatz/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241212174458/https://modernism-in-architecture.org/buildings/tram-shelter-paradeplatz/ |archive-date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=modernism-in-architecture.org |language=en}}