Originally Posted by
greg5
The second passageway has been there for quite some time. As long as the 10 or so years I've been in Switzerland. Probably much, much longer. Actually, many stations have dual passageways like this. For example, Basel has a second bridge over by the post office. You can find maps of all of the stations on sbb.ch.
I'm visiting Zurich now. The second passageway has been remodeled (lots of stores) and links with tracks 31-34.
Before the December 13 time table release, (nearly) all mainline service departed from gates 1-18 (on the MAIN level), now they are making heavy use of 31-34, the plus is that trains can pass through the Zurich station (without changing direction--1 through 18 tracks are dead ends), the minus is the connection distances between 1-18 and 31-34 might be longer.
PS: (Nothing to do with trains) There is a COOP in the remodeled passageway, competition needed for MIGROS!, COOP sells hot food at a lower price than MIGROS (stand alone) TAKE-AWAY shop.