Güterbahnhof Zürich, Freight railway station in Aussersihl district, Zürich, Switzerland.

Güterbahnhof Zürich was a head station in Aussersihl, west of the Kohlendreieck where the lines to Oerlikon and Wiedikon split. Its three-storey dispatch building had a four-storey central projection facing a large forecourt, with granite entrance and plinth and sandstone cornices and keystones. Saw-tooth goods halls with stepped loading tracks flanked it; cast-iron columns with visible bolting carried flat roofs with saddle skylights.

The facility was built in 1897 as Switzerland expanded its railway network and made Zürich a central logistics hub. It served for decades as a major point where goods were sorted, transferred, and distributed across the region.

The freight station's industrial design reflects Zürich's role as a major transport hub during the industrial era. The large structures and rail infrastructure still convey how commerce and logistics shaped the city's development.

The station closed in 2013, so there is no freight operation to avoid; the site lies in Aussersihl west of the Kohlendreieck, where the lines to Oerlikon and Wiedikon split. The area is reached on foot from the Hardplatz and Kalkbreite side, and the former track field can be crossed on nearby paths.

The sawtooth "Sägeprinzip" developed by NOB engineer Robert Moser arranged the loading tracks in staggered steps to save space; the London Locomotive Magazine described it in 1900, and the Basel Badischer Bahnhof freight yard copied the layout in 1904. The cast-iron columns carrying the flat roofs show exposed bolted joints.