Richterswil railway station
Richterswil | ||||||||||||
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| Two-story building with hip roof next to lake The station building from Lake Zürich in 2011. | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Richterswil Switzerland | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°12′30.107′′N 8°42′26.820′′E / 47.20836306°N 8.70745000°E / 47.20836306; 8.70745000 | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lake Zürich left-bank line | |||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||
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| Opened | 1875 (1875) | |||||||||||
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Richterswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Richterswil) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Richterswil, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways, and forms part of the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line. The station is situated at the south-eastern edge of the town centre, on the shore of Lake Zürich a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.[1] [2]
The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).[3]
History
[edit ]The station was opened in 1875, along with the rest of the Zürich HB to Ziegelbrücke section of the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line.
Facilities
[edit ]The station has two tracks, flanked by a pair of side platforms. The station building is on the platform on the landward side of the station, flanking track 1. Both platforms are connected by a pedestrian subway, which also connects to the town centre on the landward side, and the ZSG terminal on the lake side.
Services
[edit ]Zürich S-Bahn
[edit ]The station is served by the following lines of the Zürich S-Bahn, operated by the Swiss Federal Railways:[4]
- S2 Zürich Flughafen –Oerlikon–Zürich HB–Thalwil–Pfäffikon SZ–Ziegelbrücke
Stops between Zürich Enge and Ziegelbrücke only in Thalwil, Horgen, Wädenswil, Richterswil, Pfäffikon SZ, Altendorf, Lachen and Siebnen-Wangen. - S8 Winterthur–Wallisellen–Oerlikon–Zürich HB–Thalwil–Pfäffikon SZ (–Ziegelbrücke)
Operates non stop between Winterthur and Effretikon; first and last services extended to Ziegelbrücke.
The two services each operated every half-hour during the day, combining to provide four trains per hour to and from Zürich, with a journey time of between 30 and 40 minutes.[5] [6]
Bus services
[edit ]Three Zimmerberg bus lines call at Richterswil.[7]
| Line | Route |
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| 170 | Richterswil ZH – Burghalden – Samstagern |
| 175 | Richterswil ZH – Oswäldli |
| 176 | Richterswil ZH – Roos |
See also
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References
[edit ]- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012年04月29日.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Zürich" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Zürich] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011年08月29日. Retrieved 2011年09月13日.
- ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Effretikon–Flughafen–Zürich HB–Pfäffikon SZ–Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014年10月09日.
- ^ "Pfäffikon SZ–Zürich HB–Wallisellen–Winterthur–Weinfelden" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014年10月09日.
- ^ "Regionalnetz | Regional network" (PDF) (in German). ZVV. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Richterswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Richterswil railway station – SBB
