S16 (ZVV)

     S16 (ZVV)

An RABe 514 at Zürich Tiefenbrunnen heading towards Herrliberg-Feldmeilen.
Overview
Type S-Bahn
System Zürich S-Bahn
Status Operational
Locale Zürich, Switzerland
Termini Thayngen
Meilen
Stations 19
Website ZVV (English)
Operation
Operator(s) Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock Re 450 class
+ double-deck coaches
RABe 514 class trains
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Route map

The S16 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen.

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Route

S 16 (ThayngenWinterthur HB –) Zürich FlughafenZürich HBHerrliberg-Feldmeilen (– Meilen)
Operates between Thayngen and the Airport only on work days at hourly intervals; extended in the evenings to Meilen.

The line runs from Thayngen in the canton of Schaffhausen and heads for Herrliberg-Feldmeilen or Meilen on Lake Zürich, stopping by Winterthur, Zürich Airport, Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Zürich Stadelhofen.

Between Schaffhausen and Winterthur, the S16 stops only in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Andelfingen.

In the evenings the S16 continues towards Meilen.

Stations

Rolling stock

Most services are operated by Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.

Some services, especially on weekends, are operated instead by RABe 514 class multiple unit trains.

Scheduling

The S16 travels between Thayngen and Zürich Airport only once an hour; the train frequency is usually 30 minutes, and the trip takes 92 minutes.

See also

Trains portal
Switzerland portal

References

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:S-Bahn_Z%C3%BCrich S-Bahn Zürich] at Wikimedia Commons