Richterswil railway station

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Richterswil
The station building from Lake Zurich, 2011.
Location
Address Seestrasse 20
8805 Richterswil
Municipality Richterswil
District Horgen
Canton Zürich
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 47°12′30″N 08°42′27″E / 47.20833°N 8.70750°E / 47.20833; 8.70750Coordinates: 47°12′30″N 08°42′27″E / 47.20833°N 8.70750°E / 47.20833; 8.70750
Line(s) Left shore Lake Zurich railway (720)
Elevation 408 m above the sea
Other information
Opened 1875 (1875)
Platforms 2
Owner SBB-CFF-FFS
Line ops SBB-CFF-FFS
Connections
Zimmerberg bus line (ZVV)
Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Wädenswil   Zurich S-Bahn
S2 service
   Pfäffikon SZ
Wädenswil   Zurich S-Bahn
S8 service
   Bäch
Location map
Richterswil railway station
Richterswil railway station
Richterswil railway station (Switzerland)
The station building from Bahnhofplatz

Richterswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Richterswil) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Richterswil, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS, and forms part of the Lake Zurich left bank railway line.[1][2]

The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).[3]

Location

Richterswil railway station is situated at the southeastern edge of the town centre, right on the shore of Lake Zurich. It is also a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.

History

The station was opened in 1875, along with the rest of the Zürich HB to Ziegelbrücke section of the Left shore Lake Zurich railway.

Facilities

The station has two platform tracks.

Services

Zürich S-Bahn

The station is served by the following lines of the Zürich S-Bahn, operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS:

Local transport

Four Zimmerberg bus lines call at Wülflingen.[4]

Line Route
170 Richterswil ZH – Burghalden – Samstagern
175 Richterswil ZH – Erlenmatte
176 Richterswil ZH – Roos
189 Bhf. Pfäffikon SZ – Freienbach SOB – Bäch – Richterswil ZH

See also

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Confederation. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=696100&X=229304&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&lang=en. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7. 
  3. ↑ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Zürich" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Zurich] (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
  4. ↑ "ZVV Regionalnetz/Regional network". Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21.  (German) (English)

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