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Richterswil railway station

Coordinates: 47°12′30.107″N 8°42′26.820″E / 47.20836306°N 8.70745000°E / 47.20836306; 8.70745000
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Richterswil
Two-story building with hip roof next to lake
The station building from Lake Zürich in 2011.
General information
LocationRichterswil
Switzerland
Coordinates47°12′30.107″N 8°42′26.820″E / 47.20836306°N 8.70745000°E / 47.20836306; 8.70745000
Elevation408 m (1,339 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zurich left-bank line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
ConnectionsZurich Transport Network (ZVV)
Ship
Ship
ZSG boat lines
Bus
Bus
Zimmerbergbus bus routes (BWS and SZU)
Other information
Fare zone153 (ZVV)[1]
History
Opened1875 (1875)
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Wädenswil S2 Pfäffikon SZ
Wädenswil
towards Winterthur
S8 Bäch
Wädenswil SN8
Limited service
Bäch
towards Lachen
Location
Richterswil is located in Switzerland
Richterswil
Richterswil
Location in Switzerland
Richterswil is located in Canton of Zürich
Richterswil
Richterswil
Richterswil (Canton of Zürich)
Map

Richterswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Richterswil) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Richterswil in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The station is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways, and located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line.[2] It lies within fare zone 153 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[1]

The railway station is situated at the south-eastern edge of the town centre, on the shore of Lake Zurich, a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.[3]

The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).[4]

History

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Richterswil railway station was opened in 1875, along with the rest of the Zürich HB to Ziegelbrücke section of the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line.

Facilities

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Richterswil railway 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 ferry terminal on the lake side. Buses depart from the station forecourt.

Services

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Richterswil railway station is only served by S-Bahn regional trains, with long-distance trains passing through.

Rail

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The station is served by the following lines of the Zurich S-Bahn, operated by Swiss Federal Railways:[5]

The two services each operate every half-hour during the day, combining to provide four trains per hour to and from Zurich, with a journey time of between 30 and 40 minutes.[6][7]

During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN8) offered by ZVV.[8]

Bus

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Three Zimmerberg bus lines call at Richterswil.[9]

Line Route
170 Richterswil ZH – Burghalden – Samstagern
175 Richterswil ZH – Oswäldli
176 Richterswil ZH – Roos

Boat

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ZSG boat lines depart from the landing stage adjacent to the railway station, in direction to either Zurich Bürkliplatz or Rapperswil/Schmerikon, serving terminals of several lakeside towns and Ufenau island en route.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ "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 29 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. ^ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Effretikon–Flughafen–Zürich HB–Pfäffikon SZ–Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Pfäffikon SZ–Zürich HB–Wallisellen–Winterthur–Weinfelden" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Regionalnetz | Regional network" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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