Richterswil railway station
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| The station building from Lake Zurich, 2011. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Address | Seestrasse 20 8805 Richterswil |
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| Municipality | Richterswil | |||||||||||||||
| District | Horgen | |||||||||||||||
| Canton | Zürich | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°12′30″N 08°42′27″E / 47.20833°N 8.70750°ECoordinates: 47°12′30″N 08°42′27″E / 47.20833°N 8.70750°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Left shore Lake Zurich railway (720) | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 408 m above the sea (Switzerland) | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1875 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | SBB-CFF-FFS | |||||||||||||||
| Line ops | SBB-CFF-FFS | |||||||||||||||
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Zimmerberg bus line (ZVV) | |||||||||||||||
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Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft | |||||||||||||||
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 Richterswil railway station
Richterswil railway station (Switzerland)
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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.
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 |
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| 170 | Richterswil ZH – Burghalden – Samstagern |
| 175 | Richterswil ZH – Erlenmatte |
| 176 | Richterswil ZH – Roos |
| 189 | Bhf. Pfäffikon SZ – Freienbach SOB – Bäch – Richterswil ZH |
See also
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 - Zurich] (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "ZVV Regionalnetz/Regional network". Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21. (German) (English)
External links
Media related to Richterswil railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Richterswil railway station on SBB-CFF-FFS web site
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