S2 (ZVV)

S2 (ZVV)

S2 and S5 trains at Pfäffikon SZ.

S2 train (left) with S5 train (right)
at Pfäffikon SZ.
Overview
Type S-Bahn service
System Zürich S-Bahn
Status Operational
Locale Zürich, Switzerland
Termini Zürich Flughafen
Unterterzen
Website ZVV (English)
Operation
Operator(s) Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock Re 450 class
+ double-deck coaches
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)

The S2 is a railway service of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) transportation network, and is one of the network's services connecting the cantons of Zürich with the cantons of Schwyz, Glarus and St. Gallen.

Route

The service links Zürich Airport with Ziegelbrücke, a village and railway junction on the border between the cantons of St. Gallen and Glarus. On weekends, every other train continues to Unterterzen.

From the airport, the service runs via Oerlikon and the Weinberg Tunnel to Zürich Hauptbahnhof. From Zürich-Hauptbahnhof, the service uses the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line to Ziegelbrücke, stopping only at selected stations.

On its route, the service stops at the following stations:

Rolling stock

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

Scheduling

The train frequency is usually 30 minutes and the trip takes 65 minutes. Between 22 December-6 January daily, and 30 November-1 April on weekends, three morning and three afternoon services/direction are extended to run non-stop to Unterterzen.

See also

References

Media related to S-Bahn Zürich at Wikimedia Commons

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