S7 (ZVV)

S7 (ZVV)

S7 in Rapperswil as seen from Seedamm.

S7 in Rapperswil as seen from Seedamm.
Overview
Type S-Bahn service
System Zürich S-Bahn
Status Operational
Locale Zürich, Switzerland
Termini Winterthur
Rapperswil
Stations 19
Website ZVV (English)
Operation
Operator(s) Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock RABe 514 class
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The S7 is a regional railway service of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network) and is one of the network's trunk services.

Route

The service links Winterthur, in the northeast of the canton of Zürich, and Rapperswil, on the on north shore of Lake Zürich but just over the cantonal boundary in the canton of St. Gallen. From Winterthur, the service runs over the main Zurich–Winterthur railway line to Effretikon, but then takes the secondary route via Kloten to Zürich Oerlikon, from where it proceeds through Zürich via Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Zürich Stadelhofen. From Stadelhofen, trains then run over the Lake Zürich right-bank railway line to Rapperswil. Between Stadelhofen and Meilen trains run non-stop, with a parallel stopping service provided by lines S6 and S16.[1][2]

The following stations are served:[1]

Rolling stock

All services are operated with RABe 514 class trains.

Scheduling

The normal frequency is one train every 30 minutes. A journey over the full length of the service takes 74 minutes.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Winterthur–Kloten–Zürich HB–Meilen–Rapperswil" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  2. ↑ "Zürich–Meilen–Rapperswil" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
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