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Richterswil railway station

Railway station in Richterswil, Switzerland

Field	Value
style	Swiss Federal Railways
name	Richterswil
image	Richterswil - Bahnhof - ZSG Helvetia 2011-08-06 15-53-06 ShiftN.jpg
alt	Two-story building with hip roof next to lake
caption	The station building from Lake Zürich in 2011.
borough	Richterswil
country	Switzerland
coordinates
elevation
owned	Swiss Federal Railways
line	Lake Zurich left-bank line
platforms	2 side platforms
tracks	2
train_operators	Swiss Federal Railways
connections	{{Transport connections	embed=yes	title=Zurich Transport Network (ZVV)
ship	ZSG boat lines
bus	Zimmerbergbus bus routes (BWS and SZU)
zone	153 (ZVV)
opened
closed
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Zürich S-Bahn
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line2	8	left2=Wädenswil	right2=Bäch
line3	SN8	left3=Wädenswil	to-left3=Pfäffikon ZH	right3=Bäch	to-right3=Lachen
map_type	Switzerland#Canton of Zürich
map_dot_label	Richterswil
map_caption	Location in Switzerland
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Richterswil railway station () 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. It lies within fare zone 153 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).

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.

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

History

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

Facilities

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

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

Rail

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

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.

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

Nighttime S-Bahn (Friday and Saturday nights):
- : hourly service between and (via ).

Bus

Three Zimmerberg bus lines call at Richterswil.

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

Boat

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.

References

(2024-12-15). "Tarifzonen {{!}} Fare zones". [[Zürcher Verkehrsverbund.
(2012). "Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz". Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH.
"map.geo.admin.ch". Swiss Confederation.
(2011). "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Zürich". Swiss Confederation.
(9 December 2018). "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats". [[Zürcher Verkehrsverbund]] (ZVV).
"Effretikon–Flughafen–Zürich HB–Pfäffikon SZ–Ziegelbrücke". Bundesamt für Verkehr.
"Pfäffikon SZ–Zürich HB–Wallisellen–Winterthur–Weinfelden". Bundesamt für Verkehr.
(2024-12-15). "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden {{!}} Night time network at weekends". [[Zürcher Verkehrsverbund]] (ZVV).
(15 December 2019). "Regionalnetz {{!}} Regional network". [[Zürcher Verkehrsverbund]] (ZVV).
"Welcome to ZSG". [[Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft]] (ZSG).

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