Lachen railway station
Lachen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Lachen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°11′24″N 8°51′11″E / 47.19°N 8.853°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 417 m (1,368 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Lake Zurich left-bank line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 39.6 km (24.6 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV / Ostwind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PostAuto Schweiz bus routes 521 522 525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 997 / 998 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lachen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lachen in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near Obersee (Lake Zurich).[4] The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line,[5] on the border of fare zones 997 and 998 of the Ostwind Fare Network.[3] It is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
Layout and connections
Lachen has a 320-metre (1,050 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 2–3).[6]
PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke, Siebnen, and Pfäffikon.[7]
There is a landing stage located ca. 500 m (1,600 ft) to the north of the railway station, which is served by passenger boat lines of Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)[1] and a ferry (Oberseefähre).[2] The landing stage is within fare zone 182 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[8]
Services
The station is only served by S-Bahn trains. As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at Lachen:[9]
- Zurich S-Bahn:
- S2: half-hourly service between Zurich Airport and Ziegelbrücke.
- S8: individual trains in the late night and early morning to Ziegelbrücke and Winterthur.
- S25: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Linthal.
During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN8) offered by ZVV.[10]
- Nighttime S-Bahn (Friday and Saturday nights):
- SN8: hourly service from/to Pfäffikon ZH via Zürich HB.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Oberseefähre" (in German). Agglo Obersee. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "OSTWIND-Zone Maps". Ostwind fare network. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Haltestelle: Perronlänge (-körper)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Tarifverband Ostwind (11 December 2022). "Obersee" (PDF). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
External links
- Media related to Lachen SZ railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Lachen railway station – SBB