Railway station in Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland
Pfäffikon SZ railway station (German : Bahnhof Pfäffikon SZ ) is a junction station serving Pfäffikon , the principal town of the municipality of Freienbach , in the canton of Schwyz (SZ), Switzerland . The station is situated at the northern edge of the town, between the town centre and Lake Zurich .[2] [3]
The station forms part of the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line , which links Zürich Hauptbahnhof with Ziegelbrücke and Näfels , and is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). To the east of the station is the junction for the line to Rapperswil , which crosses Lake Zurich on the Seedamm , whilst to the west is the junction for the line to Arth-Goldau ; both these latter being owned and operated by the Südostbahn (SOB).[4] [5]
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Pfäffikon SZ:[6]
Südostbahn operates the two InterRegio services and the S40; Swiss Federal Railways operates the other Zürich S-Bahn services. During weekends, there are also two nighttime S-Bahn services (SN5 and SN8) offered by ZVV .[8]
Layout and connections
Pfäffikon has two 419-metre (1,375 ft) island platforms with two tracks each (Nos. 2–3; 5–6) and one 299-metre (981 ft) side platform with a single track (No. 7).[9] Adjacent to the station is the Pfäffikon bus terminal. PostAuto Schweiz and AHW Busbetriebe (for the municipality of Freienbach ) operate bus services to Ziegelbrücke , Siebnen , Feusisberg , Richterswil and Freienbach .[10]
Gallery
Station building in 1978
Station building,
platforms and tracks in 1981
Station building in 2011
See also
References
Further reading
Oswald, G; Micher, K (1991). Die Südostbahn, Geschichte einer Privatbahn [The Südostbahn, History of a Private Railway ] (in German). Zürich: Orell Füssli Verlag. ISBN 3-280-02048-4 .
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