Horgen railway station
Horgen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Horgen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°15′41″N 8°35′49″E / 47.261482°N 8.5968895°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Lake Zurich left-bank line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform, 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Zimmerbergbus bus routes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 151 (ZVV)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Horgen railway station is a railway station in Switzerland, situated on the banks of Lake Zurich in the town of Horgen.[3] The station is located on the Lake Zurich left bank railway line,[4] within fare zone 151 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[2]
Horgen station should not be confused with the nearby, but higher level, Horgen Oberdorf railway station, which is on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway. The two stations are approximately 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) apart on foot.
Services
Rail
Horgen railway station is served by two lines of the Zurich S-Bahn: the S2 service which operates between Zurich Airport and Ziegelbrücke, and the S8 service which runs between Winterthur and Pfäffikon. Both lines pass via Zurich.[5] As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services call at Horgen:
- Zurich S-Bahn:
- S2: half-hourly service between Zürich Airport and Ziegelbrücke.
- S8: half-hourly service between Pfäffikon SZ and Winterthur
During weekends (Friday and Saturday nights), there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN8) offered by ZVV.[6]
- Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):[6]
- SN8: hourly service between Pfäffikon ZH and Lachen (via Zürich HB)
Bus
The railway station provides an integrated transfer facility with the buses of Zimmerbergbus,[7] which operate from a bus station immediately adjacent to the railway station.
Boat and ferry
Ships of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) call at a pier on the lakeside immediately adjacent to the railway station. The ships run either in direction to Zurich Bürkliplatz or Rapperswil/Schmerikon, serving the terminals of several lakeside towns and Ufenau island en route.[8] In addition, the Horgen–Meilen car ferry operates from a terminal some 600 metres (2,000 ft) to the south-east along the lakeside promenade. It links Horgen with the town of Meilen on the other side of the lake.
Gallery
View from footbridge to south
Bus station from rail platform
See also
References
- ↑ "Regionalnetz | Regional network" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- 1 2 "Tarifzonen | Fare zones" (PDF). ZVV. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ↑ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- 1 2 "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Unterwegs mit dem Zimmerbergbus". www.szu.ch (in German). Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
External links
Media related to Horgen railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Horgen railway station – SBB
