Pfäffikon SZ railway station

Pfäffikon SZ
The station building in 2010
General information
Location	Freienbach Switzerland
Coordinates	47°12′10.8″N 8°46′41.2″E
Elevation	412 m (1,352 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lake Zürich left-bank line Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau line Rapperswil–Pfäffikon line
Distance	33.10 km (20.57 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms	2 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Train operators	Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz AHW Busbetriebe
Passengers
2018	16,900 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Wädenswil towards Bern IR 35 Aare Linth Siebnen-Wangen towards Chur Biberbrugg towards Lucerne Voralpen Express Rapperswil towards St. Gallen Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Richterswil towards Zürich Airport S2 Altendorf towards Unterterzen Terminus S5 Rapperswil towards Zug Freienbach SBB towards Winterthur S8 Terminus S8 Limited service Altendorf towards Ziegelbrücke Wädenswil towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof S25 Lachen towards Linthal Freienbach SOB towards Einsiedeln S40 Hurden towards Rapperswil
Location
Pfäffikon Location in Switzerland Pfäffikon Pfäffikon (Canton of Schwyz)

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.

The station forms part of the Lake Zurich 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).

The station should not be confused with Pfäffikon ZH railway station, which is in Pfäffikon, canton of Zürich.

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Pfäffikon SZ:

• InterRegio:
  • Aare-Linth: hourly service between Bern and Chur.
  • IR Voralpen Express: hourly service between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
• Zürich S-Bahn:
  • S2: half-hourly service between Zürich Airport and Ziegelbrücke; on weekends some trains continue to Unterterzen.
  • S5: half-hourly service to Zug.
  • S8: half-hourly service to Winterthur; individual trains in the late night and early morning operate to Ziegelbrücke.
  • S25: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Linthal.
  • S40: hourly service between Einsiedeln and Rapperswil.
  • Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):
    • SN5: hourly service to Knonau (via Rapperswil and Zürich HB).
    • SN8: hourly service between Pfäffikon ZH and Lachen (via Zürich HB).

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.

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). 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.

Gallery

• 
  Südostbahn RABe 526 (Traverso) as Voralpen-Express at the station
• 
  Station building in 1978
• 
  Station building, platforms and tracks in 1981
• 
  Station building in 2011

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland