Horgen railway station
Horgen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Horgen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°15′41.3352″N 8°35′48.8022″E / 47.261482000°N 8.596889500°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 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
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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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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
