Lachen railway station

Location
	Lachen Location in Switzerland Lachen Lachen (Canton of Schwyz)

Lachen
Lachen
	The station entrance in 2018
General information
Location	Lachen; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°11′24″N 8°51′11″E / 47.19000°N 8.85306°E
Elevation	417 m (1,368 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	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
Ship	ZSG passenger ships; Obersee ferry (Oberseefähre);
Bus	PostAuto Schweiz bus routes 521 522 525
Other information
Fare zone	997 / 998 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)
Services
Location
Location
	Lachen Location in Switzerland Lachen Lachen (Canton of Schwyz)

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]

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.

^ ^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.