S8 (ZVV)

S8 (ZVV)
S8 service near Effretikon.
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Weinfelden Pfäffikon (SZ)
Stations	31
Website	ZVV (in English)
Service
Type	S-Bahn
System	Zürich S-Bahn
Operator(s)	Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock	RABe 514 class
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

S8 service near Felben-Wellhausen.

The S8 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Thurgau, Zürich and Schwyz.

Route

• S8 Winterthur – Wallisellen – Oerlikon – Zürich HB – Thalwil – Pfäffikon SZ (– Ziegelbrücke)
  Operates non stop between Winterthur and Effretikon; first and last services extended to Ziegelbrücke.

The line runs from Weinfelden and heads for the Zürcher Weinland, then it turns around at Zürich Hauptbahnhof and continues on the left shore of Lake Zurich to Pfäffikon (SZ).

The line's overnight service (SN8), operating on weekends after midnight, runs between Zürich HB and Lachen (SZ).

Stations

• Weinfelden (TG)
• Märstetten
• Müllheim-Wigoltingen
• Hüttlingen-Mettendorf
• Felben-Wellhausen
• Frauenfeld
• Islikon
• Rickenbach-Attikon
• Wiesendangen (ZH)
• Oberwinterthur
• Winterthur HB
• Effretikon
• Dietlikon
• Wallisellen
• Zurich Oerlikon
• Zurich Wipkingen
• Zurich HB
• Zurich Wiedikon
• Zurich Enge
• Zurich Wollishofen
• Kilchberg
• Rüschlikon
• Thalwil
• Oberrieden
• Horgen
• Au ZH
• Wädenswil
• Richterswil
• Bäch
• Freienbach SBB
• Pfäffikon (SZ)

Rolling stock

Most services are operated with RABe 514 class trains. In the early morning and late evening, Re 450 push-pull sets are also used.

Scheduling

The train frequency on the S8 is usually one train every 30 minutes and the trip takes 113 minutes.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland
• Trams in Zürich

References

Media related to S8 line (Zürich S-Bahn) at Wikimedia Commons

• ZVV official website: Routes & zones