The S22 is a former regional

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

service of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network). It connected the

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Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

and

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the ...

, Switzerland, with the

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, Germany. At the end of 2015, the service was shortened from Bülach to Jestetten and the line no longer fell under the purview of ZVV, but continued to be operated by THURBO. Later S22 got replaced by a S-Bahn line from the

Schaffhausen S-Bahn The Schaffhausen S-Bahn is an S-Bahn network in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen and the German state of Baden-Württemberg (Konstanz and Waldshut districts). It comprises three services and began operation in 2015. Services are operated by SBB ...

. The service from Schaffhausen to Singen was taken over by

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(and in December 2022 by

SBB GmbH SBB GmbH, also known as SBB Deutschland, is a railway company that operates services in Germany and the cantons of Basel-City and Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways, the state railway company of Switzerland ...

,SBB GmbH website: https://www.sbb-deutschland.de/strecken-und-tarife/ respectively), and the section between Bülach and Schaffhausen is now covered by ZVV service S9.

Route

The line ran from

Bülach , neighboring_municipalities= Bachenbülach, Eglisau, Embrach, Glattfelden, Hochfelden, Höri, Rorbas, Winkel , twintowns = Santeramo in Colle (Italy) Bülach () is an historic town and a municipality in Switzerland in the canton ...

, in the canton of Zürich, via

, canton of Schaffhausen, to

Singen (Hohentwiel) Singen ( Low Alemannic: ''Singe'') is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border. Location Singen is an industrial city situated in the very south of Baden-Württember ...

in Germany. It served the following stations: *

Glattfelden Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Glattfelden is first mentioned in 1130 as ''Glatevelden''. Geography Glattfelden ...

Eglisau Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as ''Ouwa''. In 1238 it was mentioned as ''Owe'', in 1304 as ''ze S ...

* Hüntwangen-Wil *

Rafz Rafz is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the northwest of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Rafz was first mentioned in 1413 as ''Rafsa''. Geography Rafz has an area of . Of this area, 52% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ...

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'' *

Lottstetten Lottstetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History In 1806 Lottstetten became part of Baden. From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Lottstetten together with Altenburg, Jestetten and what was th ...

Jestetten Jestetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History In 1806 Jestetten became part of Baden. From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Jestetten together with Altenburg, Lottstetten and what was then ...

* Altenburg Rheinau (until 12 December 2010) BSicon_GRENZE

'' * Neuhausen *

* Herblingen *

Thayngen Thayngen () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen, Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen. ''

'' * Bietingen *

Gottmadingen Gottmadingen is a municipality in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the Swiss border, 5 km southwest of Singen, and 12 km east of Schaffhausen. A first mention of Gottmadingen was in 965. Until the ...

Rolling stock

All services were operated by THURBO

Stadler GTW The Stadler GTW is an articulated railcar for local transport made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland. GTW stands for Gelenktriebwagen (articulated railcar). History The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins-Bahn near Bern, Switzerland was looking for a lighter ...

trains.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline, S22 line (Zürich S-Bahn)
ZVV official website: Routes & zones

Former Zürich S-Bahn lines

Route

Rolling stock

See also

References

External links