Effretikon is a

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in the

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and municipality of Illnau-Effretikon. The station, which takes its name from the village of Effretikon, is located on the Zürich to Winterthur main line at the junction point with the Effretikon to Hinwil line.

Service

Effretikon is an important junction in the

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network. It is an intermediate stop on services S3, S7, S8 and S24. For most of the day it is also the outer terminus of S-Bahn service S19, although in peak periods some trains continue to . On weekends, there are three nighttime S-Bahn services (SN1, SN6, SN8) offered by ZVV. Summary of all

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services: *

: ** : half-hourly service to (or during peak hour) via , and to . ** : half-hourly service to via and , and to . ** : half-hourly service to via and , and to . ** : half-hourly service to (during peak hours to

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) via and , and during peak hours to . ** : half-hourly service to via and , and hourly service to or (both via ). ** Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends):https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/pdf/nachtnetz.pdf *** : hourly service to via , and to . *** : hourly service to via , and to . *** : hourly service to via , and to .

Gallery

File:Bahnhof Effretikon.JPG, Street front of reception building File:SBB Historic - F 122 00328 005 - Effretikon Stationsgebaeude mit S-Bahn.jpg, Reception building File:Effretikon Bahnhof.jpeg, Platforms and tracks.

References

External links

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Effretikon station on Swiss Federal Railway's web site

Effretikon Illnau-Effretikon is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It includes the villages of Illnau, Effretikon, Ottikon and Bisikon. On 1 January 2016 Kyburg and Illnau-Effretikon merged to form the mun ...

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