The S24 is a 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 p ...

line of the Zürich S-Bahn of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network. The line was significantly extended in June 2014, and again in December 2015, and has subsumed the S21 (originally S1) line previously providing service in parts of its extended route.

Route

* The line runs from Zug to Thayngen and Weinfelden via Thalwil,

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland ...

Zürich Flughafen , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Züric ...

and

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

. The service is accelerated between Neuhausen and Winterthur as well as between Baar and Zug where only the most important stops are served. The following stations are served:

Stations

Stations served by trains on the S24 Weinfelden branch

* Weinfelden (TG) *

Märstetten Märstetten is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Scattered finds from the Neolithic era, Roman ruins and a series of grave from the Early Middle Ages show that there was a continuou ...

* Müllheim-Wigoltingen * Hüttlingen-Mettendorf * Felben-Wellhausen *

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld ( Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic ...

Islikon Gachnang is a municipality in the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Gachnang is first mentioned in 889 as ''Kachanang''. In the local dialect it has traditionally been known as ''Gochlingen''. In the Egels ...

* Rickenbach-Attikon * Wiesendangen (ZH) * Oberwinterthur *

Stations served by trains on the S24 Thayngen branch

* Thayngen * Herblingen *

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimate ...

* Neuhausen * Andelfingen *

Stations served by all S24 trains

* Kemptthal * Effretikon * Bassersdorf * Zürich Flughafen *

Zürich Oerlikon , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Züric ...

* Zürich Wipkingen *

* Zürich Wiedikon * Zürich Enge * Zürich Wollishofen * Kilchberg * Rüschlikon * Thalwil * Oberrieden Dorf * Horgen Oberdorf * Baar * Zug The S24 is now the only S-Bahn line left that reverses direction in one of the Hauptbahnhof's surface-level terminal platforms rather than running through one of the station's underground platforms.

Rolling stock

Most trips are operated using RABe 514 double-decker electric multiple units and Re 450

Scheduling

Trains normally operate every half-hour between Winterthur and Zug, with alternate trains starting from Thayngen and Weinfelden. The trip between Thayngen and Zug takes 1 hour 53 minutes. It takes 1 hour 47 minutes for the alternate train between Weinfelden and Zug.

History

Before June 2014, S24 referred to a shorter line, running only between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Horgen Oberdorf. This overlapped with service S21, which connected Thalwil and Zug. Prior to 2012, the S21 also served Sihlbrugg station, situated between Baar and Horgen and permanently closed in that year. In 2014, the S24 was extended at its southern end to Zug in replacement of the S21, which was then discontinued. At its northern end, it was extended to Zürich Oerlikon in order to provide service to Zürich Wipkingen station, which lost its previous service by lines S2, S8 and S14 when they were diverted to use the

Weinberg Tunnel The Weinberg Tunnel (german: Weinbergtunnel) is a railway tunnel in the Swiss city of Zürich. The tunnel runs from the western approaches to Zürich Hauptbahnhof railway station, east under the station and city centre before turning north and s ...

. In late 2015, the S24 was further extended from Zürich Oerlikon to Zürich Flughafen, Winterthur, Schaffhausen and Thayngen, in order to replace service by the S16 which was curtailed to Zürich Airport.. In December 2021, the stop in Kemptthal will be swapped from the S7 to the S24, to improve stability and punctuality in the very busy Winterthur-Effretikon part. In the evenings from 9:20 p.m., when the S24 only runs on the Zug–Effretikon section, the S7 will keep stopping in Kemptthal.https://zueriost.ch/blaulicht-und-verkehr/2021-03-09/mehr-busse-gibts-im-oberland-erst-ab-ende-2022

References

External links

* Zürich S-Bahn lines Canton of Zug Transport in the canton of Zürich {{Europe-metro-stub