Pfäffikon SZ railway station () is a

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated either on or close to a rail junction, where lines to two or more destinations diverge. Many junction stations have multiple platform faces to enable trains for multiple destinatio ...

serving Pfäffikon, the principal town of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Freienbach Freienbach is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. History Freienbach is first mentioned in 972 as ''Friginbach''. Geography Freienbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 40.7% ...

, in the

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(SZ), Switzerland. The station is situated at the northern edge of the town, between the town centre and

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. The station forms part of the

Lake Zürich left-bank railway line The Lake Zurich left bank railway line (), is a railway line in Switzerland. It serves the left (or west) bank of Lake Zurich, connecting Zurich to Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. The left-bank railway opened in 1875 and forms part of the Zurich–Ch ...

, which links

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with

Ziegelbrücke Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the Linth Channel in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities of Niederurnen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Glarus (canton), Glarus an ...

and Näfels, and is owned and operated by the

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(SBB). To the east of the station is the junction for the line to Rapperswil, which crosses Lake Zurich on the

Seedamm The Rapperswil Seedamm is the artificial causeway at the narrowest area of Lake Zurich between Hurden, Hurden (SZ) and Rapperswil (SG). The structure contains two bridge segments and is approximately long. The Seedamm carries a road () and ...

, whilst to the west is the junction for the line to Arth-Goldau; both these latter being owned and operated by the

Südostbahn The Südostbahn (German language, German, ) – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a Switzerland, Swiss railway company, and a network in Central Switzerland, Central and Eastern Switzerland. It resulted from the merger of the Schweizerische S ...

(SOB).

Services

the following services stop at Pfäffikon SZ: *

InterRegio The InterRegio, often shortened to IR, is a train categories in Europe, train category for mainly domestic train services in use in some European countries, with Swiss Federal Railways operating the most dense network. InterRegio trains are semi ...

: ** '' Aare-Linth'': hourly service between and . ** ''

Voralpen Express The ''Voralpen-Express'' (''VAE'') is a named train connecting small to medium-sized cities and villages in Central and Eastern Switzerland on a scenic route, carrying this name since 1992. It is operated by Südostbahn (SOB) and runs every hour ...

'': hourly service between and . *

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

: ** : half-hourly service between and . ** : half-hourly service to . ** : half-hourly service to ; individual trains in the late night and early morning operate to Ziegelbrücke. ** : hourly service between

and . ** : hourly service between and . ** Nighttime S-Bahn (only during weekends): *** : hourly service to (via and ). *** : hourly service between and (via ).

operates the two InterRegio services and the S40;

operates the other Zürich S-Bahn services. During weekends, there are also two nighttime S-Bahn services (SN5 and SN8) offered by ZVV.

Layout and connections

Pfäffikon has two

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s with two tracks each ( 2–3; 5–6) and one

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with a single track (No. 7). Adjacent to the station is the Pfäffikon bus terminal.

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and AHW Busbetriebe (for the municipality of

) operate bus services to

, Siebnen, Feusisberg,

Richterswil Richterswil (Swiss German: ''Richtischwiil'' ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as ''Richtliswile''. During the 17th Century, a series of peasan ...

and

Gallery

File:Voralpen.express 2.jpg,

RABe 526 (''

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'') as ''

Voralpen-Express The ''Voralpen-Express'' (''VAE'') is a named train connecting small to medium-sized cities and villages in Central Switzerland, Central and Eastern Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland on a scenic route, carrying this name since 1992. It is operated ...

'' at the station File:SBB Historic - F 116 00001 368 - Pfaeffikon SZ.tif, Station building in 1978 File:SBB Historic - F 122 00790 002 - Pfaeffikon SZ Stationsgebaeude und Gueterschuppen Bahnseite.jpg, Station building, platforms and tracks in 1981 File:SBB Historic - F 122 00790 006 - Pfaeffikon SZ Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, Station building in 2011

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfaffikon Sz Railway Station Railway stations in the canton of Schwyz Swiss Federal Railways stations Freienbach

Services

Layout and connections

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

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