Wädenswil railway station is a railway station in

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, situated near to the banks of

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in the municipality of Wädenswil in the

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. It is located on the

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, and is the junction station for the

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's Wädenswil to Einsiedeln line. The station is served on the lakeside line by an hourly long-distance

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service between

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and

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. It is also served by

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services S2, S8 and S25 on the lakeside line, and is the terminus of the S13 on the Wädenswil to Einsiedeln line.

Layout

The railway station has two

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s and four tracks () that are served by

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s (a fifth track has no platform). The station is located next to

. A

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of the

ZSG The Lake Zurich Navigation Company (, ZSG) is a public Switzerland, Swiss company operating passenger ships and boats on Lake Zurich () and the river Limmat in Zurich.The company's services connect lake-side towns between Zurich and Rapperswil/S ...

navigation company is situated to the east of the station. Buses of Zimmerbergbus depart from the bus station located in front of the station building.

Services

the following services call at Wädenswil: *

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

: ** : half-hourly service between and ** : half-hourly service between and ** : hourly service to via ** : hourly service between

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

(SOB) operates the S13 service;

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operates the other Zurich S-Bahn services. During weekends, there is also a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN8) offered by ZVV. Several bus lines of Zimmerbergbus and boats of

depart adjacent to the railway stations.

References

External links

* * Railway stations in the canton of Zürich Swiss Federal Railways stations Wädenswil {{Switzerland-railstation-stub

Layout

Services

See also

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