Altendorf | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 The station in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Altendorf Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°11′38.4″N 8°49′22.4″E / 47.194000°N 8.822889°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 412 m (1,352 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lake Zurich left-bank line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 37.2 km (23.1 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | ZVV / Ostwind | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | PostAuto Schweiz bus routes 521 522 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 997 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Altendorf railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Altendorf in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near Obersee (Lake Zurich).[4] The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line,[5] within fare zone 997 of the Ostwind Fare Network,[3] and owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
Layout and connections
[edit]Altendorf has two 321-metre (1,053 ft) side platforms with two tracks (Nos. 1–2).[6]
There is a bus stop ca. 170 m (560 ft) south of the station, from where PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services to Ziegelbrücke, Siebnen, and Pfäffikon.[7]
A landing stage, located ca. 850 m (2,790 ft) to the east of the railway station, is served by passenger boat lines of Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)[1] and a ferry (Oberseefähre).[2] The landing stage is within fare zone 182 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).[8]
Services
[edit]As of the December 2024 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Altendorf:[9]
- Zurich S-Bahn:
- S2: half-hourly service between Zürich Airport and Ziegelbrücke.
- S8: individual trains in the late night and early morning to Ziegelbrücke and Winterthur.
During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN8) offered by ZVV.[10]
- Nighttime S-Bahn (Friday and Saturday nights):
- SN8: hourly service between Pfäffikon ZH and Lachen (via Zürich HB).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Oberseefähre" (in German). Agglo Obersee. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "OSTWIND-Zone Maps". Ostwind fare network. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Haltestelle: Perronlänge (-körper)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ Tarifverband Ostwind (11 December 2022). "Obersee" (PDF). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
External links
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