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The S21 is a regional railway service of the
The S21 is a regional railway service of the 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, ...
of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund
The Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), is the largest public transportation network in Switzerland. It covers the canton of Zurich and adjacent areas. All modes of public transportation (rail, light rail, bus, trolleybus, lake passenger liner, fun ...
(ZVV). The service operates at peak hour
A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English, Indian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice e ...
s between and over the Wettingen–Effretikon railway, supplementing the regular service, which continues west to .
At , trains of the S21 service usually depart from ground-level track () 18.
Route
* The service operates on weekdays during peak hours; there are a total of eight trains in each direction per day. Inbound trains in the morning and outbound trains in the evening bypass . Trains usually depart from (or arrive at) one of the surface platforms of . The S21 calls at the following stations: * * * * *History
The S21 designation was previously used for service from Zürich to over theThalwil–Arth-Goldau railway
The Thalwil–Arth-Goldau railway is a Swiss railway that acts as a feeder route to the Gotthard Railway (''Gotthardbahn'', GB). It was opened for this purpose on 1 June 1897, with the Thalwil railway station, Thalwil–Zug railway station, Zug se ...
; this is now provided by the . The current S21 began running with the December 2015 timetable change.
Rolling stock
most services are operated by Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.See also
*Rail transport in Switzerland
Rail transport in Switzerland is noteworthy for the density of its network, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport, timeliness and a thriving domestic and trans-Alps, Alp freight system. It is made nece ...
* List of railway stations in Zurich
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This is a sortable list of railway stations in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, with further information. In total, there are 29 railway stations, of which one is closed. Most stations are on standard-gauge lines, while four of them ar ...
* Public transport in Zurich
Public transport in Zurich is available for four main Mode of transport, modes of transport—boat, bus, train and tram—assisting residents of and visitors to Zurich move around the of List of cities in Switzerland, Switzerland's largest city ...
* ZVV fare zones
References
External links
* {{Public transport in Zurich Zurich S-Bahn lines Transport in the canton of Zürich