
The S33 is a regional
railway
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line of the
S-Bahn Zürich
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 (Canton of Aargau, Aargau, Canton of Gla ...
on the
Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the
cantons
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of
Zürich
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and
Schaffhausen
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.
Route
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The line runs from the northwest of the
canton of Zürich
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from
Winterthur
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and heads for
Schaffhausen
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. At both terminal stations, connections to
InterCity
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and
InterRegio
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trains as well as other
S-Bahn
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services exist.
Stations
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Rolling stock

S33 services are operated by
RABe 511 units, except for weekday services to Schaffhausen which are run by
Re 450 class locomotives
pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.
Between 2010 and 2018, the S33 services were operated by
THURBO rolling stock (
Stadler GTW
The Stadler GTW (, ) is an articulated railcar for local transport made by Stadler Rail of Switzerland.
History
The Biel–Täuffelen–Ins-Bahn near Bern, Switzerland was looking for a lighter train model to replace its aging fleet, so tha ...
units). Before that,
RABDe 510 trainsets operated this line.
Scheduling
The train frequency is usually hourly and the trip takes 33 minutes. The S33 runs hourly, but offers half-hourly services at all stations in combination with the
S12 (reduced services on weekends and evenings).
See also
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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 ...
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Public transport in Zurich
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ZVV fare zones
References
ZVV official website: Routes & zones
Zurich S-Bahn lines
Transport in the canton of Schaffhausen
Transport in the canton of Zürich
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