The S15 is a regional

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line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the

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and St. Gallen. S-Bahn-Zuerich-Linienplan ab Ende 2018

At , trains of the S15 service usually depart from underground tracks () 41–44 ( Museumstrasse station).

Route

* The line runs from Niederweningen (

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as "N'weningen" on the

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), in the north-west of the

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, to Zurich Oerlikon and Zurich Hauptbahnhof before continuing via Zürich Stadelhofen and

Uster Uster (; , ) is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. The importance of the town of Uster has grown considerably with the construction of the S-Bahn network of the Zürich Transport Network. With over 36,0 ...

Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, Rapperswil-Jona also includes Bollinge ...

( Canton of St. Gallen). It serves the following stations: * * * * * * * * * * * *

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* Zürich Stadelhofen *

* Wetzikon *

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* Rüti ZH * Jona *

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Rolling stock

Most services were operated once with RABe 514 class (weekdays) and RABe 511 (weekends) trains, before the timetable change in late 2015. Some services are run by Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages. services are operated with RABe 511 class multiple units or Re 450 class locomotives with double-deck coaches.

Scheduling

The train frequency on the line is usually 30 minutes and the trip takes 72 minutes. Combined with the S5, the S15 provides quarter-hourly services at stations between Hardbrücke and Rapperswil.

History

Bahnhof Rapperswil - S15 - Seedamm 2011-11-18 15-40-26

The service was started between Rapperswil and

Birmensdorf Birmensdorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dietikon (district), Dietikon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Birmensdorf is first mentioned in 876 as ''Pi ...

on 10 December 2006, following line improvements. On 9 December 2007, the line was extended from Birmensdorf to

Affoltern am Albis Affoltern am Albis (abbreviated as ''Affoltern a.A.''; Swiss German: ''Affoltere'') is a town and a municipality in the district of Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Affoltern is first mentioned in 1190 as ''Afiltre ...

. RABe 514 ("DTZ")

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were mostly used. With the introduction of the new timetable in late 2015, the western terminus of the service was switched from Affoltern am Albis to Niederweningen. The stations between Zürich Altstetten and Affoltern am Albis that are no longer served by the S15 are now served by the S14. The S55 between Oberglatt and Niederwenigen was subsumed into the S15.

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