S7 (ZVV)

The S7 is a regional railway service of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network) and is one of the network's trunk services.

At Zürich HB, trains of the S7 service usually depart from underground tracks (Gleis) 41–44 (Museumstrasse station).

Route


The service links Winterthur, in the northeast of the canton of Zürich, and Rapperswil-Jona, on the on north shore of Lake Zürich but just over the cantonal boundary in the canton of St. Gallen. From Winterthur, the service runs over the main Zurich–Winterthur railway line to Effretikon, but then takes the secondary route via Kloten to Zürich Oerlikon, from where it proceeds through Zürich via Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Zürich Stadelhofen. From Stadelhofen, trains then run over the Lake Zürich right-bank railway line to Rapperswil. Between Stadelhofen and Meilen trains run non-stop, with a parallel stopping service provided by lines S6 and S16.

The following stations are served:


 * Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
 * Kemptthal
 * Effretikon
 * Bassersdorf
 * Kloten
 * Kloten Balsberg
 * Opfikon
 * Zürich Oerlikon
 * Zürich Hardbrücke
 * Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 * Zürich Stadelhofen
 * Meilen
 * Uetikon
 * Männedorf
 * Stäfa
 * Uerikon
 * Feldbach
 * Kempraten
 * Rapperswil

Rolling stock
services are operated by RABe 511 EMUs or Re 450 locomotives push-pulling double-deck coaches. RABe 514 ("DTZ") EMUs were used previously.

Scheduling
The normal frequency is one train every 30 minutes. A journey over the full length of the service takes 74 minutes.