Lachen railway station

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Lachen
Lachen railway station.jpg
The station entrance in 2018
General information
Location Lachen
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°11′24″N8°51′11″E / 47.19000°N 8.85306°E / 47.19000; 8.85306 Coordinates: 47°11′24″N8°51′11″E / 47.19000°N 8.85306°E / 47.19000; 8.85306
Elevation416 m (1,365 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) Lake Zürich left-bank line
Distance39.6 km (24.6 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operators Swiss Federal Railways
Connections BSicon BUS2.svg PostAuto Schweiz buses
Services
Preceding station Logo Zurcher Verkehrsverbund.svg Zürich S-Bahn Following station
Altendorf S2 Siebnen-Wangen
towards Unterterzen
Altendorf
towards Winterthur
S8
Limited service
Siebnen-Wangen
towards Ziegelbrücke
Pfäffikon SZ S25 Siebnen-Wangen
towards Linthal
Location
Lachen railway station

Lachen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Lachen. The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). [1] [2]

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Layout and connections

Lachen has a 320-metre (1,050 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 2–3). [3] PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke, Siebnen, and Pfäffikon. [4]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change, the following services stop at Lachen: [5]

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References

  1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. "Haltestelle: Perronlänge (-körper)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. Tarifverband Ostwind (11 December 2022). "Obersee" (PDF). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  5. "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.