Lachen railway station

Lachen
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
Elevation	417 m (1,368 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lake Zurich left-bank line
Distance	39.6 km (24.6 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	ZVV / Ostwind
Ship	ZSG passenger ships [1] Obersee ferry (Oberseefähre) [2]
Bus	PostAuto Schweiz bus routes 521 522 525
Other information
Fare zone	997 / 998 (Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]) [3]
Services
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Altendorf towards Zurich Airport S2 Siebnen-Wangen towards Ziegelbrücke Altendorf towards Winterthur S8 Limited service Pfäffikon SZ towards Zürich HB S25 Siebnen-Wangen towards Linthal Altendorf towards Pfäffikon ZH SN8 Limited service Terminus
Location Lachen Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Lachen Lachen (Canton of Schwyz) Show map of Canton of Schwyz

Lachen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Lachen in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near Obersee (Lake Zurich). ^[4] The station is located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line, ^[5] on the border of fare zones 997 and 998 of the Ostwind Fare Network. ^[3] It is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).

Layout and connections

Lachen has a 320-metre (1,050 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 2–3). ^[6]

PostAuto Schweiz operates bus services from the station to Ziegelbrücke, Siebnen, and Pfäffikon. ^[7]

There is a landing stage located ca. 500 m (1,600 ft) to the north of the railway station, which is served by passenger boat lines of Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ^[1] and a ferry (Oberseefähre). ^[2] The landing stage is within fare zone 182 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). ^[8]

Services

The station is only served by S-Bahn trains. As of the December 2024 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Lachen: ^[9]

• Zurich S-Bahn:
  • S2 : half-hourly service between Zurich Airport and Ziegelbrücke.
  • S8 : individual trains in the late night and early morning to Ziegelbrücke and Winterthur.
  • S25 : hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Linthal.

During weekends, there is a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN8) offered by ZVV. ^[10]

• Nighttime S-Bahn (Friday and Saturday nights):
  • SN8 : hourly service from/to Pfäffikon ZH via Zürich HB.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. "Welcome to ZSG". Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
2. "Oberseefähre" (in German). Agglo Obersee. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
3. "OSTWIND-Zone Maps". Ostwind fare network . Retrieved 5 August 2025.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
5. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
6. "Haltestelle: Perronlänge (-körper)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
7. Tarifverband Ostwind (11 December 2022). "Obersee" (PDF). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
8. "ZVV Tarifzonen | ZVV fare zones" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. ZVV . Retrieved 5 August 2025.
9. "Zürich - Thalwil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Official Timetable (in German). 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
10. "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Night time network at weekends" (PDF). www.zvv.ch. Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

External links

• Media related to Lachen SZ railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lachen railway station – SBB