Richterswil railway station

Richterswil
Two-story building with hip roof next to lake
The station building from Lake Zürich in 2011.
General information
LocationRichterswil
Switzerland
Coordinates47°12′30.107″N 8°42′26.820″E / 47.20836306°N 8.70745000°E / 47.20836306; 8.70745000
Elevation408 m (1,339 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Lake Zürich left-bank line
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
Connections
History
Opened1875 (1875)
Services
Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station
Wädenswil
towards Zürich Airport
 S2 Pfäffikon SZ
towards Unterterzen
Wädenswil
towards Winterthur
 S8 Bäch
towards Pfäffikon SZ
Location
Richterswil is located in Switzerland
Richterswil
Richterswil
Location within Switzerland
Richterswil is located in Canton of Zürich
Richterswil
Richterswil
Richterswil (Canton of Zürich)

Richterswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Richterswil) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Richterswil, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways, and forms part of the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line. The station is situated at the south-eastern edge of the town centre, on the shore of Lake Zürich a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.[1][2]

The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).[3]

  1. ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ^ "Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler Bedeutung - Zürich" [Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance - Zürich] (PDF) (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-13.