Richterswil railway station
Richterswil | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The station building from Lake Zürich in 2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Richterswil Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°12′30″N 8°42′27″E / 47.208363°N 8.70745°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Lake Zurich left-bank line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ZSG boat lines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zimmerbergbus bus routes (BWS and SZU) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 153 (ZVV) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Richterswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Richterswil) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Richterswil in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The station is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways, and located on the Lake Zurich left-bank railway line. It lies within fare zone 153 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV).
The railway station is situated at the south-eastern edge of the town centre, on the shore of Lake Zurich, a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.
The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).