S8 (ZVV)

S8 (ZVV)
S8 service near Effretikon.
Overview
Type	S-Bahn
System	Zürich S-Bahn
Status	Operational
Locale	Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Weinfelden Pfäffikon (SZ)
Stations	31
Website	ZVV (English)
Operation
Operator(s)	Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock	RABe 514 class
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

The S8 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Thurgau, Zürich and Schwyz.

Route

S 8 Weinfelden – Frauenfeld – Winterthur HB – Wallisellen – Zürich HB – Pfäffikon SZ
Operates between Weinfelden and Winterthur only Mon-Sat at hourly intervals.

The line runs from Weinfelden and heads for the Zürcher Weinland, then it turns around at Zürich Hauptbahnhof and continues on the left shore of Lake Zurich to Pfäffikon (SZ).

The line's overnight service (SN8), operating on weekends after midnight, runs between Zürich HB and Lachen (SZ).

Most services are operated with RABe 514 class trains. In the early morning and late evening, Re 450 push-pull sets are also used.

The train frequency on the S8 is usually one train every 30 minutes and the trip takes 113 minutes.

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Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich + ZVV : Public transport in Zürich

Zürich S-Bahn	S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 S 10 S 11 S 12 S 13 S 14 S 15 S 16 S 17 S 18 S 19 S 24 S 25 S 26 S 29 S 30 S 33 S 35 S 40 S 41

Trams Trolleybuses Zurich Airport Zürich Hauptbahnhof

Lake Zurich (Zürichsee)

Switzerland Canton of Zürich Horgen Meilen Zürich Canton of St. Gallen See-Gaster Canton of Schwyz Höfe March

Settlements	Altendorf Au Bäch Bollingen Erlenbach Feldbach Feldmeilen Freienbach Herrliberg Horgen Hurden Jona Kehlhof Kempraten Kilchberg Küsnacht Lachen Männedorf Meilen Nuolen Oberrieden Pfäffikon Rapperswil Richterswil Rüschlikon Schmerikon Stäfa Thalwil Uerikon Uetikon am See Wädenswil Zollikon Zürich Centum Prata Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee Turicum

Islands	Au Peninsula Grosser Hafner Lützelau Saffa Ufenau

Rivers	Jona Limmat Linth

Valleys	Küsnachter Tobel Limmattal Sihltal

Mountains	Adlisberg Buechberg Etzel Pfannenstiel Üetliberg Zimmerberg Zürichberg

Landmarks	Albis Felsenegg Frauenwinkel Rapperswil–Hurden bridge Lindenhof (Rapperswil) Obersee Quaianlagen (Zürich) Rapperswil Castle Seedamm

Transportation	Lake Zurich left-bank railway line including S2 (ZVV), S8 (ZVV), S13 (ZVV), S24 (ZVV), S25 (ZVV), S40 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines Lake Zurich right-bank railway line including S6 (ZVV), S7 (ZVV), S16 (ZVV) S-Bahn Zürich lines LAF aerial tramway Quaibrücke Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland Zimmerberg bus line Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen–Meilen Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)

People	Gerold Späth House of Rapperswil Lydia Escher Obersee Nachrichten Radio Zürisee Zürichsee-Zeitung

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