S7
S7 between Kemptthal and Effretikon
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Winterthur Rapperswil
Stations	19
Website	ZVV (in English)
Service
Type	S-Bahn service
System	Zürich S-Bahn
Operator(s)	Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock	RABe 514 class Re 450 class with double-decker coaches
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend time (h) S12 S24 S33 to Andelfingen S11 S23 S24 S29 S30 to Oberwinterthur S11 S12 S26 S35 to Winterthur Grüze 0:00 Winterthur S8 S11 S12 S23 S24 S26 S29 S30 S33 S35 S41 S41 to Bülach 0:04 Kemptthal (limited service) S24 S3 S19 to Pfäffikon ZH 0:09 Effretikon S3 S8 S19 S24 S3 S8 S11 S12 S19 S23 to Dietlikon 0:15 Bassersdorf S24 S24 to Zürich Airport 0:20 Kloten 10 12 to Zürich Airport 0:22 Kloten Balsberg 10 12 to Glattbrugg 0:24 Opfikon S2 S16 S24 to Zürich Airport S3 S9 S15 to Oberglatt S6 S21 to Regensdorf-Watt S8 S14 S19 to Wallisellen 0:28 Zürich Oerlikon S2 S8 S14 S19 to Zürich HB S24 to Zürich Wipkingen Käferberg Tunnel (2.12 km) S5 S11 S12 S42 to Zürich Altstetten 0:32 Zürich Hardbrücke S3 S5 S6 S9 S11 S12 S15 S16 S21 S24 to Zürich Wipkingen S14 S19 to Zürich Altstetten S2 S8 S24 S25 to Zürich Wiedikon S4 S10 from Zürich HB SZU to Zürich Selnau 0:35 0:36 Zürich HB[a] S2 S8 S14 S19 to Zürich Oerlikon Hirschengraben Tunnel (2.15 km) 0:39 Zürich Stadelhofen S3 S5 S6 S9 S11 S12 S15 S16 S18 S20 S23 S18 from Zürich Stadelhofen FB to Esslingen S3 S5 S9 S11 S12 S15 S23 to Stettbach Riesbach Tunnel (1.49 km) 0:53 Meilen (Ferry to Horgen) S6 S20 0:56 Uetikon S6 0:58 Männedorf 1:03 Stäfa S20 1:06 Uerikon S20 1:11 Feldbach 1:13 Kempraten S5 S15 to Rüti ZH VAE S4 S6 S17 to Uznach 1:17 Rapperswil VAE S5 S15 S40 S4 S6 S17 VAE S5 S40 to Pfäffikon SZ [1][2] This diagram: view talk edit ^ Zürich HB tracks (Gleis) from left to right: 21–22 (SZU) / 31–34 / 3–18 (surface) / 41–44.

The S7 is a regional railway service of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network) and is one of the network's trunk services.

At Zürich HB, trains of the S7 service usually depart from underground tracks (Gleis) 41–44 (Museumstrasse station).

Route

• S7 Winterthur – Kloten – Hardbrücke – Zürich HB – Meilen – Rapperswil

The service links Winterthur, in the northeast of the canton of Zürich, and Rapperswil-Jona, on the on north shore of Lake Zürich but just over the cantonal boundary in the canton of St. Gallen. From Winterthur, the service runs over the main Zurich–Winterthur railway line to Effretikon, but then takes the secondary route via Kloten to Zürich Oerlikon, from where it proceeds through Zürich via Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Zürich Stadelhofen. From Stadelhofen, trains then run over the Lake Zürich right-bank railway line to Rapperswil. Between Stadelhofen and Meilen trains run non-stop, with a parallel stopping service provided by lines S6 and S16.^[4][5]

The following stations are served:^[4]

• Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
• Kemptthal
• Effretikon
• Bassersdorf
• Kloten
• Kloten Balsberg
• Opfikon
• Zürich Oerlikon
• Zürich Hardbrücke
• Zürich Hauptbahnhof
• Zürich Stadelhofen
• Meilen
• Uetikon
• Männedorf
• Stäfa
• Uerikon
• Feldbach
• Kempraten
• Rapperswil

Rolling stock

As of the December 2022 timetable change,^[update] services are operated by RABe 511 EMUs or Re 450 locomotives push-pulling double-deck coaches.^[6] RABe 514 ("DTZ") EMUs were used previously.^[7]

Scheduling

The normal frequency is one train every 30 minutes. A journey over the full length of the service takes 74 minutes.^[4]