S9
S9 service on the Eglisau railway bridge over the Rhine
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Zürich, Switzerland
Termini	Schaffhausen Uster
Stations	23
Website	ZVV (in English)
Service
Type	S-Bahn
System	Zürich S-Bahn
Operator(s)	Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)
Rolling stock	Re 450 class + double-deck coaches
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend time (h) S24 S62 IRE 3 to Thayngen S1 to Stein am Rhein 0:00 Schaffhausen S1 S12 S24 S33 S62 S64 S65 IRE 3 S64 IRE 3 to Erzingen (Baden) 0:03 Neuhausen S12 S24 S33 S65 S12 S24 S33 to Winterthur Neuhausen Tunnel (144 m) 0:04 Neuhausen Rheinfall (Rhine Falls) S65 Fischerhölzli Tunnel (112 m) Swiss-German border Altenburg-Rheinau 0:09 Jestetten S65 0:13 Lottstetten Swiss-German border 0:18 Rafz 0:18 Hüntwangen-Wil Eglisau railway bridge (439 m) over Rhine S36 to Bad Zurzach 0:21 Eglisau S36 0:23 Glattfelden 0:28 Bülach S3 S36 S41 S41 to Winterthur Glatt 0:32 Niederglatt S15 to Niederweningen 0:35 Oberglatt S3 S15 0:38 Rümlang 10 12 to Zürich Airport 0:42 Glattbrugg S3 S15 10 12 to Glattpark S2 S16 S24 to Zürich Airport S7 to Opfikon S6 S21 to Regensdorf-Watt S8 S14 S19 to Wallisellen 0:46 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 0:49 Zürich Hardbrücke S3 S5 S6 S7 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 0:53 0:58 Zürich HB[a] S2 S8 S14 S19 to Zürich Oerlikon Hirschengraben Tunnel (2.15 km) 1:01 Zürich Stadelhofen S3 S5 S6 S7 S11 S12 S15 S16 S18 S20 S23 S18 from Zürich Stadelhofen FB to Esslingen S6 S7 S16 S20 to Zürich Tiefenbrunnen Zürichberg Tunnel (4.97 km) 1:06 Stettbach S3 S11 S12 12 to Zürich Airport S14 to Wallisellen Glatttal viaduct S3 S11 S12 S23 to Effretikon 1:10 Dübendorf S14 1:13 Schwerzenbach S14 1:15 Nänikon-Greifensee S14 1:20 Uster S5 S14 S15 S5 S14 S15 to Wetzikon [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 S9 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 Zürich and Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Between the two Swiss cantons, the line also serves two stations in Germany.

At Zürich HB, trains of the S9 service usually depart from underground tracks (Gleis) 41–44 (Museumstrasse station).

Route

• S9 (Schaffhausen –) Rafz – Hardbrücke – Zürich HB – Uster
  Operates every 30 minutes between Schaffhausen and Rafz only during rush hour, otherwise every hours.

The line runs from Schaffhausen, capital of the canton of Schaffhausen to Zurich Hauptbahnhof, before continuing via Zürich Stadelhofen to Uster. The following stations are served:^[4][5]

• Schaffhausen
• Neuhausen
• Neuhausen Rheinfall

Swiss-German border

• Jestetten (Germany)
• Lottstetten (Germany)

Swiss-German border

• Rafz
• Hüntwangen-Wil
• Eglisau
• Glattfelden
• Bülach
• Niederglatt
• Oberglatt
• Rümlang
• Glattbrugg
• Zürich Oerlikon
• Zürich Hardbrücke
• Zürich Hauptbahnhof
• Zürich Stadelhofen
• Stettbach
• Dübendorf
• Schwerzenbach
• Nänikon-Greifensee
• Uster

Rolling stock

As of the December 2022 timetable change,^[update] all services are operated by Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.^[6]

Scheduling

Between Uster and Rafz, trains run every 30 minutes throughout the day. At peak periods all trains continue from Rafz to Schaffhausen, but at other times alternate trains terminate at Rafz. The journey time from Uster to Schaffhausen takes 82 minutes.^[5]

History

Prior to the timetable revision of late 2015, the section of the S9 between Zürich and Uster operated much as today. However west of Zürich, the trains operated to Zug via Affoltern am Albis. The sections of line no longer covered by the S9 are now served by the S5.^[7][4]