The S2 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

Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...

 with Schwyz

Canton of Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne in the east and Lake Zurich in the north, centered around and named after the town of Schwyz....

, Glarus

Canton of Glarus

The Canton of Glarus is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus.The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German.The majority of the population identifies as Christian, about evenly split between the Protestant and Catholic confessions.-History:According to legend, the...

 and St. Gallen.

Route

The line runs from Effretikon and heads, stopping by Zürich Oerlikon, Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Zürich Enge, on the left shore of the Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich

Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....

 to Pfäffikon (SZ) and Ziegelbrücke

Ziegelbrücke

Ziegelbrücke is a village in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus and Schänis in the canton of St...

, a village straddling the cantons of St. Gallen (railway station site) and Glarus.

Between Zürich Enge and Pfäffikon the S2 stops only in Richterswil, Wädenswil, Horgen and Thalwil.

Stations

• Effretikon
• Bassersdorf
  Bassersdorf
  Bassersdorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zurich, located in the district of Bülach, and belongs to the Glatt Valley .- History :...
  
  
• Zürich Flughafen
  Zürich Airport railway station
  Zurich Airport railway station is a railway station located underneath Check In 3, inside the terminal of Zurich Airport , in Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland....
  
  
• Zürich Oerlikon
• Zürich Wipkingen
  Zürich Wipkingen railway station
  Zürich Wipkingen is a train station in the Wipkingen quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. It is served by lines S2, S8 and S14 of the Zürich S-Bahn.- External links :...
  
  
• Zürich Hauptbahnhof
• Zürich Wiedikon
• Zürich Enge
• Thalwil
  Thalwil railway station
  Thalwil is a railway station in the municipality of Thalwil in the Swiss Canton of Zürich.The station is located on the Zürich to Lucerne main line. To the Zurich side of the station, the Zimmerberg Base Tunnel diverges from the original main line, whilst on the Lucerne side is the junction point...
  
  
• Horgen
  Horgen railway station
  Horgen is a railway station in Switzerland, situated on the banks of Lake Zurich in the town of Horgen. The station is located on the Zürich to Chur railway line and is served by lines S2 and S8 of the Zurich S-Bahn....
  
  
• Wädenswil
  Wädenswil railway station
  Wädenswil is a railway station in Switzerland, situated near to the banks of Lake Zurich in the municipality of Wädenswil in the canton of Zurich. The station is located on the Zurich to Chur main line. It is served by lines S2, S8 and S13 of the Zurich S-Bahn, and also by longer distance trains.-...
  
  
• Richterswil
  Richterswil railway station
  Richterswil railway station serves the municipality of Richterswil, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS, and forms part of the Left shore Lake Zurich railway....
  
  
• Pfäffikon SZ
  Pfäffikon SZ railway station
  Pfäffikon SZ railway station is a junction station serving Pfäffikon, the principal town of the municipality of Freienbach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland....
  
  
• Altendorf
  Altendorf, Schwyz
  Altendorf is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.-Geography:Altendorf has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.5% is forested...
  
  
• Lachen
• Siebnen-Wangen
• Schübelbach
  Schübelbach
  Schübelbach is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.-Geography:Schübelbach has an area, , of . Of this area, 48.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.8% is forested...
  
  -Buttikon
• Reichenburg
  Reichenburg
  Reichenburg is a municipality in March District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.-History:It was founded in 1403 by the Dominican friar Gregory of Moorlock on the site of a spring used by pilgrims to wash their feet.-Geography:...
  
  
• Bilten
  Bilten
  Bilten is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord.-Geography:...
  
  
• Ziegelbrücke
  Ziegelbrücke railway station
  Ziegelbrücke railway station is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke, which is shared between the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus, and Schänis in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland....
  
  

Rolling stock

All services are operated by Re 450 class

SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450

The Re 450 is a four axle electric locomotive, used by Swiss Federal Railways on S-Bahn services in Zürich. Under the old Swiss class system, they would have been known as Re 4/4V. They are usually found working with fixed formations of three double-deck passenger carriages, the rear-most of which...

 locomotives pushing or pulling

Push-pull train

Push–pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end.A push–pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via some form of remote control, such as multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a control cab at the other...

 double-deck passenger carriages.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland
  Rail transport in Switzerland
  The railways of Switzerland include and narrow gauge .*Network size: 5,063 km*standard gauge: , of which is electrified.*narrow gauge: , of which is electrified...
  
  
• Trams in Zürich