S-BAHN TRAINS
Increasingly, double-deck, low-floor train sets are being used on the S-Bahn’s backbone network. Sliding steps make access easier through all the doors.
From December 2009, these trains have been in use on the following routes:
| S7 | Winterthur – Zürich HB – Meilen – Rapperswil (all services low-floor) |
| S8 | (Weinfelden) – Winterthur – Zürich HB – Pfäffikon SZ
(all services low-floor) |
| S14 | Zürich HB – Uster – Wetzikon – Hinwil (all services low-floor) |
| S15 | Rapperswil – Zürich HB – Affoltern am Albis (all services low-floor) |
| S16 | Thayngen – Schaffhausen – Winterthur – Zürich Flughafen – Zürich HB – Herrliberg-Feldmeilen (– Meilen) (individual services low-floor) |
Sometimes, exceptional operational constraints make it necessary to run high-floor trains on these routes instead of the intended low-floor ones.
Thurbo
has been running low-floor trains (articulated multiple
units) on all its routes since the middle of 2007. Those of its routes that run over ZVV territory
are:
| S22 | Bülach – Schaffhausen |
| S26 | Winterthur – Bauma – Rüti ZH |
| S29 | Winterthur – Stein a. Rhein |
| S30 | Winterthur – Frauenfeld – Weinfelden |
| S33 |
Winterthur – Schaffhausen
|
| S35 | Winterthur – Wil SG |
| S41 | Winterthur – Bülach – Zurzach – Waldshut |
SOB
set low-floor trains since middle of 2008. Those of its
routes that run over ZVV territory are:
| S13 | Wädenswil - Einsiedeln
Exceptions with older trains: Wädenswil ab: 05:19 (Mo-Fr), 08:34 Einsiedeln ab: 04:48 (Mo-Fr), 08:00 |
| S40 | Rapperswil - Pfäffikon SZ - Einsiedeln
Exceptions with older trains: Einsiedeln: ab 06:13 Rapperswil ab: 07:09 |
The various stations served by S-Bahn trains and trams differ considerably when it come to ease-of-use for passengers in wheelchairs (different platform heights and the presence of ramps or stairs). Since January 2008, the ZVV, in cooperation with the transport companies, has been providing passengers with more detailed information about the accessibility of stations and platforms as well as the arrangements for boarding trains – individually for each of the S-Bahn routes with low-floor services.
Stations at which assistance can be booked in advance
More and more low-floor trains are being used by the operators (SBB and THURBO) in Zurich’s
S-Bahn network. At thirty others stations within the ZVV territory, organisational arrangements
have been made for staff to be available to assist passengers in wheelchairs. These stations are
equipped with “Mobilifts”, thanks to which passengers in wheelchairs can use the high-floor trains
operating the following S-Bahn routes: S2, S3, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S12, S14, S16 (Saturdays and
Sundays); they can also be used for boarding and alighting from long-distance trains. Plan of the
Stations at which disabled assistance can be booked (PDF,
380KB)
The staff members responsible for operating the “Mobilifts” are available every day from 06:00
to 24:00. You must make your reservation in good time beforehand by contacting the “SBB Call Center
Handicap” (tel. 0800 007 102). You will find further information, including more details about the
stations offering disabled assistance at
www.sbb.ch/handicap
.
