S23 (ZVV)
{{Short description|Railway service in Switzerland}}
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File:S-Bahn-Zuerich-Linienplan ab Ende 2018.svg network as of December 2018. (S23 line is indicated on the current map, see:{{Cite web | url=https://www.zvv.ch/content/dam/zvv/fahrplan/pdf/sbahn.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724055231/https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/pdf/sbahn.pdf | archive-date=2019-07-24 | title=S-Bahnen, Busse und Schiffe - S-Bahn trains, buses and boats}})]]
The S23 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn that operates only during rush hour.{{cite web | title=Zürcher S-Bahn S23 | url=https://www.zvv.ch/zvv-assets/fahrplan/fahrplanverfahren/bahn-und-schiff-24-25/TF%20S23.pdf | date=2023-09-15 | accessdate=2024-01-07 | publisher=Zürcher Verkehrsverbund | lang=de}}
At {{rws|Zürich HB}}, trains of the S23 service usually depart from underground tracks ({{lang|de|Gleis}}) 41–44 (Museumstrasse station).
Route
- {{S-Bahn-Zürich|23|x|x}}
The service calls only at major stations between Zürich (canton of Zürich) and Romanshorn (Canton of Thurgau) on the shores of Lake Constance. Only some trains operate between Winterthur and Romanshorn, while others have Winterthur as their terminus.
- Zürich Hauptbahnhof
- {{stnlnk|Stadelhofen}}
- {{stnlnk|Winterthur}}
- {{stnlnk|Frauenfeld}}
- {{stnlnk|Weinfelden}}
- {{stnlnk|Sulgen}}
- {{stnlnk|Amriswil}}
- {{stnlnk|Romanshorn}}
Scheduling
The S23 operates during peak-hours only: five trains from Winterthur to Zürich HB in the morning (two originate in Romanshorn), and four trains from Zürich HB to Winterthur in the evenings (with two continuing to Romanshorn). The journey between Zürich and Winterthur, including the sole intermediate stop in Stadelhofen, requires 24 minutes. Zürich to Romanshorn requires 69 minutes.{{cite web | title= Zürich - Winterthur (via Wallisellen/Stadelhofen) | url=https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2023/751.pdf | date=22 September 2022 | lang=de | accessdate=11 January 2023}}
Rolling stock
Services are operated by two (head and tail) refurbished Re 420 (LION) locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.{{Cite web |title=Annual formation |url=https://data.sbb.ch/explore/embed/dataset/jahresformation/table/?refine.zugart=S&refine.debicode=1756.0&refine.beginnfahrplanperiode=Fpl-2023 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=data.sbb.ch |language=en}}
History
The S23 was introduced in the timetable revision of December 2015 as a peak-hour service between Zürich HB and Winterthur. The S23 supplemented the S11, then a peak-hour service between {{rws|Zürich Hardbrücke}} and Winterthur, and the S12, which operated on a hourly schedule and was "notorious" for overcrowding. Some S23 services continued to Romanshorn.{{Cite news |date=2017-08-02 |title=Pendler ärgern sich über S-Bahn ohne Klimaanlage |language=de |work=20 Minuten |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/pendler-aergern-sich-ueber-s-bahn-ohne-klimaanlage-197257626883 |access-date=2023-01-11}}
At the time of its introduction the S23 was the only service on the Zürich S-Bahn whose carriages were not air-conditioned, leading to complaints from passengers during the summer months.
See also
{{Portal|Trains|Switzerland}}
References
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{{Public transport in Zurich|state=expanded}}
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Category:Transport in the canton of Zürich
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