Sihlwald railway station
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Sihlwald is a railway station in the Sihl Valley
in the Swiss
Canton of Zurich
.
The station is the terminus of line S4
of the Zürich S-Bahn
, which is operated by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
(SZU), although many S4 trains terminate at Langnau-Gattikon, one stop nearer Zurich
. The stretch of railway beyond Sihlwald to Sihlbrugg
no longer carries a regular passenger train service.
Sihl Valley
Sihl Valley is a river valley and belongs to the Zimmerberg-Sihltal region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Commonly Sihltal is used as the name of the lower Sihl valley, i.e...
in the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Canton of Zurich
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...
.
The station is the terminus of line S4
S4 (ZVV)
The S4 is a regional railway line of the Zurich S-Bahn on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund , Zürich transportation network, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.- Route :The line runs from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Langnau-Gattikon and Sihlwald...
of the Zürich S-Bahn
Zürich S-Bahn
The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighboring cantons The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been...
, which is operated by the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
The Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn – commonly abbreviated to SZU – is a railway company and transport network in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland...
(SZU), although many S4 trains terminate at Langnau-Gattikon, one stop nearer Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
. The stretch of railway beyond Sihlwald to Sihlbrugg
Sihlbrugg railway station
Sihlbrugg is a railway station in the village of Sihlbrugg in the Swiss Canton of Zurich.The station is a junction point between the Swiss Federal Railways line from Zug to Zurich Hauptbahnhof via Thalwil, and the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn line to Zurich via Sihlwald...
no longer carries a regular passenger train service.