S24 (ZVV)
The S24 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network. The line was significantly extended in June 2014, and has subsumed the previous S21 line that previously provided service over part of its extended route.
Route
The line runs from Zurich Oerlikon to Zug via Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Thalwil.
Before June 2014, S24 referred to a shorter line, running only between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Horgen Oberdorf. It was extended at its southern end to Zug in replacement of the now discontinued S21 line. At its northern end, it was extended to Zurich Oerlikon in order to provide service to Zurich Wipkingen station, which lost its previous service by lines S2, S8 and S14 when they were diverted to use the Weinberg Tunnel. As such, the S24 is now the only S-Bahn line that reverses direction in the Hauptbahnhof rather than using one of the station's underground through platforms.
S21
S21 or S-21 may be:
S21 may refer to :
St. Gallen–Trogen railway line
The St. Gallen–Trogen railway line, or Trogenerbahn (TB), is a 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) long railway line in Switzerland. It links the city of St. Gallen,in the canton of St. Gallen, with Speicher and Trogen, both in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Passenger service on the line now forms part of the St. Gallen S-Bahn, branded as the S21.
The line was opened in 1903, and was built as a rural electric tramway. Whilst much of the line has been upgraded, this is still apparent in the long stretches of roadside track, and in its exit from St. Gallen over street track. With a gradient of 7.6%, it is the steepest narrow-gauge adhesion railway in Switzerland.
The line is owned and operated by the Appenzell Railways company, which also operates several other railway lines in the two Appenzell cantons.
History
The line was opened on the 10 July 1903 by the Trogenerbahn AG company, with its headquarters in Trogen. From its terminus at St. Gallen railway station to the Brühltor, the line used the tracks of the St. Gallen city tramway.
S21 (Berlin)
S21 is a term of the Berlin S-Bahn with several usages:
History
The two former services were always operated with 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC overhead lines while all other S-Bahn lines in Berlin were and are operated with 800 V DC third rail. It was operated by Deutsche Bahn.
First operation in 2006
S21 service was introduced with the opening of the Berlin North-South mainline and the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof central station. DBAG Class 423 trains were used, these trains were lend from the Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt S-Bahns. The first S21 service was discontinued on July 11, 2006.
Second operation in 2009
In 2009 the S-Bahn service had to be strongly shortened due to lack of rolling stock. As a replacement and addition for the Nord-Süd-Tunnel-S-Bahn (S1, S2, S25 lines) the S21 ran again. Some S21 trains were extended to Hennigsdorf as a replacement for S25. This time trains of the Munich, Stuttgart and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahns were used.
Zürcher Verkehrsverbund
The ZVV (German abbreviation for Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, translated into English as Zürich Transport Network or Zürich Traffic Network) is a public transportation fare network system, combining virtually all kind of public transport means (rail, bus, tram, trolleybus, lake boat and cable car and the like) and services in the canton of Zürich (including Rapperswil-Jona and Pfäffikon SZ and some other spots), and integrating them into one single fare network and coordinated timetables. The fares are not based on particular lines and connections from A to B, but on the number of zones ones travels through for a specified period of time.
History and network
Established in May 1990, the ZVV was initially an elaborate web of railway lines. They were prefixed with the letter S (S-Bahn). S-Lines 1 through 43 (with some lines missing) now form part of the S-Bahn Network. A proof-of-payment fare system is in force on all S-Bahn trains; there are no fare gates, but those without a valid ticket face a minimum fine of CHF 100.
Podcasts:
