Rapperswil - getting there by Mark Sukhija

By train

The S-Bahn trains to Rapperswil regularly depart from Zürich train station. Both the S5 and S7 depart from platforms 23/24 which is downstairs in the shopping area.

Regular trains, including the Voralpen Express scenic train, arrive from Lucerne and St Gallen.

Rapperswil is a junction point at one end of the Seedamm at the eastern end of Lake Zürich. Trains run between Rapperswil and Pfaeffikon (SZ).

By boat

During the summer months, boats depart from Bürkliplatz in Zürich . The Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) publishes a time table of the ships both to and from Rapperswil

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Map

Further reading

Rapperswil - What a visitor to Rapperswil needs to know

Switzerland - recommended hotels - Recommended hotels in Berne, Fribourg, Lugano, Neuchâtel and Rapperswil

About Lake Zurich - Lake Zürich cruise information and facts and figures about Lake Zürich

Einsiedeln - Travel information on and about Einsiedeln, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland

Switzerland - sacred destinations - Nine of the finest churchs, cathedrals and monastries in Switzerland

Einsiedeln - Baroque façade of the Kloster Einsiedeln - Façade of the Kloster Einsiedeln in Canton Schwyz, Switzerland

Zürich - 9 great things to do - 9 great things to do when visiting Zürich, Switzerland

Zürich - a brief history of Fraumünster - A brief history of the elegant Fraumünster church in Zürich

Züri Fäscht - Limmat River - Limmat river running through Züri Fäscht

Züri Fäscht - Ferris wheel at Fraumünster - Ferris wheel at Fraumünster at the 2013 Züri Fäscht

Rapperswil-Jona - Highlights of Rapperswil-Jona from the Verkersverein Rapperswil-Jona

About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook