The S11 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network. The S11 is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich and Aargau.
Route
Line S11 commences at Aarau station, in the canton of Aargau. It follows the Heitersberg line as far as Killwangen-Spreitenbach station, and then the Baden to Zürich line as far as Dietikon station and the approaches to Zürich Hauptbahnhof station. Passing through the lower level platforms at this station, the line then passes through the Hirschengraben and Zürichberg tunnels, and Stettbach station, before joining the Zürich to Winterthur line. The S11 follows this line as far as Winterthur Hauptbahnhof station, running non-stop between Stettbach and Winterthur. From Winterthur it runs either over the Tösstalbahn as far as Sennhof-Kyburg, or over the Winterthur to Etzwilen line as far as Seuzach. During rush hour, trains are extended from Sennhof-Kyburg to Wila.
Trains on the S11 usually run every 30 minutes, with a journey time of around 50 to 92 minutes. The alternation of trains to Sennhof-Kyburg and Seuzach provides an hourly service to each terminus. Service from Dietikon to Aarau is half-hourly at peak times and hourly at off-peak times.
Stations
The following stations are served by the S11.
Stations served by trains on the S11 Aarau branch
Aarau
Lenzburg
Othmarsingen (served by 1 train per hour and direction) Mägenwil Mellingen Heitersberg Killwangen-Spreitenbach Dietikon
Stations served by all S11 trains
Dietikon
Glanzenberg
Schlieren
Zürich Altstetten
Zürich Altstetten
Zürich Hardbrücke
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Stadelhofen
Stettbach
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Stations served by trains on the S11 Seuzach branch
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Oberwinterthur
Winterthur Wallrüti
Reutlingen
Seuzach
Stations served by trains on the S11 Sennhof-Kyburg / Wila branch
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Winterthur Grüze
Winterthur Seen
Sennhof-Kyburg
Kollbrunn
Rikon
Rämismühle-Zell
Turbenthal
Wila
Rolling stock
all services are operated with RABe 511 class trains.