Schaffhausen railway station

Schaffhausen railway station platforms

The station from the adjacent road bridge

The station is served by long-distance passenger trains running between Zurich and Stuttgart (over the Immendingen–Horb and Horb–Stuttgart lines) and between Basel and Friedrichshafen. Trains of Zurich S-Bahn services S9, S12, S24 and S33 serve the station, with all but the S33 providing a direct service to Zurich. The S1 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn operates over the Lake Line to Diessenhofen, Stein am Rhein, Kreuzlingen, Romanshorn, St. Gallen and Wil.

Trains of the Schaffhausen S-Bahn operate hourly, to and from Jestetten in Germany, with trains calling at Neuhausen and Neuhausen Rheinfall. Trains run half-hourly, to and from Erzingen also in Germany, with a quarter-hourly service at peak times on work days running to and from Beringen calling at Beringerfeld and Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof.[6][7][8] Another hourly S-Bahn links to Singen (Hohentwiel). This route, nicknamed Rhyhas, was operated as RB service by Deutsche Bahn until 2022 but is henceforth operated by SBB GmbH using THURBO EMUs.[9][10]

Summary of rail services at Schaffhausen station:[11]

• DB Fernverkehr / SBB CFF FFS IC4: hourly IC service between Zürich HB and Stuttgart Hbf.
• IRE 3: hourly service between Basel Bad Bf and Friedrichshafen Hafen.
• RE: hourly service to Zürich HB.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn S1: half-hourly service to Wil via St. Gallen.
• Zürich S-Bahn:
  • S9: hourly service to Uster (via Neuhausen Rheinfall).
  • S12: hourly service to Brugg AG (via Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall).
  • S24: hourly service between Thayngen and Zug (via Zürich Airport).
  • S33: hourly service to Winterthur (via Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall).
• Schaffhausen S-Bahn:
  • S: half-hourly service to Erzingen (Baden).
  • S: hourly service to Jestetten (via Neuhausen Rheinfall).
  • S: half-hourly service to Singen (Hohentwiel).

Urban bus routes of vbsh in the towns of Schaffhausen and Neuhausen am Rheinfall (as of December 2022)[12]

Irizar battery-powered bus of vbsh at Schaffhausen station

Regional bus routes of vbsh in the canton of Schaffhausen and neighboring German territory (as of December 2022)[13]

Urban and regional buses stop at the station forecourt, providing regular connections to various destinations in and around the town of Schaffhausen along with destinations further away throughout the canton and principally without railway stations of their own. Most routes are operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (vbsh).[14]

Of the urban bus routes, line 1 is operated by trolleybuses, while the other municipal lines (3–9) are operated by either diesel-powered buses or battery-powered buses. Except for line 9 (Ebnat–Herblingen railway station–Einkaufszentren), all lines pass through or terminate at Schaffhausen railway station. Most lines operate every 10 minutes, with fewer services in the evenings and weekends. Line 1 is the fastest and most frequent bus link to the Rhine Falls. Lines 6 and 8 stop at Schifflände (departures of boats of Schweizerische Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Untersee und Rhein to Kreuzlingen, Lake Constance)

Some destinations outside of the town of Schaffhausen are also served by vbsh (regional lines 21–28, of which only lines 21–25 serve Schaffhausen railway station). Bargen, Büttenhardt and Hemmental are all served hourly. There is also an hourly bus service to the village of Ramsen. The service also runs half-hourly between Schaffhausen station and Dörflingen, which does not have a railway station. The bus route to Ramsen crosses the Swiss-German border four times, entering and exiting German territory twice, calling at the village of Büsingen am Hochrhein which is an exclave of Germany entirely surrounded by Swiss territory and its outlying village Stemmer, both locations however lie within the Swiss customs area. The service also calls at Randegg and Murbach in Germany.[15]

Two additional bus services, operated by Postauto,[16] connect Schaffhausen station to villages in the neighbouring canton of Zurich, both calling at the Rhymarkt shopping centre located in Feuerthalen on the opposite bank of the River Rhine.

The station has two ticket offices, one for local tickets and passes and one for the national and international railway ticket sales and services. The station also offers a range of shopping facilities on two levels with various supermarkets, shops, bakeries and eateries as well as a chemist, located within the complex.[17]

Schaffhausen is, for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Germany using direct services without intermediate stops. Customs checks may be performed in Schaffhausen station by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.[18]

• Media related to Schaffhausen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Schaffhausen railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Schaffhausen)