LAKE  ZURICH

Lake Zurich - Paddle Steamer Summary
The paddle steamers normally only operate during fine weather
2 Paddle Steamers
(see Fleet Lists)		 PS Stadt Rapperswil - PS Stadt Zürich
 
Routes
(see map)		 Zurich - Männedorf - Rapperswil - Schmerikon
(also short workings between these points)
 
Paddle Steamer Sailings
(see Timetable Index)		 Based on mid-October 2007 to mid-October 2008
(with information updated where possible)
Summer
June to
September		 Mondays to Saturdays (excluding Swiss National day - 1st August)
  1) Zurich (dep 0930) - Rapperswil (dep 1125) - Zurich
  2) Zurich (dep 1030) - Rapperswil (dep 1230) - Zurich
  3) Zurich (dep 1430) - Rapperswil (dep 1630) - Zurich
  4) Zurich (dep 1440) - Männedorf (dep 1556) - Zurich
Sundays (including Swiss National day - 1st August)
  1) Zurich (dep 0930) - Rapperswil (dep 1125) - Zurich
  2) Zurich (dep 1230) - Schmerikon (dep 1610) - Zurich
  3) Zurich (dep 1430) - Rapperswil (dep 1630) - Zurich
Autumn
start to mid-October		 Mondays to Saturdays
  no paddle steamers advertised in service
Sundays
  1) Zurich (dep 1330) - Rapperswil (dep 1525) - Zurich  *
     * - NOT advertised  (and usually ONLY during very good weather) - vice a smaller motor vessel --- BASED on 2007 and previous years !
End Autumn
late-October		 Mondays to Saturdays
  no paddle steamers advertised in service
Sunday - Traditional "Last day of the season"
  1) Zurich (dep 0930) - Rapperswil (dep 1125) - Zurich  *
  2) Zurich (dep 1330) - Rapperswil (dep 1525) - Zurich  *
     * - NOT advertised - based on previous years
Early Winter
end-October to
end-December		 Daily
  no paddle steamers in service
Winter
start-January to
late-March		 Daily
  no paddle steamers in service
Early Spring
end-March to
late-April		 Daily
  no paddle steamers advertised in service
Sundays also local holidays (including Easter weekend)
  1) Zurich (dep 1030) - Rapperswil (dep 1230) - Zurich     ---  not advertised - based on Easter Sunday 2008 
  2) Zurich (dep 1440) - Männedorf (dep 1556) - Zurich     ---  not advertised
or
  1) Zurich (dep 1130) - Rapperswil (dep 1325) - Zurich     ---  not advertised - based on Good Friday 2008 
  2) Zurich (dep 1330) - Rapperswil (dep 1525) - Zurich *  ---  based on 2007
   * - less likely to operate in 2008 if the 2007 built mv Panta Rhei eventually enters service  
Early Spring
end-April		 Mondays to Saturdays
  no paddle steamers advertised in service
Sundays
  no paddle steamers on timetabled services
Sunday (Swiss Navigation Day)
  1) Zurich (dep 1130) - Rapperswil (dep 1325) - Zurich     ---   based on 2008
  2) Zurich (dep 1330) - Rapperswil (dep 1525) - Zurich     ---   based on 2008
Late Spring
May		 Mondays to Saturdays
  no paddle steamers advertised in service
Sundays also local holidays
  1) Zurich (dep 0930) - Rapperswil (dep 1125) - Zurich
  2) Zurich (dep 1430) - Rapperswil (dep 1630) - Zurich
PLEASE check with the operator nearer the time, as it is often necessary to make late changes,   especially to the vessel operating a particular sailing
Note: Additional sailings are operated throughout the year by motor vessels
but only at the Zurich end of the lake during the Winter
 
Fleet disposition Both paddle steamers normally berth overnight near Zurich
It is usually only possible to see both paddle steamers in timetabled service during the peak-summer (June to September)

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Updated - Lakes Brienz, Geneva, Luzern, Thun, Zurich, Konstanz, Maggiore, Como, Garda 3rd August 2008   e-mail   (c)1999-2008 John B Bird