It is predominantly double-track, but with single-track sections from Stadelhofen to Tiefenbrunnen, Herrliberg-Feldmeilen to Meilen, Uetikon to Stäfa, and Uerikon to Rapperswil.

[1] On 12 March 1894 the 30.3 kilometre stretch from Stadelhofen to Rapperswil was officially approved and two days later it was ceremonially opened.

On the inauguration day, 14 March, a procession with two decorated locomotives and 14 coaches left Stadelhofen at 12:20 bound for Rapperswil.

Black flags and banners had been hung out, and in Untergrüt, a street adjacent to the railway line, the special train was greeted by two effigies.

On 18 January 1971 two Gold Coast Express trains RABDe 12/12 1109 and 1119 collided in Herrliberg-Feldmeilen station.

[3] On 25 March 1971 RABDe 12/12 1113 and 1117 collided on departure from Uerikon, when a driver overran a red starter signal.