The station is situated at the south-eastern edge of the town centre, on the shore of Lake Zürich a short distance to the south of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ferry terminal.

[1][2] The station building is inscribed on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance (class A).

The station has two tracks, flanked by a pair of side platforms.

Both platforms are connected by a pedestrian subway, which also connects to the town centre on the landward side, and the ZSG terminal on the lake side.

The station is served by the following lines of the Zürich S-Bahn, operated by the Swiss Federal Railways:[4] The two services each operated every half-hour during the day, combining to provide four trains per hour to and from Zürich, with a journey time of between 30 and 40 minutes.