To the west the Furttal line continues as a dual track railway towards Zürich Affoltern.

Zürich Seebach station sees significant through freight traffic, most of which takes the Furttal line in order to avoid passing through central Zürich, using the northern connector (via Kloten and Effretikon) onto or off the Zürich–Winterthur line.

The station building, an early work of architect Max Vogt (1925–2019), was built in 1959.

In the opposite direction, te S6 continues to Baden, taking 28 minutes for the journey.

[6] Summary of all S-Bahn services: The stations is not well connected to the Zürich tram network and bus routes.