Schänis railway station

Schänis
Schänis
	The station platform in 2016
Location	Ziegelbrückstrasse; Schänis, St. Gallen; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″E / 47.15765694°N 9.04397611°ECoordinates: 47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″E / 47.15765694°N 9.04397611°E
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance	37.1 km (23.1 mi) from Sargans
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses
Other information
Fare zone	991 ( [de])
Passengers
2018	720 per weekday
Services
Location
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Schänis railway station (German: Bahnhof Schänis) is a railway station in the municipality of Schänis in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.^[5]^[1]

The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4, which operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen, Sargans and Ziegelbrücke, and service S6, which links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide half-hourly services to Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.

Services[]

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Schänis:^[6]

St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S4: hourly service via Sargans and St. Gallen (circle route).
- S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.