St. Gallen railway station

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St. Gallen
Tall Baroque Revival building
The station building at night in July 2014
LocationBahnhofplatz
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Coordinates47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E / 47.42318306°N 9.36987306°E / 47.42318306; 9.36987306Coordinates: 47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E / 47.42318306°N 9.36987306°E / 47.42318306; 9.36987306
Elevation669 m (2,195 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Other information
Fare zone210 ( [de])[3]
WebsiteBahnhof St. Gallen
History
Opened1856 (1856)
Passengers
201848,600 per working day[4]
Services
Preceding station EuroCity Following station
Winterthur
towards Zürich Hbf
 Zürich to München St. Margrethen
towards München Hbf
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Gossau SG
towards Geneva Airport
 InterCity
IC 1
 Terminus
Winterthur
towards Geneva Airport or Lausanne
 InterCity
IC 5
Gossau SG
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
 InterRegio
IR 13
 Rorschach
towards Chur
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Herisau
towards Lucerne
 Voralpen Express Terminus
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
St. Gallen Bruggen
towards Wil
 S1 Terminus
St. Gallen Haggen
towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
 S2 St. Gallen St. Fiden
towards Altstätten SG
Terminus S3 St. Gallen St. Fiden
towards St. Margrethen
St. Gallen Haggen
Next counter-clockwise
 S4 St. Gallen St. Fiden
Next clockwise
St. Gallen Bruggen
towards Weinfelden
 S5 Terminus
Terminus S8 St. Gallen St. Fiden
towards Schaffhausen
towards Appenzell
 S20
towards
towards Appenzell
 S21
towards
S22
St. Gallen Haggen
towards Herisau
 S81 Terminus
Terminus S82 St. Gallen St. Fiden
towards Wittenbach
Preceding station THURBO Following station
Herisau
Terminus
 RegioExpress
 Romanshorn
towards Konstanz
Location
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St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the town St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge St. Gallen–Winterthur, Rorschach–St. Gallen, and Romanshorn–Toggenburg lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways.[1]

Opened in 1856 and completely rebuilt at the outset of the 20th century, the station is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), and is the focal point of the St. Gallen S-Bahn. It also serves as a central station to the Appenzell Railways (AB) and many city and urban bus connections in front of the main building.

Layout[]

St. Gallen railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, just to the west of the city centre. The standard gauge portion of the station consists of four platforms (1 island platform and three side platforms) serving 7 tracks (Nos. 1–7). Appenzell Railways serves tracks 11 and 12 at a pair of side platforms in the station forecourt.[5]

Services[]

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following rail services stop at St. Gallen:[6]

  • EuroCity: service every two hours between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof.
  • InterCity: half-hourly service to Geneva Airport or Lausanne.
  • Voralpen Express: hourly service to Lucerne.
  • InterRegio: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
  • RegioExpress: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Herisau and Konstanz.
  • St. Gallen S-Bahn:
    • S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Wil.
    • S2: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Altstätten SG
    • S3: hourly service over the Rorschach–St. Gallen railway to St. Margrethen.
    • S4: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and Rorschach–St. Gallen railway via Sargans (circular operation).
    • S5: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Weinfelden.
    • S8: half-hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Schaffhausen.
    • S20: rush-hour service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and .
    • S21: half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
    • S22: rush-hour service between and Trogen.
    • S81: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Herisau.
    • S82: rush-hour service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Wittenbach.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz st.gallerbus" (PDF). Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German).  [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ "St. Gallen" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

References[]

  • Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz [Railway Stations of Switzerland] (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.

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