Herisau railway station (German: Bahnhof Herisau) is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways. Both companies have separate tracks and facilities, separated by Bahnhofplatz.

Herisau
THURBO Stadler GTW No. 739 with a Konstanz RE service at Herisau in 2019
General information
Location	Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden Switzerland
Coordinates	47°23′24.7″N 9°16′36.5″E
Elevation	745 m (2,444 ft)
Owned by	Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Line(s)	Bodensee–Toggenburg line Gossau–Wasserauen line
Distance	5.0 km (3.1 mi) from Gossau SG 29.7 km (18.5 mi) from Romanshorn [1]
Platforms	2 island platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	THURBO Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Connections	Regiobus AG [de] bus lines[2]
History
Opened	1 October 1910 (1910-10-01)[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Wattwil towards Lucerne Voralpen Express St. Gallen Terminus Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Schachen (Herisau) towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 St. Gallen Haggen towards Altstätten SG Schachen (Herisau) Next counter-clockwise S4 St. Gallen Haggen Next clockwise Gossau SG Terminus S23 Wilen towards Wasserauen Terminus S81 St. Gallen Haggen towards St. Gallen Preceding station THURBO Following station Terminus RegioExpress St. Gallen towards Konstanz
Location

Layout

Herisau serves both the east-west 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn (SOB) and the north-south 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways (AB).[1] SOB has two platforms serving three tracks (Nos. 1–3) on the north side of Bahnhofplatz. AB is similarly situated, with two platforms serving tracks 11–13 south of Bahnhofplatz.[4]

A major project is underway to improve access to the station and redevelop parts of the site. This project will shift the Appenzell Railways tracks and platforms a short distance to the south, permitting the construction of a new bus loading area off Bahnhofplatz. Besides affording greater capacity, this loading area will be handicap-accessible. Traffic congestion will be further reduced by the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Bahnhofplatz and Bahnhofstrasse, just west of the station. Construction work began in January 2021; it is estimated that the entire project will be complete by 2028.[5]

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Herisau:[6][7]

• Voralpen Express: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
• RegioExpress: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line to Konstanz.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S2: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Altstätten SG.
  • S4: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line via Sargans (circular operation).
  • S23: half-hourly service over the Gossau–Wasserauen line between Gossau SG and Wasserauen.
  • S81: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line to St. Gallen.

The S2 and S4 combine for half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG; the various services on the Bodensee–Toggenburg line provide one train approximately every 11 minutes between Herisau and St. Gallen.

Notes

References

• "Bahnhofplatz Mit Bushof Herisau" (PDF) (in German). Herisau. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

External links

• Media related to Herisau railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Herisau railway station – SBB