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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]

Schänis
The station platform in 2016
General information
Location	Ziegelbrückstrasse Schänis, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″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[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	991 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[3]
Passengers
2018	720 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Uznach Next clockwise S4 Ziegelbrücke Next counter-clockwise Benken towards Rapperswil S6 Ziegelbrücke towards Schwanden or Linthal
Location

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,^[update] 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

External links

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

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