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Schmerikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Schmerikon) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Schmerikon in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]

Schmerikon
The station platform in 2009
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Schmerikon, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance	49.3 km (30.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	995 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[3]
Passengers
2018	1,400 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Rapperswil towards Lucerne Voralpen Express Uznach towards St. Gallen Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Blumenau towards Rapperswil S6 Uznach towards Schwanden or Linthal
Location

The station is served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen via Rapperswil and Wattwil, and by St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 that operates south-east to Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil.

Services

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

• Voralpen Express: hourly service between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke.

References

External links

• Media related to Schmerikon railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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