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]

St. Gallen
The station building at night in July 2014
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E
Elevation	669 m (2,195 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	St. Gallen–Winterthur line Rorschach–St. Gallen line Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line Romanshorn–Toggenburg line
Distance	21.5 km (13.4 mi) from Romanshorn 80.5 km (50.0 mi) from Sargans [1]
Platforms	1 island platform 4 side platforms
Tracks	9
Train operators	Appenzell Railways Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways THURBO
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz bus lines Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen [de] bus and trolleybus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone	210 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[3]
Website	Bahnhof St. Gallen
History
Opened	1856 (1856)
Passengers
2018	48,600 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 InterCity IC 5 Rorschach Terminus 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 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Schaffhausen St. Gallen Haggen towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Altstätten SG St. Gallen Haggen Next counter-clockwise S4 St. Gallen St. Fiden Next clockwise St. Gallen Bruggen towards Weinfelden S5 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards St. Margrethen Niederteufen towards Appenzell S20 St. Gallen Marktplatz towards Trogen St. Gallen Riethüsli towards Appenzell S21 St. Gallen Riethüsli towards Teufen AR 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

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,^[update] 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 and hourly service to Rorschach.
• 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 between Wil and Schaffhausen.
  • S2: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Altstätten SG
  • S4: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and Rorschach–St. Gallen railway via Sargans (circular operation).
  • S5: hourly or better service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Weinfelden and hourly service over the Rorschach–St. Gallen railway to St. Margrethen.
  • S20: rush-hour service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
  • S21: half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
  • S22: rush-hour service between Teufen AR 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

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

Notes

References

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

External links

• Media related to St. Gallen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• St. Gallen railway station – SBB

На других языках

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