Murg railway station (German: Bahnhof Murg) is a railway station in Quarten, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. The station is a short walk from the ferry across the Walensee to Quinten.
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 The station building in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Quarten Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°6′37″N 9°12′49″E / 47.11028°N 9.21361°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 21.2 km (13.2 mi) from Sargans[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Südostbahn | ||||||||||
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Layout and connections edit
Murg has a 200-metre (660 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 1–2).[2] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg operates bus services from the station to Walenstadt.[3] Schiffsbetrieb Walensee operates ferries on the Walensee from a ferry dock approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the station.
Services edit
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Murg:[4]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S17: hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke.
References edit
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg (12 December 2021). "Walensee" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Zürich HB - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Chur" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Murg railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Murg railway station – SBB
