St. Gallen railway station

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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+38 in) gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways.[1]

St. Gallen
Tall Baroque Revival building
The station building at night in July 2014
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Coordinates47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E / 47.42318306°N 9.36987306°E / 47.42318306; 9.36987306
Elevation669 m (2,195 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms
Tracks9
Train operators
Connections
Trolleybus
Trolleybus
VBSG trolleybus[2] 1 3 4 5
Bus
Bus
VBSG bus 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

PostAuto 120 121 180 200 210 211 242 980

Regiobus[3] 151
Other information
Fare zone210 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[4]
WebsiteBahnhof St. Gallen
History
Opened1856 (1856)
Rebuilt2018
Passengers
201848,600 per working day[5]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Winterthur EuroCity St. Margrethen
towards München Hbf
Gossau SG IC 1 Terminus
Winterthur IC 5
Rorschach
Terminus
Gossau SG 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 S2 St. Gallen St. Fiden
St. Gallen Haggen
towards Rapperswil
S4 St. Gallen St. Fiden
towards Sargans
St. Gallen Bruggen
towards Weinfelden
S5 St. Gallen St. Fiden
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
RE1 Romanshorn
towards Konstanz
Location
St. Gallen is located in Switzerland
St. Gallen
St. Gallen
Location in Switzerland
St. Gallen is located in Canton of St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen (Canton of St. Gallen)
Map

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

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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.[6]

Services

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As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following rail services stop at St. Gallen:[7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Liniennetz st.gallerbus" (PDF). Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "80.151 Gossau SG - Arena - St. Gallen" (PDF). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  4. ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  6. ^ "St. Gallen" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

References

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