St_Gallen_railway_station

St. Gallen railway station

St. Gallen railway station

Railway station in St. Gallen, Switzerland

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]

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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.[6]

Services

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

See also

Notes

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

References

  • 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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