Rorschach railway station

Rorschach railway station (German: Bahnhof Rorschach) is a railway station in Rorschach, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of four railway lines: Chur–Rorschach, Rorschach–St. Gallen, Rorschach–Heiden, and the Lake Line. It is the primary station for Rorschach and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Rorschach
The station building in 2010
Location	Rorschach Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′40.814″N 9°30′18.443″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Rorschach–St. Gallen line Lake Line Rorschach–Heiden line
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station St. Gallen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 13 St. Margrethen towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Rorschach Stadt towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 Staad towards Altstätten SG Rorschach Stadt towards St. Gallen S3 Staad towards St. Margrethen Rorschach Stadt Next counter-clockwise S4 Staad Next clockwise Rorschach Hafen towards Weinfelden S7 Terminus Rorschach Hafen Terminus S25 Seebleiche towards Heiden
Location
Rorschach Location within Switzerland

Rorschach is one of three stations within the municipality of Rorschach, along with Rorschach Stadt (the next station west on the Rorschach–St. Gallen line) and Rorschach Hafen, the next station northwest on the Rorschach–Heiden line on the shore of Lake Constance.

Services

Long-distance

Rorschach is served by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) IR 13, which provides hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Rorschach–St. Gallen lines between Zürich and Chur:[1]

• IR: Zürich Hauptbahnhof – Zürich Airport – Winterthur – Flawil – Gossau SG – St. Gallen – Rorschach – St. Margrethen – Heerbrugg – Landquart – Chur

Local

Rorschach is served by five services of the St. Gallen S-Bahn:[1]

• S2: hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Rorschach–St. Gallen lines between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Altstätten SG
• S3: hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Rorschach–St. Gallen lines between St. Gallen and St. Margrethen.
• S4: hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Rorschach–St. Gallen lines via Sargans (circular operation).
• S7: half-hourly service over the Lake Line to Weinfelden or Romanshorn.
• S25: hourly service over the Lake and Rorschach–Heiden lines between Rorschach Hafen and Heiden.

References

1. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Rorschach" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

• Media related to Rorschach railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Rorschach railway station – SBB