St. Gallen railway station

St. Gallen
St. Gallen
	The station building at night in July 2014
Location	Bahnhofplatz; St. Gallen; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E
Elevation	668 m (2,192 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	St. Gallen–Winterthur line; Rorschach–St. Gallen line; Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line; Romanshorn–Toggenburg line;
Platforms	4 (Swiss Federal Railways); 3 (Appenzell Railways);
Tracks	8 (Swiss Federal Railways); 4 (Appenzell Railways);
Train operators	Appenzell Railways; Südostbahn; Swiss Federal Railways; THURBO;
Connections	PostAuto bus lines; vbsg st.gallerbus bus and trolley bus lines;
Other information
Fare zone	ostwind: 210
Website	Bahnhof St. Gallen
History
Opened	1856
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	48,600 per working day[1]
Rank	14 of 1735
Services
Location
	St. Gallen Location within Switzerland

St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the town St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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.

Location

St. Gallen railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, just to the west of the city centre.

Services

Long-distance

The following long-distance services call at St. Gallen:[2]

IC: St. Gallen – Winterthur – Zürich Airport – Zürich Hauptbahnhof – Bern – Geneva Airport
IC: St. Gallen – Gossau SG – Flawil – Winterthur – Zürich Hauptbahnhof – Lausanne
EC: Basel SBB – Zürich Hauptbahnhof – Zürich Airport – Winterthur – St. Gallen – St. Margrethen – Bregenz – München Hauptbahnhof
IR: Zürich Hauptbahnhof – Zürich Airport – Winterthur – Flawil – Gossau SG – St. Gallen – Rorschach – St. Margrethen – Heerbrugg – Landquart – Chur
VAE: Lucerne – Herisau – Wattwil – Uznach – Schmerikon – Biberbrugg - St. Gallen

S-Bahn

The station is also served by the following St. Gallen S-Bahn lines:[2]

S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Wil.
S2: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Altstätten SG
S3: hourly service over the Rorschach–St. Gallen railway to St. Margrethen.
S4: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and Rorschach–St. Gallen railway via Sargans (circular operation).
S5: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Weinfelden.
S8: half-hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Schaffhausen.
S21: half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
S81: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Herisau.
S82: rush-hour service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Wittenbach.

Notes

"Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
"Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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

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[SBB-1] "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.

[abfahrt-2] "Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.