St. Gallen railway station

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

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 (1856)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	48,600 per working day[1]
Rank	14 of 1735
Services Preceding station EuroCity Following station Winterthur towards Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof Basel/Zürich to München St. Margrethen towards München Hauptbahnhof Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Winterthur towards Geneva Airport InterCity IC 1 Terminus Gossau SG towards Lausanne InterCity IC 5 Gossau SG towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio 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 Winkeln towards Wil S1 Terminus St. Gallen Haggen towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Altstätten SG Terminus S3 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards St. Margrethen St. Gallen Haggen Next counter-clockwise S4 St. Gallen St. Fiden Next clockwise St. Gallen Bruggen towards Weinfelden S5 Terminus Terminus S8 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Schaffhausen Teufen towards Appenzell S21 Speicher towards Trogen St. Gallen Haggen towards Herisau S81 Terminus Terminus S82 St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Wittenbach
Location
St. Gallen Location within 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.

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

Notes

1. "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
2. "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