St. Gallen railway station
St. Gallen | |
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.JPG) The station building at night in July 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bahnhofplatz 9000 St. Gallen SG Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°25′23″N 09°22′09″E / 47.42306°N 9.36917°E |
| Owned by | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Operated by | SBB-CFF-FFS Appenzell Railways |
| Line(s) | Wil–St. Gallen Rorschach–St. Gallen St. Gallen–Trogen St. Gallen–Gais–Appenzell |
| Distance | 80.46 km (50.00 mi) from Sargans |
| Platforms | 7 standard gauge 2 narrow gauge |
| Connections | |
 | St. Gallen S-Bahn |
| History | |
| Opened | 1856 |
| Location | |
  St. Gallen Location within Switzerland | |
St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the city of 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 SBB-CFF-FFS, and is the focal point of the St. Gallen S-Bahn.
Location
St. Gallen railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, just to the west of the city centre.
Rail traffic
Long distance
The following long distance services call at St. Gallen:
- IC St. Gallen – Gossau – Flawil – Uzwil – Wil – Winterthur HB – Zürich Flughafen – Zürich HB – Bern – Fribourg – Lausanne – Genève – Genève-Aéroport
- ICN St. Gallen – Gossau – Wil – Winterthur HB – Zürich Flughafen – Zürich HB – Biel/Bienne – (Lausanne / Genève – Genève-Aéroport)
- EC Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur HB – St. Gallen – St. Margrethen – Bregenz – Lindau – München
- IR Voralpen – Express St. Gallen – Herisau – Wattwil – Rapperswil – Arth-Goldau – Luzern
- REX Rheintal – Express Wil – Uzwil – Flawil – Gossau – St. Gallen – Rorschach – Altstätten – Buchs – Sargans – Chur
S-Bahn
The station is also served by the following S-Bahn lines:
- S 1 Wil – Gossau – St. Gallen
- S 2 St. Gallen – Rorschach – Heerbrugg – Altstätten
- S 3 Herisau – St. Gallen – Rorschach – St. Margrethen
- S 4 St. Gallen – Herisau – Wattwil – Uznach – Ziegelbrücke – Sargans – Buchs – Altstätten – St. Margrethen – Rorschach – St. Gallen
- S 5 / S 55 St. Gallen – Gossau – Weinfelden
- S 8 Nesslau-Neu St. Johann – Wattwil – Degersheim – St. Gallen – Wittenbach – Romanshorn – Kreuzlingen – Schaffhausen
- S 81 Herisau – St. Gallen – Wittenbach
- S 21 St. Gallen – Speicher – Trogen
- S 22 St. Gallen – Gais – Appenzell
See also
References
- Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.
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External links
Media related to St. Gallen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- SBB-CFF-FFS - official site