Bühler railway station explained

Style:	Appenzell Railways
Bühler
Borough:	Bühler, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Country:	Switzerland
Owned:	Appenzell Railways
Zone:	245 ^[1]
Mapframe:	yes

Bühler railway station (German: Bahnhof Bühler) is a railway station in the municipality of Bühler, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.^[2] It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+³⁄₈ in) metre gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways, and is served by local trains only.^{[3] [4]}

History

A railway was demanded by Bühler industrialists and plans were made in the 1870s to extend the railway through Bühler to St Gallen. However, the station needed to be located above the village to maintain a regular gradient of the line. This proved impractical for local industry so the project was abandoned in 1877.^[5]

With improvements to railway technology, the project was revived in 1882 and the station was completed in 1889.

Services

the following services stop at Bühler:^[6]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • : hourly service between and via (peak-hour only).
  • : half-hourly service between Trogen and Appenzell via St. Gallen.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSTWIND-Zonenplan . . 13 December 2020 . 12 April 2023 . de.
2. News: 'Sehr irritierend': Jugendliche randalieren am Bahnhof Bühler . 2023-10-23 . 2024-01-13 . FM1 Today. St Gallen. de.
3. Web site: Zonenpläne OSTWIND – steigen Sie ein. . 2023-04-12 . www.ostwind.ch . de.
4. Web site: Connection SBB . 2023-04-12 . www.sbb.ch.
5. Web site: Bühler: wer zahlt, sagt auch, wo's lang geht . 2024-01-13 . Museum Appenzeller Bahnen.
6. Web site: Trogen - St. Gallen – Appenzell . Bundesamt für Verkehr . 2023-09-15 . 27 December 2023.