Blumenau railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Blumenau
Address:Oberseestrasse
Borough:Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Line:Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance:57.3km (35.6miles) from
Platforms:1
Train Operators:Südostbahn (SOB)
Connections:VZO buses (Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona)[1]
Bicycle:present, with roof
Rebuilt:2023
Passengers:500 per weekday[2]
Pass Year:2018
Mapframe:yes

Blumenau railway station (German: Bahnhof Blumenau) is one of four active railway stations in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The other three railway stations are, and . Blumenau railway station is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line of Swiss Federal Railways. The next station towards east is now, but until 2004 it used to be .

Built in the 1980's, the station was refurbished in 2023 and the platform was lenghtend.[3]

Services

Train

the following S-Bahn services stop at Blumenau railway station:[4]

Bus

Two bus stops are within walking distance to Blumenau railway station: Geberit (north of the railway station) and Grünfeld (south of the station). Both are served by municipal bus lines 991 and 992 (and 996 during peak-hours) of Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona,[5] which is provided by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).[6] bus services are as follows:

LineRoute
bgcolor=#ed1b24 991Rapperswil Bahnhof SüdKinderzooGrünfeldGeberit – Schachen – Jona, Bahnhof
bgcolor=#b55314 992Sonnenhof – Glärnischstrasse – GrünfeldGeberit – Feldlistrasse – Jona, Bahnhof
bgcolor=#56b03c 996Rapperswil Bahnhof Süd – Kinderzoo – GrünfeldGeberit – Schachen/Feldlistrasse – Jona, Bahnhof

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regionalnetz . 13 December 2020 . 27 December 2020 . Zürcher Verkehrsverbund.
  2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . September 2019 . 27 December 2020 . Swiss Federal Railways.
  3. Web site: Ein Teilstück des Bahnwegs in Rapperswil-Jona wird gesperrt . Nau . 2023-12-17 . de .
  4. Web site: Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke . Swiss Federal Railways . 15 September 2023 . 16 December 2023 . de.
  5. Web site: Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona.
  6. Web site: Marktgebiet . de . Market area . VZO . 2013-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004082654/http://www.vzo.ch/marktgebiet_de.cfm . 4 October 2013 . dmy-all.