Frauenfeld railway station explained

Style:Swiss Federal Railways
Frauenfeld
Address:Bahnhofplatz
Borough:Frauenfeld
Country:Switzerland
Owned:Swiss Federal Railways
Tracks:4
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Frauenfeld railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Thurgau and municipality of Frauenfeld. The station is located on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway line, and is the terminus of the narrow-gauge Frauenfeld–Wil railway line.[1] [2]

On the main line, Frauenfeld is an intermediate stop on the InterCity service from Brig to Romanshorn, the InterRegio service from Lucerne to Konstanz, and on Zürich S-Bahn services S24 and S30.[3]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S15 trains on the Frauenfeld–Wil railway line (operated by Appenzell Railways since 2021) depart from the Bahnhofplatz square in front of the station.[4]

Layout and connections

The station has an island platform and a side platform on the Winterthur–Romanshorn line, with tracks (German: Gleis) numbered 1–3. These tracks are used by InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR) and most S-Bahn services. The Frauenfeld–Wil railway departs from the forecourt of the station (Bahnhofplatz), where a single side platform and track (Gleis 11) exist.[5]

PostAuto Schweiz and (operated by since December 2023) bus lines depart from the station forecourt.[6] [7]

Services

the following services call at Frauenfeld:[8]

peak-hour service between and via .

half-hourly service to via .

Notes and References

  1. Swiss Confederation . map.geo.admin.ch . 2013-05-17.
  2. Book: Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz . 2012 . Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH . 978-3-89494-130-7 . 64–65.
  3. Web site: S-Bahn trains, buses and boats . ZVV . 9 December 2018 . 26 December 2019 .
  4. Web site: Regionalverkehr Ostschweiz . Swiss Federal Railways . 15 December 2019 . 26 December 2019 . 24 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224172251/https://www.sbb.ch/content/dam/internet/sbb/all/pdf/fahrplan/gedruckte-fahrplaene/fahrplaene_2020/rv-produkte/LPL_Ostschweiz.pdf.sbbdownload.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Frauenfeld . April 2021 . 16 December 2022 . de . Swiss Federal Railways.
  6. Web site: Frauenfeld Bahnhof: Abfahrtsplätze Busse . 21 December 2021 . de . 16 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Liniennetzplan Frauenfeld – Gachnang Ostwindzone 921 [Bus network Frauenfeld – Gachnang Ostwind tarif zone 921] ]. 2023-12-10 . 2023-12-24 . de.
  8. Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof Frauenfeld . 11 December 2022 . 16 December 2022 . de . Swiss Federal Railways.