St. Gallen railway station explained

Style:	Swiss Federal Railways
St. Gallen
Address:	Bahnhofplatz
Borough:	St. Gallen
Country:	Switzerland
Owned:	Swiss Federal Railways
Tracks:	9
Zone:	210 ^[1]
Rebuilt:	2018
Passengers:	48,600 per working day^[2]
Pass Year:	2018
Services Collapsible:	yes
Map Type:	Switzerland#Canton of St. Gallen
Map Dot Label:	St. Gallen
Mapframe:	yes

St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the town St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge St. Gallen–Winterthur, Rorschach–St. Gallen, and Romanshorn–Toggenburg lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways.

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.

Layout

St. Gallen railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, just to the west of the city centre. The standard gauge portion of the station consists of four platforms (1 island platform and three side platforms) serving 7 tracks (1–7). Appenzell Railways serves tracks 11 and 12 at a pair of side platforms in the station forecourt.^[3]

Services

the following rail services stop at St. Gallen:^[4]

• EuroCity: service every two hours between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof
• InterCity:
  • / : half-hourly service to via, and hourly service to
• InterRegio:
  • : hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and
  • Voralpen Express: hourly service to via and
• RegioExpress:
  • : hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between and Konstanz via
• St. Gallen S-Bahn (most lines are also part of Bodensee S-Bahn):
  • : half-hourly service between Wil and .
  • / : half-hourly service between and and hourly service to,, and .
  • : half-hourly (weekdays) or hourly (weekends) service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Weinfelden and hourly service over the Rorschach–St. Gallen railway to St. Margrethen.
  • : rush-hour service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
  • : half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
  • : rush-hour service between and Trogen.
  • : hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Herisau.
  • : rush-hour service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Wittenbach.

See also

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

References

• Book: Stutz, Werner . Bahnhöfe der Schweiz . Railway Stations of Switzerland . 1976 . Verlag Berichthaus . Zürich . 3-85572-018-5 . 162 . de.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSTWIND-Zonenplan . . 13 December 2020 . 29 December 2020 . de.
2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz (2018) . . Berne, Switzerland . 7 October 2019 . data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL . 2019-11-06.
3. Web site: St. Gallen . de . February 2021 . 1 May 2021 . Swiss Federal Railways.
4. Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen . de . 10 December 2023 . 14 December 2023 . Swiss Federal Railways.