Wil railway station explained

Style:	Swiss Federal Railways
Wil
Address:	Bahnhofplatz 3
Borough:	Wil, St. Gallen
Country:	Switzerland
Owned:	Swiss Federal Railways
Distance:	110.6km (68.7miles) from
Zone:	916 ^[1]
Passengers:	20,200 per weekday (except the S15)^[2]
Pass Year:	2018
Mapframe:	yes

Wil railway station (German: Bahnhof Wil), or Wil SG railway station, is a railway station in Wil, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of three standard-gauge railway lines: Wil–Kreuzlingen, St. Gallen–Winterthur, and Wil–Ebnat-Kappel. In addition, the Frauenfeld–Wil line (operated by Appenzell Railways since 2021) terminates in the station's forecourt.

Layout

The station has two island platforms and two side platforms on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line, with tracks (German: Gleis) numbered 1–6. These tracks are used by InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR) and most S-Bahn services. The Frauenfeld–Wil railway departs from the station's forecourt (Bahnhofplatz) north of the station building, where two platforms and tracks (Gleis 11/12) exist.^[3]

PostAuto Schweiz, and bus lines depart from the bus station in front of the station building.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Services

the following services stop at Wil:^[7]

• / : half-hourly service between and and hourly service to and .
• St. Gallen S-Bahn (some services also belong to Bodensee S-Bahn):
  • : half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line to (via St. Gallen and), supplementing the long-distance services.
  • : half-hourly service over the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line to .
  • : half-hourly service over the Wil–Kreuzlingen line to and .
  • : half-hourly service over the metre-gauge Frauenfeld–Wil line to via .
• Zürich S-Bahn:
  • / : half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line to (via) /, supplementing the long-distance services.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSTWIND-Zonenplan . . 13 December 2020 . 30 December 2020 . de.
2. Web site: Passagierfrequenz . September 2019 . 30 December 2020 . Swiss Federal Railways.
3. Web site: Wil station layout. December 2023 . 2023-12-24 . de . Swiss Federal Railways.
4. Web site: Wil/Uzwil/Flawil/Gossau . . 13 December 2020 . 30 December 2020.
5. Web site: Liniennetzplan RegioBus [RegioBus bus network] ]. 2023-12-24.
6. Web site: Bus network Wil and surrounding area . 2023-12-24 . de.
7. Web site: Abfahrt: Bahnhof Wil SG . de . 13 December 2020 . 30 December 2020 . Swiss Federal Railways.