St. Gallen railway station

St. Gallen
The station building at night in July 2014
Location	Bahnhofplatz 9000 St. Gallen SG Switzerland
Coordinates	47°25′23″N 09°22′09″E / 47.42306°N 9.36917°ECoordinates: 47°25′23″N 09°22′09″E / 47.42306°N 9.36917°E
Owned by	SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by	SBB-CFF-FFS Appenzell Railways
Line(s)	Wil–St. Gallen Rorschach–St. Gallen St. Gallen–Trogen St. Gallen–Gais–Appenzell
Distance	80.46 km (50.00 mi) from Sargans
Platforms	7 standard gauge 2 narrow gauge
Connections
	St. Gallen S-Bahn
History
Opened	1856
Location
St. Gallen Location within Switzerland

St. Gallen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Gallen) serves the city of St. Gallen, the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Opened in 1856 and completely rebuilt at the outset of the 20th century, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS, and is the focal point of the St. Gallen S-Bahn.

Location

St. Gallen railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, just to the west of the city centre.

Rail traffic

Long distance

The following long distance services call at St. Gallen:

• IC St. Gallen – Gossau – Flawil – Uzwil – Wil – Winterthur HB – Zürich Flughafen – Zürich HB – Bern – Fribourg – Lausanne – Genève – Genève-Aéroport
• ICN St. Gallen – Gossau – Wil – Winterthur HB – Zürich Flughafen – Zürich HB – Biel/Bienne – (Lausanne / Genève – Genève-Aéroport)
• EC Zürich HB – Zürich Flughafen – Winterthur HB – St. Gallen – St. Margrethen – Bregenz – Lindau – München
• IR Voralpen – Express St. Gallen – Herisau – Wattwil – Rapperswil – Arth-Goldau – Luzern
• REX Rheintal – Express Wil – Uzwil – Flawil – Gossau – St. Gallen – Rorschach – Altstätten – Buchs – Sargans – Chur

S-Bahn

The station is also served by the following S-Bahn lines:

• S 1 Wil – Gossau – St. Gallen
• S 2 St. Gallen – Rorschach – Heerbrugg – Altstätten
• S 3 Herisau – St. Gallen – Rorschach – St. Margrethen
• S 4 St. Gallen – Herisau – Wattwil – Uznach – Ziegelbrücke – Sargans – Buchs – Altstätten – St. Margrethen – Rorschach – St. Gallen
• S 5 / S 55 St. Gallen – Gossau – Weinfelden
• S 8 Nesslau-Neu St. Johann – Wattwil – Degersheim – St. Gallen – Wittenbach – Romanshorn – Kreuzlingen – Schaffhausen
• S 81 Herisau – St. Gallen – Wittenbach
• S 21 St. Gallen – Speicher – Trogen
• S 22 St. Gallen – Gais – Appenzell

See also

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

References

• Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz [Railway Stations of Switzerland] (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.

External links

Media related to St. Gallen railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• SBB-CFF-FFS - official site