St. Gallen railway station

St. Gallen

The station building at night in July 2014

General information

Location

Bahnhofplatz
St. Gallen
Switzerland

Coordinates

47°25′23.459″N 9°22′11.543″E / 47.42318306°N 9.36987306°E

Elevation

669 m (2,195 ft)

Owned by

Swiss Federal Railways

Line(s)

Distance

21.5 km (13.4 mi) from Romanshorn
80.5 km (50.0 mi) from Sargans

^[1]

Platforms

1 island platform
4 side platforms

Tracks

Train operators

Connections

Trolleybus

VBSG trolleybus^[2] 1 3 4 5

Bus

VBSG bus 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

PostAuto 120 121 180 200 210 211 242 980

Regiobus^[3] 151

Other information

Fare zone

210 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[4]

Website

Bahnhof St. Gallen

History

Opened

1856

Rebuilt

2018

Passengers

2018

48,600 per working day^[5]

Services

Preceding station	Swiss Federal Railways		Following station
Winterthur towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof		EuroCity	St. Margrethen towards München Hbf
Gossau SG towards Geneva Airport		IC 1	Terminus
Winterthur towards Geneva Airport		IC 5	Rorschach Terminus
Gossau SG towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof		IR 13	Rorschach towards Chur
Preceding station	Südostbahn		Following station
Herisau towards Lucerne		Voralpen Express	Terminus
Preceding station	St. Gallen S-Bahn		Following station
St. Gallen Bruggen towards Wil		S1	St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Schaffhausen
St. Gallen Haggen towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann		S2	St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Altstätten SG
St. Gallen Haggen towards Rapperswil		S4	St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Sargans
St. Gallen Bruggen towards Weinfelden		S5	St. Gallen St. Fiden towards St. Margrethen
Niederteufen towards Appenzell		S20	St. Gallen Marktplatz towards Trogen
St. Gallen Riethüsli towards Appenzell		S21
St. Gallen Riethüsli towards Teufen AR		S22
St. Gallen Haggen towards Herisau		S81	Terminus
Terminus		S82	St. Gallen St. Fiden towards Wittenbach
Preceding station	THURBO		Following station
Herisau Terminus		RE1	Romanshorn towards Konstanz

Location
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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 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways.^[1]

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 (Nos. 1–7). Appenzell Railways serves tracks 11 and 12 at a pair of side platforms in the station forecourt.^[6]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following rail services stop at St. Gallen:^[7]

EuroCity: service every two hours between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof
InterCity:
- / : half-hourly service to Geneva Airport via Zürich Airport, and hourly service to Rorschach
InterRegio:
- : hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur
- Voralpen Express: hourly service to Lucerne via Rapperswil and Arth-Goldau
RegioExpress:
- RE1: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Herisau and Konstanz via Romanshorn
St. Gallen S-Bahn (most lines are also part of Bodensee S-Bahn):
- S1: half-hourly service between Wil and Schaffhausen.
- S2 / S4: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG and hourly service to Rapperswil, Sargans, and Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
- S5: 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.
- S20: rush-hour service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
- S21: half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen.
- S22: rush-hour service between Teufen AR and Trogen.
- S81: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Herisau.
- S82: rush-hour service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Wittenbach.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Liniennetz st.gallerbus" (PDF). Verkehrsbetriebe St. Gallen. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "80.151 Gossau SG - Arena - St. Gallen" (PDF). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Railways. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ "St. Gallen" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof St. Gallen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.