Gossau SG railway station

Gossau SG railway station (German: Bahnhof Gossau SG) is a railway station in Gossau, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate station on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line and the terminus of the Sulgen–Gossau and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen lines.[1]

Gossau SG
The Gossau station building in 2013
Location	Gossau Switzerland
Coordinates	47°24′42.595″N 9°15′10.984″E
Elevation	637 m (2,090 ft)
Line(s)	St. Gallen–Winterthur line Sulgen–Gossau line Gossau–Wasserauen line
Distance	23.0 km (14.3 mi) from Sulgen 90.1 km (56.0 mi) from Sargans [1]
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Appenzell Railways
Connections	Regiobus AG bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone	212 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3]
Passengers
2018	9,100 per weekday (except the S23)[4]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Flawil towards Geneva Airport InterCity IC 1 St. Gallen Terminus Flawil towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 13 St. Gallen towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Flawil towards Wil S1 St. Gallen Winkeln towards St. Gallen Arnegg towards Weinfelden S5 Terminus S23 Herisau towards Wasserauen
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, Gossau SG is served by two long-distance SBB services, both of which run hourly and operate over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line, combining for half-hourly service between Zürich and St. Gallen:[5]

• InterCity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and St. Gallen.
• InterRegio: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line between Wil and St. Gallen, supplementing the long-distance services.
  • S5: half-hourly service over the Sulgen–Gossau line to Weinfelden and over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line to St. Gallen.
  • S23: half-hourly service over the Gossau–Wasserauen line to Wasserauen.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "St. Gallen West" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Gossau SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

External links

• Media related to Gossau SG railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Gossau SG railway station – SBB