Schänis railway station
Schänis railway station (German: Bahnhof Schänis) is a railway station in the municipality of Schänis in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]
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| Location | Ziegelbrückstrasse Schänis, St. Gallen Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 37.1 km (23.1 mi) from Sargans[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Südostbahn | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 991 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | |||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 720 per weekday[4] | |||||||||||||||
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The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4, which operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen, Sargans and Ziegelbrücke, and service S6, which links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide half-hourly services to Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.
Services
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Schänis:[6]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S4: hourly service via Sargans and St. Gallen (circle route).
- S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke.
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
Media related to Schänis railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Schänis railway station – SBB
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