Ziegelbrücke railway station

Ziegelbrücke railway station (German: Bahnhof Ziegelbrücke) is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke in Switzerland. Whilst the village is shared between the municipality of Glarus Nord, in the canton of Glarus, and the municipality of Schänis, in the canton of St. Gallen, the station is located in Schänis.[5][1]

Ziegelbrücke
Rail bridge crossing the Linth in Ziegelbrücke, 2009.
Location	Ziegelbrückstrasse 121 Schänis, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°8′10.14″N 9°3′36.11″E
Elevation	425 m (1,394 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Lake Zürich left-bank line Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke line Ziegelbrücke–Linthal line Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance	34.3 km (21.3 mi) from Sargans 57.2 km (35.5 mi) from Zürich HB [1]
Train operators	Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	901 and 991 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3]
History
Opened	1875
Passengers
2018	10,100 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Siebnen-Wangen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof RegioExpress Walenstadt towards Chur Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Siebnen-Wangen towards Zürich Airport S2 Unterterzen Limited service Terminus Siebnen-Wangen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof S25 Nieder- and Oberurnen towards Linthal Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Schänis Next clockwise S4 Mühlehorn Next counter-clockwise Schänis towards Rapperswil S6 Nieder- and Oberurnen towards Schwanden Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Bilten towards Siebnen-Wangen S27 Terminus
Location

Opened in 1875, the station is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways. It is one of the southern termini of the Lake Zurich left bank railway line, a main line that links Zürich Hauptbahnhof with Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. From Ziegelbrücke, the main line continues, as the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway, towards its ultimate destination, Chur.[1][6]

Ziegelbrücke is also a terminus for two regional lines, the Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway.[1]

Facilities

The station features two station buildings, a goods despatch office and a maintenance depot. Tracks 1 - 4 are used for goods traffic, shunting operation and to accommodate passenger trains during off-peak hours and overnight. Tracks 5 - 10 are equipped with passenger platforms and therefore used for passenger traffic. Tracks 6 and 9 are usually used for intercity- and freight-trains that pass through the station at maximum speed. Tracks 11 and 12 are solely used for shunting operation and to accommodate passenger trains during off-peak hours and overnight.

On the south side of the station, parallel to the railway line, lies the river Linth, a railway power line and the main road.

Services

The station is served by an hourly RegioExpress service between Zürich and Chur, stopping at Thalwil, Pfaffikon SZ, Ziegelbrücke, Sargans and Landquart.[7]

Two lines of the Zürich S-Bahn also connect Zürich and Ziegelbrücke, combining to provide three trains per hour. The S2 terminates at Ziegelbrücke and runs twice per hour; with some weekend trains continuing to Unterterzen. The hourly S25 continues through the canton of Glarus to Linthal.[7]

Two lines of the St. Gallen S-Bahn also provide service to Ziegelbrücke, both running once an hour. The S4,operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen and Sargans. The S6 links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.[7]

In addition, Südostbahn operates peak-hour service to Siebnen-Wangen, making local stops. This service is designated S27 but is not part of either S-Bahn network.[8]

Summary:

• RegioExpress: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
• Südostbahn S27: peak-hour service to Siebnen-Wangen.
• Zürich S-Bahn S2/S25: three trains per hour to Zürich Hauptbahnhof and every half-hour to Zürich Airport.
• Zürich S-Bahn S25/St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: half-hourly service to Schwanden and hourly service to Linthal.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn S4: hourly service via Sargans and St. Gallen (circle route).

Bus traffic

Postauto and local Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden bus lines connect Ziegelbrücke with the communities in the Wahlkreis See-Gaster and the municipalities of Bilten and Niederurnen.[9]

See also

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

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 24. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
6. Neuhaus, Werner (1988). Linksufrige Zürichsee-Bahn: aus den Annalen der Linksufrigen [Left Shore Lake Zurich Railway: from the annals of the Left Shore] (in German). Stäfa: Gut Verlag. ISBN 3-85717-051-4.
7. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Ziegelbrücke" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
8. "Liniennetzplan Südostbahn" (PDF). Südostbahn. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
9. "AWA, Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden". Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

External links

• Media related to Ziegelbrücke railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Ziegelbrücke railway station – SBB