Frauenfeld railway station

Frauenfeld railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Thurgau and municipality of Frauenfeld. The station is located on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway line, and is the terminus of the narrow-gauge Frauenfeld–Wil railway line.^[1][2]

Frauenfeld
Station forecourt (Bahnhofplatz) with fwb train (S15) and Postauto busses in 2019
General information
Location	Bahnhofplatz Frauenfeld Switzerland
Coordinates	47°33′29″N 8°53′49″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Winterthur–Romanshorn line Frauenfeld–Wil line
Platforms	1 island platform 2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Train operators	Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn AG Swiss Federal Railways THURBO
Connections
Bus	PostAuto Schweiz  819   822   823   825   826   829   834   836   837   838  Stadtbus Frauenfeld [de] 801 802 803 804 805 811 812 813 814 815
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Winterthur towards Brig IC 8 Weinfelden towards Romanshorn Winterthur towards Interlaken Ost IC 81 Winterthur towards Lucerne IR 75 Weinfelden towards Konstanz Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Islikon towards Zug S24 Felben-Wellhausen towards Weinfelden Islikon towards Winterthur S30 Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Terminus S15 Frauenfeld Marktplatz towards Wil Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Winterthur towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof S23 Weinfelden towards Romanshorn
Location

On the main line, Frauenfeld is an intermediate stop on the InterCity service from Brig to Romanshorn, the InterRegio service from Lucerne to Konstanz, and on Zürich S-Bahn services S24 and S30.^[3]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S15 trains on the Frauenfeld–Wil railway line (operated by Appenzell Railways since 2021) depart from the Bahnhofplatz square in front of the station.^[4]

Layout and connections

The station has an island platform and a side platform on the Winterthur–Romanshorn line, with tracks (Gleis) numbered 1–3. These tracks are used by InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR) and most S-Bahn services. The Frauenfeld–Wil railway (S15) departs from the forecourt of the station (Bahnhofplatz), where a single side platform and track (Gleis 11) exist.^[5]

PostAuto Schweiz and Stadtbus Frauenfeld [de] (operated by Bus Ostschweiz [de] since December 2023) bus lines depart from the station forecourt.^[6][7]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services call at Frauenfeld:^[8]

• / / : half-hourly service to Zürich HB; hourly service to Spiez, Lucerne, Romanshorn, and Konstanz; service every two hours to Brig and Interlaken Ost.
• Zürich S-Bahn
  • S23: peak-hour service between Zürich HB and Romanshorn via Zürich Stadelhofen.
  • S24 / S30: half-hourly service between Weinfelden and Winterthur and hourly service from Winterthur to Zug.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn
  • S15: half-hourly service to Wil SG via Wängi.

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
4. "Regionalverkehr Ostschweiz" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
5. "Frauenfeld" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
6. "Frauenfeld Bahnhof: Abfahrtsplätze Busse" (PDF) (in German). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
7. "Liniennetzplan Frauenfeld – Gachnang Ostwindzone 921 [Bus network Frauenfeld – Gachnang Ostwind tarif zone 921]" (PDF) (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
8. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Frauenfeld" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

External links

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