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Railway station in St. Gallen, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
St. Gallen | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
Elevation | 669 m (2,195 ft) | ||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||
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Platforms | |||||||
Tracks | 9 | ||||||
Train operators | |||||||
Connections | |||||||
![]() | VBSG trolleybus[2] 1 3 4 5 | ||||||
![]() | 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 )[4] | ||||||
Website | Bahnhof St. Gallen | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1856 | ||||||
Rebuilt | 2018 | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
2018 | 48,600 per working day[5] | ||||||
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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.
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]
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following rail services stop at St. Gallen:[7]
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