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
General information
Location	Gossau Switzerland
Coordinates	47°24′42.5″N 9°15′11.2″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]
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Appenzell Railways
Connections
Bus	PostAuto Schweiz  727  RegioBus 151 152 155 159
Other information
Fare zone	212 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[2]
Passengers
2018	9,100 per weekday (except the S23)[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Flawil towards Geneva Airport IC 1 St. Gallen Terminus Flawil towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 13 St. Gallen towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Flawil towards Wil S1 St. Gallen Winkeln towards Schaffhausen Arnegg towards Weinfelden S5 St. Gallen Winkeln towards St. Margrethen Terminus S23 Herisau towards Wasserauen
Location

Layout

Bus station

S23 train of AB

The station has one island platform and one side platform on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line, with tracks (Gleis) numbered 1, 3 and 4. These tracks are used by InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR) and S-Bahn services S1 and S5.^[4]

The S23 service departs from the adjacent Appenzell Railways (AB) station, where two platforms and tracks (Gleis 11/12) exist.

PostAuto Schweiz and RegioBus [de] bus lines depart from the bus station in front of the station building (Bahnhofplatz).^[5][6][7]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Gossau SG:^[8]

• / : half-hourly service between Zürich HB and St. Gallen and hourly service to Geneva Airport and Chur.

• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line between Wil SG and Schaffhausen via St. Gallen and Romanshorn, supplementing the long-distance services.
  • S5: half-hourly (weekdays) or hourly (weekends) service between Weinfelden and St. Gallen; hourly service to St. Margrethen.
  • S23: half-hourly service over the Gossau–Wasserauen line to Wasserauen, via Herisau and Appenzell.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
4. "Gossau SG station layout" (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
5. "Wil/Uzwil/Flawil/Gossau" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
6. "Liniennetzplan RegioBus [RegioBus bus network]". Retrieved 2023-12-24.
7. "St. Gallen West" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
8. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Gossau SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

External links

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