Mels railway station

Mels railway station (German: Bahnhof Mels) is a railway station in Mels, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line.

Mels
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Mels Switzerland
Coordinates	47°3′28″N 9°24′51″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance	2.6 km (1.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Flums towards Rapperswil S17 Sargans Terminus
Location

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Mels:^[2]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn S17: hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke.

Layout and connections

Mels has a single 306-metre (1,004 ft)-long island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4). There is a non-passenger side platform located on the south side of the station.^[3] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de] operates bus services from the station to Mels and Sargans.^[4]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Zürich HB - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Chur" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
3. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
4. Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg (21 December 2021). "Buchs/Sargans" (PDF). Retrieved 3 December 2022.

External links

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