Schänis railway station

Schänis railway station (German: Bahnhof Schänis) is a railway station in the municipality of Schänis in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.^[5][1] It is one of two railway stations in the Gemarkung of Schänis, the other being the much larger Ziegelbrücke railway station at the border to Canton Glarus.

Schänis
The station platform in 2016
General information
Location	Ziegelbrückstrasse Schänis, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″E
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance	37.1 km (23.1 mi) from Sargans[1]
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	991 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[3]
Passengers
2018	720 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Benken towards Rapperswil S6 Ziegelbrücke towards Schwanden or Linthal S17 Ziegelbrücke towards Sargans
Location

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Schänis:^[6]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. 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 [de]. 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 2014-07-14.
6. "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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