Weesen railway station

Weesen railway station (German: Bahnhof Weesen) was one of two former railway stations serving the town of Weesen in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, but which was located in the municipality of Glarus Nord (formerly Mollis) in the canton of Glarus on the other side of the Linth canal, which corresponds to the cantonal boundary. It was a station on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway line between Ziegelbrücke and Mühlehorn. After its opening in 1969, the station has been disused since the 2013 timetable change due to the introduction of the St. Gallen S-Bahn.^[1] A bus route links Weesen with Ziegelbrücke station.

Weesen
Former S4 circle line passing through the station in 2018
General information
Other names	Bahnhof Weesen
Location	Bahnhofstrasse, Mollis Switzerland
Coordinates	47°07′47.9″N 09°05′40.3″E
Elevation	425 m (1,394 ft)
Operated by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	3 (German: Gleis)
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Platform levels	1
Location Weesen station Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Weesen station Weesen station (Canton of Glarus) Show map of Canton of Glarus

Between 1875 and 1969, a railway loop from Ziegelbrücke to Näfels-Mollis existed to the west of Weesen, which contained a railway station of that name. Service over this loop, built by the United Swiss Railways (Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen, VSB), terminated when the line from Ziegelbrücke to Murg was straigthened, and the new station on the other side of the Linth canal was built.

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  First Weesen railway station, located west of the town, on the VSB loop
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  First Weesen railway station in 1958
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  Second Weesen railway station (operational from 1969 to 2013) on the straightended railway line south of Weesen

References

1. "Der Schliessung des Bahnhofs Weesen Positives abgewinnen" (in German). südostschweiz.ch. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

External links

• Media related to Weesen railway station at Wikimedia Commons