Schmerikon railway station

47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E / 47.22516000°N 8.94338194°E / 47.22516000; 8.94338194Elevation407 m (1,335 ft)Owned bySwiss Federal RailwaysLine(s)Rapperswil–ZiegelbrückeDistance49.3 km (30.6 mi) from Sargans[1]Train operatorsSüdostbahnConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz buses[2]Other informationFare zone995 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[3]Passengers20181,400 per weekday[4] Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Blumenau
towards Rapperswil
 S6 Uznach
towards Schwanden or Linthal
S17 Uznach
towards Sargans
Location
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Schmerikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Schmerikon) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Schmerikon in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located next to the shore of Obersee on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]

Services

The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S6, which operates south-east to Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke and westward to Rapperswil, and S17, which operates between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke. Both these lines run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke.

As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following S-Bahn services stop at Schmerikon railway station:[6]

History

The next railway station to the west is now Blumenau, but until 2004 it used to be Bollingen. Until December 2023, the station was served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen.

References

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 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 2013-06-20.
  6. ^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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