Buchs SG railway station
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| Location | Buchs Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°10′06″N 9°28′43″E / 47.16841°N 9.478623°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Tarifverbund Ostwind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Buchs SG railway station (German: Bahnhof Buchs SG) is a railway station in Buchs, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen (abbreviated to SG). It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and western terminus of the Feldkirch–Buchs line to Austria and Liechtenstein. It is served by local and long-distance trains. As the station is located just north of the crossing of the Rhine between Switzerland and Liechtenstein, long-distance trains traveling between Zurich and points east must reverse direction.
Services
Long-distance trains
As of December 2024, the following long-distance services call at Buchs SG:[4][5]
- EuroCity Transalpin: Single round-trip per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Feldkirch–Buchs lines between Zürich HB and Graz Hauptbahnhof.
- : Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich HB and Chur, half-hourly service between St. Gallen and Sargans.
- Railjet Express: Four round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Feldkirch–Buchs lines from Zürich HB to Wien Hauptbahnhof, Budapest Keleti, or Bratislava-Petržalka.
- Nightjet/EuroNight: Overnight trains over the Chur–Rorschach and Feldkirch–Buchs lines from Zürich HB to Graz Hauptbahnhof, Wien Hauptbahnhof, Praha hlavní nádraží, Budapest Keleti, or Zagreb Glavni kolodvor.
S-Bahn
Buchs SG is served by the St. Gallen S-Bahn and Vorarlberg S-Bahn:[5]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S4: hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via St. Gallen.
- Vorarlberg S-Bahn S2: on weekdays, 11 trains over the Feldkirch–Buchs line to Feldkirch, via Schaan-Vaduz.
Bus
There is a bus terminal in the station forecourt served by several regional routes. Bus Ostschweiz links the railway station with nearby towns on the Swiss side of the Alpine Rhine Valley,[1] while a PostAuto bus route connects it with Wildhaus in Toggenburg.[3] LIEmobil links the station with Schaan in Liechtenstein, with connections to other towns in Liechtenstein and to Feldkirch (Austria).[2]
Customs
Buchs SG is, for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Austria. Customs checks may be performed in the station or on board trains by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Region Buchs" (PDF). Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ a b "LIEmobil bewegt das Land". LIEmobil. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Säntis" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Buchs SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Switzerland's Schengen entry finally complete". Swissinfo. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Land borders open as Switzerland enters Schengen zone". France 24. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
External links
- Media related to Buchs SG railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Buchs SG railway station – SBB