St. Margrethen railway station
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| Other names | St. Margrethen SG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Margrethen Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°27′12″N 9°38′18″E / 47.453211°N 9.638244°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 53.8 km (33.4 mi) from Sargans[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 234 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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St. Margrethen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Margrethen) is a railway station in St. Margrethen, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and the western terminus of the St. Margrethen–Lauterach line to Austria.[1] It is located at the Swiss–Austrian border.
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable change, the following services stop at St. Margrethen:[3]
- EuroCity: six trains per day between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof, via Bregenz (runs as ECE 88 in Germany).
- : hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur, half-hourly service between St. Gallen and Chur.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S2 / S4: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG via St. Gallen and hourly service to Rapperswil, Sargans, and Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
- S5: hourly service to Weinfelden.
- S7: on weekdays, three trains per day between Romanshorn and Lindau-Reutin; service increases to every two hours on weekends.
- Vorarlberg S-Bahn:
During weekends, the station is served by a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN22), offered by Ostwind fare network,[5][6] and operated by Thurbo for St. Gallen S-Bahn.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn SN22: hourly service to Winterthur and to Heerbrugg, via St. Gallen.
See also
References
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Fahrplan R5 (S5)" (PDF). vmobil.at. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Ostschweizer Nachtnetz – Noch mehr Zug und Bus am Wochenende". Tarifverbund Ostschweiz. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Nachtnetzplan" [OSTWIND nighttime network map] (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
External links
- Media related to St. Margrethen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- St. Margrethen railway station – SBB