Rheineck railway station

Rheineck railway station (German: Bahnhof Rheineck) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Rheineck, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The station is located on the eastern edge of Rheineck village centre, with the A1 motorway, the Alter Rhein river channel and then the border with Austria flanking the opposite side of the station.[1][2]

Rheineck
The station building in 2014
LocationRheineck
Switzerland
Coordinates47°28′0.811″N 9°35′27.218″E
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Train operators
Connections
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Staad
towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
 S2 St. Margrethen
towards Altstätten SG
Staad
towards St. Gallen
 S3 St. Margrethen
Terminus
Staad
Next counter-clockwise
 S4 St. Margrethen
Next clockwise
Terminus S26 Ruderbach
towards Walzenhausen
Location
Rheineck
Location within Switzerland

The station is an intermediate stop on the St. Margrethen–Rorschach railway line, and is the lower terminus of the Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway. It is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S2, S3 and S4, which link Rheineck to the city of St. Gallen and other local towns, and by service S26, which shuttles up to Walzenhausen. The S2, S3 and S4 each run hourly, providing three trains per hour to and from St. Gallen, whilst the S26 operates one or two return journeys per hour, depending on the time of day.[1][3][4]

Rheineck is also the easterly end of the Swiss shipping services on Lake Constance, and the town's landing stages are located on the Alter Rhein channel. The landing stages are linked to the station by a pedestrian subway under the A1 motorway. Local bus services operate from a bus station adjacent to the station building.[1]

The station has two side platforms, on either side of the twin track main line. The station building abuts the western platform, and is linked to the eastern platform by a pedestrian subway. The Rheineck–Walzenhausen line starts from its own platform, which is actually located on the western mainline platform.

  • The Rheineck–Walzenhausen train at its terminus
  • The bus station
  • A visiting historic train
  • The station in the town

References
  1. Lambert, Anthony (2013). Switzerland Without A Car (5th ed.). Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 92. ISBN 978 1 84162 447 1.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "Rheineck - Walzenhausen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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