Schmerikon railway station
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 on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Schmerikon, St. Gallen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 49.3 km (30.6 mi) from Sargans[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Südostbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 995 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,400 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen via Rapperswil and Wattwil, and by St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 that operates south-east to Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil.
Services
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Schmerikon:[6]
- Voralpen Express: hourly service between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke.
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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