Wil railway station

Wil railway station (German: Bahnhof Wil) is a railway station in Wil, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of three standard-gauge railway lines: Wil–Kreuzlingen, St. Gallen–Winterthur, and Wil–Ebnat-Kappel. In addition, the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge Frauenfeld–Wil line terminates across the street.[1]

Wil
The Wil station building in 2018
Location	Bahnhofplatz 3 Wil, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°27′44.687″N 9°2′27.575″E
Elevation	570 m (1,870 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Wil–Kreuzlingen line St. Gallen–Winterthur line Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line Frauenfeld–Wil line
Distance	110.6 km (68.7 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	6 (main station) 2 (Frauenfeld–Wil)
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn AG
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone	916 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3]
Passengers
2018	20,200 per weekday (except the S15)[4]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Winterthur towards Geneva Airport InterCity IC 1 Uzwil towards St. Gallen Winterthur towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof InterRegio IR 13 Uzwil towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Terminus S1 Uzwil towards St. Gallen Bazenheid towards Wattwil S9 Terminus Terminus S10 Bronschhofen towards Romanshorn Münchwilen towards Frauenfeld S15 Terminus Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Sirnach towards Brugg AG S12 Terminus Sirnach towards Winterthur S35
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Wil:[5]

• InterCity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and St. Gallen.
• InterRegio: hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line to St. Gallen, supplementing the long-distance services.
  • S9: half-hourly service over the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line to Wattwil.
  • S10: half-hourly service over the Wil–Kreuzlingen line to Weinfelden and Romanshorn.
  • S15: half-hourly service over the metre-gauge Frauenfeld–Wil line to Frauenfeld.
• Zürich S-Bahn:
  • S12/S35: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line to Winterthur and points west, supplementing the long-distance services.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Wil/Uzwil/Flawil/Gossau" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
3. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
5. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Wil SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

• Media related to Wil SG railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Wil railway station – SBB