Schänis railway station

Railway station in Switzerland

47°9′27.565″N 9°2′38.314″E / 47.15765694°N 9.04397611°E / 47.15765694; 9.04397611Elevation420 m (1,380 ft)Owned bySwiss Federal RailwaysLine(s)Rapperswil–ZiegelbrückeDistance37.1 km (23.1 mi) from Sargans^[1]Train operatorsSüdostbahnConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz buses^[2]Other informationFare zone991 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[3]Passengers2018720 per weekday^[4] Services

Preceding station	St. Gallen S-Bahn			Following station
Benken towards Rapperswil		S6		Ziegelbrücke towards Schwanden or Linthal
Benken towards Rapperswil		S17		Ziegelbrücke towards Sargans

Location

Schänis railway station (German: Bahnhof Schänis) is a railway station in the municipality of Schänis in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.^[5]^[1] It is one of two railway stations in the Gemarkung of Schänis, the other being the much larger Ziegelbrücke railway station at the border to Canton Glarus.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Schänis:^[6]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

References

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 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 [de]. 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 2014-07-14.
^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.