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 next to the shore of Obersee on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]
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 The station platform in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahnhofstrasse Schmerikon, St. Gallen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E / 47.22516000°N 8.94338194°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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Services
The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S6, which operates south-east to Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke and westward to Rapperswil, and S17, which operates between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke. Both these lines run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke.
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following S-Bahn services stop at Schmerikon railway station:[6]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.
History
The next railway station to the west is now Blumenau, but until 2004 it used to be Bollingen. Until December 2023, the station was served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen.
References
External links
Media related to Schmerikon railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Schmerikon railway station – SBB
