Wasserauen railway station

Wasserauen
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Schwende-Rüte, Appenzell Innerrhoden Switzerland
Coordinates	47°17′8.2″N 9°25′43.0″E
Elevation	869 m (2,851 ft)
Owned by	Appenzell Railways
Line(s)	Gossau–Wasserauen line
Distance	32.1 km (19.9 mi) from Gossau SG[1]
Train operators	Appenzell Railways
Connections	Luftseilbahn Wasserauen–Ebenalp [de]
Other information
Fare zone	248 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[2]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Schwende towards Gossau SG S23 Terminus
Location

Wasserauen railway station (German: Bahnhof Wasserauen) is a railway station in the district of Schwende-Rüte, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways.^[1]

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Wasserauen:^[3]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn: S23: half-hourly service to Gossau SG, via Appenzell.

Connections to long-distance services exist in Herisau (for St. Gallen/Lucerne) and Gossau SG (for Winterthur and Zürich HB).

The valley station of the Luftseilbahn Wasserauen–Ebenalp [de], which carries passengers up to Ebenalp, is located across the street from the station.^[4]

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "Gossau SG - Herisau - Appenzell - Wasserauen" (PDF). Appenzeller Bahnen. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
4. "Information - Cable car Wasserauen-Ebenalp". www.ebenalp.ch. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

External links

• Media related to Wasserauen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Wasserauen railway station – SBB