Walenstadt railway station

Walenstadt
The station building and platforms in 2015
General information
Location	Walenstadt Switzerland
Coordinates	47°6′57″N 9°18′25″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance	13.5 km (8.4 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Ziegelbrücke towards Bern IR 35 Aare Linth Sargans towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Unterterzen towards Rapperswil S17 Flums towards Sargans
Location

Walenstadt railway station (German: Bahnhof Walenstadt) is a railway station in Walenstadt, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Walenstadt:^[2]

• hourly service between Bern and Chur via Zürich HB.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn S17: hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke.

Layout and connections

Walenstadt has a 169-metre (554 ft) side platform with one track (No. 2) and a 321-metre (1,053 ft)-long island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4).^[3] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de] operates bus services from the station to Walenstadtberg [de], Quarten, and Flums.^[4]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Zürich HB - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Chur" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
3. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
4. Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg (12 December 2021). "Walensee" (PDF). Retrieved 3 December 2022.

External links

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