Walenstadt railway station

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.

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

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