Rorschach railway station

Not to be confused with Rorschach Hafen railway station or Rorschach Stadt railway station.

Rorschach railway station (German: Bahnhof Rorschach) is a railway station in Rorschach, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of four railway lines: Chur–Rorschach, Rorschach–St. Gallen, Rorschach–Heiden, and the Lake Line.^[1] It is the primary station for Rorschach and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Rorschach
The station building in 2010
General information
Location	Rorschach Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′40.814″N 9°30′18.443″E
Elevation	399 m (1,309 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Rorschach–St. Gallen line Lake Line Rorschach–Heiden line
Distance	65.0 km (40.4 mi) from Sargans 97.3 km (60.5 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof [1]
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Other information
Fare zone	231 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[2]
Services
Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station St. Gallen towards Lausanne IC 5 Terminus St. Gallen towards Zürich HB IR 13 St. Margrethen towards Sargans Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Rorschach Stadt towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 Staad towards Altstätten SG Rorschach Stadt towards Rapperswil S4 Staad towards Sargans Rorschach Stadt towards Weinfelden S5 Staad towards St. Margrethen Rorschach Hafen towards Weinfelden S7 St. Margrethen towards Lindau-Insel Rorschach Hafen Terminus S25 Seebleiche towards Heiden
Location Rorschach Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Rorschach Location in the canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen

Rorschach is one of three stations within the municipality of Rorschach, along with Rorschach Stadt (the next station west on the Rorschach–St. Gallen line) and Rorschach Hafen, the next station northwest on the Rorschach–Heiden line on the shore of Lake Constance.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Rorschach:^[3]

• InterCity / InterRegio:
  • / half-hourly service to Zürich HB and hourly service to Geneva Airport and Chur.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S2 / S4: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG via St. Gallen and hourly service to Rapperswil, Sargans, and Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
  • S5: hourly service between Weinfelden and St. Margrethen via St. Gallen.
  • S7: half-hourly service to Romanshorn and hourly service to Weinfelden; on Saturdays and Sundays, service every two hours to Lindau-Reutin via Bregenz. Limited service on weekdays to Lindau.
  • S25: hourly service between Rorschach Hafen and Heiden via Wienacht-Tobel.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland