St. Margrethen railway station

St. Margrethen railway station (German: Bahnhof St. Margrethen) is a railway station in St. Margrethen, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and the western terminus of the St. Margrethen–Lauterach line to Austria.^[1] It is located at the Swiss–Austrian border.

St. Margrethen
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	St. Margrethen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°27′11.56″N 9°38′17.68″E
Elevation	402 m (1,319 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line St. Margrethen–Lauterach line
Distance	53.8 km (33.4 mi) from Sargans[1]
Train operators	THURBO Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways Austrian Federal Railways
Services
Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station St. Gallen towards Zürich HB EuroCity Bregenz towards München Hbf Rorschach towards Zürich HB IR 13 Heerbrugg towards Sargans Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Rheineck towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 Au SG towards Altstätten SG Rheineck towards Rapperswil S4 Au SG towards Sargans Rheineck towards Weinfelden S5 Terminus Rorschach towards Weinfelden S7 Bregenz towards Lindau-Insel Preceding station Vorarlberg S-Bahn Following station Terminus S3 Lustenau towards Bregenz R5 Lustenau towards Feldkirch
Location St. Margrethen Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland St. Margrethen St. Margrethen (Canton of St. Gallen) Show map of Canton of St. Gallen

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at St. Margrethen:^[2]

• EuroCity: six trains per day between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof, via Bregenz (runs as ECE 88 in Germany).
• : hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur, half-hourly service between St. Gallen 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 to Weinfelden.
  • S7: on weekdays, three trains per day between Romanshorn and Lindau-Reutin; service increases to every two hours on weekends.
• Vorarlberg S-Bahn:
  • S3: on weekdays, half-hourly service to Bregenz; service is hourly on weekends.
  • R5: on weekdays, six trains per day to Dornbirn, three to Feldkirch.^[3]

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland