Benken railway station

Benken
The station in 2018
General information
Location	Benknerstrasse Benken, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°12′16″N9°00′31″E / 47.204458°N 9.008654°E / 47.204458; 9.008654
Elevation	416 m (1,365 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance	43.4 km (27.0 mi) from Sargans [1]
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses [2]
Other information
Fare zone	992 (Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]) [3]
Passengers
2018	340 per weekday [4]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Uznach towards Rapperswil S6 Schänis towards Schwanden or Linthal S17 Schänis towards Sargans
Location Benken Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Benken Location in the canton of St. Gallen Show map of Canton of St. Gallen

Benken railway station (German : Bahnhof Benken) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line. ^{[5] [1]}

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Benken: ^[6]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17 : half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
6. "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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