Mols railway station

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Mols
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The station in 2018
General information
Location Quarten
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°6′36″N9°16′46″E / 47.11000°N 9.27944°E / 47.11000; 9.27944
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance16.4 km (10.2 mi) from Sargans [1]
Platforms
Tracks2
Connections
History
Closed12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)
Location
Mols railway station

Mols railway station (German : Bahnhof Mols) is a now disfunct railway station in Quarten, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The station was closed on 12 December 2021, because of ongoing construction work on the Bommerstein tunnel and low ridership. Buses continue to stop at the station. [2]

Contents

The station used to be an intermediate stop of the former S4 circle line (rerouted in December 2023) on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line.

Layout and connections

Mols had a 171-metre (561 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 1–2). [3] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg  [ de ] operates bus services from the station to Walenstadt and Flums. [4] Schiffsbetrieb Walensee operates ferries on the Walensee from a ferry dock adjacent to the former station.

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References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. Kohler, Michael (22 June 2021). "Der Bahnhof Mols wird im Dezember geschlossen". Sarganserländer  [ de ] (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  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.