Rankweil railway station

Rankweil
Former station building in 2014
General information
Location	Untere Bahnhofstraße 5 6830 Rankweil Austria
Coordinates	47°16′19.974″N09°38′13.0308″E / 47.27221500°N 9.636953000°E / 47.27221500; 9.636953000
Elevation	463  m (AA)
Owned by	Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by	ÖBB
Line(s)	Vorarlberg railway
History
Opened	1 July 1872 (1872-07-01)
Services
Preceding station ÖBB Following station Feldkirch towards Bludenz REX 1 Götzis towards Lindau-Insel Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Feldkirch One-way operation ICE 32 Hohenems towards Münster Hbf Preceding station Following station Feldkirch toward Wien Westbahnhof WESTbahn Götzis toward Lindau-Insel Preceding station Vorarlberg S-Bahn Following station Feldkirch Amberg towards Bludenz S1 Sulz-Röthis towards Lindau-Insel Feldkirch Terminus R5 Klaus in Vorarlberg towards St. Margrethen
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Rankweil railway station (German : Bahnhof Rankweil) is a railway station in Rankweil in the Feldkirch district of the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. It was opened on 1 July 1872, together with the rest of the Vorarlberg railway. ^[1] The station is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). ^[2]

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change, ^[update] the following regional train services call at the station (the S1 and R5 are both also part of Bodensee S-Bahn):

• WESTbahn green : one train per day and direction to Lindau-Insel and Wien Westbahnhof.
• REX 1 : trains between Bludenz and Lindau-Insel. ^[3]
• Vorarlberg S-Bahn:
  • S1 : half-hourly service between Bludenz and Bregenz Hafen, with some trains continuing to Lindau-Insel. ^[4]
  • R5 : on weekdays, six trains per day to St. Margrethen, three to Feldkirch. ^[5]

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Austria portal

• Rail transport in Austria

References

1. Ritsch, Wolfgang; Stadelmann, Carmel (April 2005). "Vision Rheintal: Eine Raumbezogene Kulturgeschichte" (PDF). Vision-Rheintal website (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
2. "Rankweil" (in German). Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
3. "Fahrplan REX 1" (PDF). oebb.at. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
4. "Fahrplan S1" (PDF). vmobil.at. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
5. "Fahrplan R5 (S5)" (PDF). vmobil.at. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

Further reading

• Beer, Lothar (1994). Die Geschichte der Bahnen in Vorarlberg[The History of the Railways in Vorarlberg] (in German). Vol. 1. Hard, Austria: Hecht-Verlag. ISBN   3-85298-001-1.
• Beer, Lothar (1995). Die Geschichte der Bahnen in Vorarlberg[The History of the Railways in Vorarlberg] (in German). Vol. 2. Hard, Austria: Hecht-Verlag. ISBN   3-85298-015-1.

External links

• Media related to Bahnhof Rankweil at Wikimedia Commons
• Rankweil railway station – ÖBB