Rheineck railway station

Rheineck
The station building in 2014
General information
Location	Rheineck Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′0.811″N9°35′27.218″E / 47.46689194°N 9.59089389°E / 47.46689194; 9.59089389
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Rheineck–Walzenhausen line
Train operators	Thurbo Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Connections	Lake Constance ferries PostBus local buses
Other information
Fare zone	233 / 234 (Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]) [1]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Staad towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 St. Margrethen towards Altstätten SG Staad towards Rapperswil S4 St. Margrethen towards Sargans Staad towards Weinfelden S5 St. Margrethen Terminus Terminus S26 Ruderbach towards Walzenhausen Staad towards Winterthur SN22 Limited service St. Margrethen towards Heerbrugg
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Rheineck railway station (German : Bahnhof Rheineck) is a railway station that serves the municipality of Rheineck, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The station is located on the eastern edge of Rheineck village centre, with the A1 motorway, the Alter Rhein river channel and then the border with Austria flanking the opposite side of the station. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The station is an intermediate stop on the St. Margrethen–Rorschach railway line, and is the lower terminus of the Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway. It is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S2, S4, and S5, which link Rheineck to the city of St. Gallen and other local towns, and by service S26, which shuttles up to Walzenhausen. Rheineck is also the easterly end of the Swiss shipping services on Lake Constance, and the town's landing stages are located on the Alter Rhein channel. The landing stages are linked to the station by a pedestrian subway under the A1 motorway. Local bus services operate from a bus station adjacent to the station building. ^[2] There are bus links to the nearby St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport.

The station has two side platforms, on either side of the twin track main line. The station building abuts the western platform, and is linked to the eastern platform by a pedestrian subway. The Rheineck–Walzenhausen line starts from its own platform, which is actually located on the western mainline platform.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Rheineck: ^{[4] [5]}

• 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.
  • S26 : hourly or better service to Walzenhausen.

During weekends, the station is served by a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN22), offered by Ostwind fare network , ^{[6] [7]} and operated by Thurbo for St. Gallen S-Bahn.

• St. Gallen S-Bahn SN22 : hourly service to Winterthur and to Heerbrugg, via St. Gallen.

Gallery

• 
  The Rheineck–Walzenhausen train at its terminus
• 
  The bus station
• 
  A visiting historic train
• 
  The station in the town

See also

• Bodensee S-Bahn
• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
2. Lambert, Anthony (2013). Switzerland Without A Car (5th ed.). Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 92. ISBN   978-1-84162-447-1.
3. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
4. "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
5. "Rheineck - Walzenhausen" (PDF). Appenzeller Bahnen AG. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
6. "Ostschweizer Nachtnetz – Noch mehr Zug und Bus am Wochenende". Tarifverbund Ostschweiz. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
7. "OSTWIND-Nachtnetzplan" [OSTWIND nighttime network map](PDF) (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2025.

External links

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