Rheineck railway station

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Rheineck
Rheineck 180214.jpg
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
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Train operators
Connections
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
Location
Rheineck railway station

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. [1] [2]

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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. [1]

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, the following services stop at Rheineck: [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lambert, Anthony (2013). Switzerland Without A Car (5th ed.). Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 92. ISBN   978 1 84162 447 1.
  2. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ↑ "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Rheineck - Walzenhausen" (PDF). Appenzeller Bahnen AG. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.


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