Uznach railway station

Uznach
The station in 2010
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Uznach, St. Gallen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°13′27″N8°58′50″E / 47.224283°N 8.980691°E / 47.224283; 8.980691
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Lines	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke Uznach–Wattwil
Distance	34.4 km (21.4 mi) from Wil 46.5 km (28.9 mi) from Sargans [1]
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]
Bus	Schneider bus route 623 PostAuto Schweiz bus routes [2] 521 630 631 632 633 636
Other information
Fare zone	992 (Tarifverbund Ostwind  [ de ]) [3]
Passengers
2018	8,600 per weekday [4]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Rapperswil towards Lucerne Voralpen Express Wattwil towards St. Gallen Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Rapperswil Terminus S4 Kaltbrunn towards Sargans Schmerikon towards Rapperswil S6 Benken towards Schwanden or Linthal S17 Benken towards Sargans
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Uznach railway station (German : Bahnhof Uznach) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Uznach in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line, at its junction with the Uznach to Wattwil line. ^{[5] [1]}

The station is served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen via Rapperswil and Wattwil. It is also served St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4, S6, and S17.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, ^[update] the following services stop at Uznach: ^{[6] [7]}

• IR Voralpen-Express : hourly service between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S4 : hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via St. Gallen.
  • S6 / S17 : half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Gaster" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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 2013-06-20.
6. "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
7. "St. Gallen - Wattwil - Rapperswil" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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