Sargans railway station

Railway station in Switzerland

Sargans railway station (German: Bahnhof Sargans) is a railway station in Sargans, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and eastern terminus of the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. It is served by local, regional, and long-distance trains.

Layout

Sargans is a keilbahnhof and located between the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway lines.^[1] On the south side, serving the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway line, are two side platforms and an island platform with four tracks (Nos. 2–5). On the north side, serving the Chur–Rorschach railway line, are two side platforms with two tracks (Nos. 6–7).^[2]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Sargans:^[3][4]

• Intercity Express:
  • ICE 20 Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines between Hamburg and Chur.
• Railjet Express: Four round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Vienna, Budapest, or Bratislava.
• Nightjet/EuroNight: Overnight trains over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Graz, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, or Zagreb.
• EuroCity: Transalpin: Single round-trip per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Graz Hauptbahnhof.
• InterCity:
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Chur
• InterRegio:
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Chur.
  • Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines between Bern and Chur.
• St. Gallen S-Bahn
  • S4: hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line to Rapperswil via St. Gallen.
  • S12: half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line to Chur.
  • S17: hourly service over the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line to Rapperswil via Uznach.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Stop: platform length (body)". Retrieved 3 December 2022.
3. "St. Gallen - Rorschach - Buchs SG - Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
4. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Sargans" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

• Sargans railway station – SBB