Rheineck railway station

Rheineck
Location Rheineck, St. Gallen
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°28′01″N 9°35′27″E / 47.46694°N 9.59083°E / 47.46694; 9.59083Coordinates: 47°28′01″N 9°35′27″E / 47.46694°N 9.59083°E / 47.46694; 9.59083
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s) St. Margrethen–Rorschach
Rheineck–Walzenhausen
Connections
Ship
 Lake Constance ferries
Bus
 PostBus local buses
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Staad   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S2 service		   St. Margrethen
Staad   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S3 service		   St. Margrethen
Staad   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S4 service		   St. Margrethen
Terminus   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S26 service		   Ruderbach
Location
Rheineck
Location within Switzerland

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]

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, S3 and S4, which link Rheineck to the city of St. Gallen and other local towns, and by service S26, which shuttles up to Walzenhausen. The S2, S3 and S4 each run hourly, providing three trains per hour to and from St. Gallen, whilst the S26 operates one or two return journeys per hour, depending on the time of day.[1][3][4][5]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "S-Bahn St.Gallen Map" (PDF). S-Bahn. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  4. ↑ "Rheineck–Walzenhausen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Wil–St. Gallen/Herisau–St. Gallen–Altstätten SG (alle Züge)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
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