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| Location | Gossau Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°24′42.5″N 9°15′11.2″E / 47.411806°N 9.253111°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 637 m (2,090 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bus | PostAuto Schweiz 727 RegioBus 151 152 155 159 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 212 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 9,100 per weekday (except the S23)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gossau SG railway station (German: Bahnhof Gossau SG) is a railway station in Gossau, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate station on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line and the terminus of the Sulgen–Gossau and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen lines.[1]
Layout
The station has one island platform and one side platform on the St. Gallen–Winterthur line, with tracks (Gleis) numbered 1, 3 and 4. These tracks are used by InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR) and S-Bahn services S1 and S5.[4]
The S23 service departs from the adjacent Appenzell Railways (AB) station, where two platforms and tracks (Gleis 11/12) exist.
PostAuto Schweiz and RegioBus bus lines depart from the bus station in front of the station building (Bahnhofplatz).[5][6][7]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Gossau SG:[8]
/ 
: half-hourly service between Zürich HB and St. Gallen and hourly service to Geneva Airport and Chur.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S1: half-hourly service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur line between Wil SG and Schaffhausen via St. Gallen and Romanshorn, supplementing the long-distance services.
- S5: half-hourly (weekdays) or hourly (weekends) service between Weinfelden and St. Gallen; hourly service to St. Margrethen.
- S23: half-hourly service over the Gossau–Wasserauen line to Wasserauen, via Herisau and Appenzell.
References
- 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ↑ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Gossau SG station layout" (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "Wil/Uzwil/Flawil/Gossau" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "Liniennetzplan RegioBus [RegioBus bus network]". Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ↑ "St. Gallen West" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Gossau SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
External links
Media related to Gossau SG railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Gossau SG railway station – SBB