Rorschach railway station
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| Location | Rorschach Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°28′40.814″N 9°30′18.443″E / 47.47800389°N 9.50512306°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 399 m (1,309 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 231 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rorschach railway station (German: Bahnhof Rorschach) is a railway station in Rorschach, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of four railway lines: Chur–Rorschach, Rorschach–St. Gallen, Rorschach–Heiden, and the Lake Line.[1] It is the primary station for Rorschach and is served by local and long-distance trains.
Rorschach is one of three stations within the municipality of Rorschach, along with Rorschach Stadt (the next station west on the Rorschach–St. Gallen line) and Rorschach Hafen, the next station northwest on the Rorschach–Heiden line on the shore of Lake Constance.
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Rorschach:[3]
- InterCity / InterRegio:
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half-hourly service to Zürich HB and hourly service to Geneva Airport and Chur.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S2 / S4: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG via St. Gallen and hourly service to Rapperswil, Sargans, and Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
- S5: hourly service between Weinfelden and St. Margrethen via St. Gallen.
- S7: half-hourly service to Romanshorn and hourly service to Weinfelden; on Saturdays and Sundays, service every two hours to Lindau-Reutin via Bregenz. Limited service on weekdays to Lindau.
- S25: hourly service between Rorschach Hafen and Heiden via Wienacht-Tobel.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Rorschach" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Rorschach railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Rorschach railway station – SBB
