Sargans train station

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Sargans
Overview of Sargans train station
Overview of Sargans train station
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Design Wedge station
Platform tracks 6th
abbreviation SA
IBNR 8509411
opening 1858
location
City / municipality Sargans
Canton Canton of St. Gallen
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 752 521  /  212396 coordinates: 47 ° 2 '42 "  N , 9 ° 26' 45"  O ; CH1903:  752,521  /  212396
Height ( SO ) 481.7  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The Sargans train station is a railway junction in the Swiss town of Sargans . It is operated by the SBB and served by their trains as well as the cross-border trains of the ÖBB .

location

The wedge station forms the confluence of the Ziegelbrücke – Sargans railway into the Chur – Rorschach railway . There are also various bus routes to the Sarganserland , Werdenberg , and the Principality of Liechtenstein .

architecture

The station is a wedge station, the reception building is laid out between tracks 5 and 6. The buses run on the front of the triangular building that is not adjacent to the tracks. A Coop Pronto is rented in the station building. On platforms 2 to 5 (two outside and one middle platform), traffic from / to Zurich, i.e. H. the trains Zurich – Chur and Zurich – Vienna are handled, on platform tracks 6 and 7 the S-Bahn and RegioExpress trains Chur – Buchs – St. Gallen.

history

Sargans train station 1988

The station was opened on July 1, 1858 as part of the railway line from Lake Constance to Chur . A year later, the route to Murg , Weesen and Ziegelbrücke , opened in two stages on February 15 and July 1, followed , creating a connection via Uznach , Rapperswil (hairpin) and Uster to Zurich. Today's main line via Pfäffikon SZ and Thalwil has only existed since 1875 and was built by another company, so that it was only after 1890 that individual trains Zurich – Chur were run on this route. In 1927/28 the lines leading to Sargans were electrified. On December 15, 1927, electrical operation from Zurich to Buchs began, and from May 11, 1928, the trains to Chur were also electric. To the south of Sargans, the loop to Trübbach on the Rhine valley line, opened in 1983, branches off to the left; it enables freight trains and passenger trains from Zurich to Austria to travel without a hairpin in Sargans. It was put into operation at the same time as the new security system in the station.

On March 18, 2010, the groundbreaking ceremony took place for the renovation of the Sargans train station, in which various projects were carried out for around CHF 100 million, including a. an additional platform on track 7, a superstructure in the station area, as well as a new park and ride facility with 260 parking spaces. In addition, a new bus station with 9 retaining edges was built for around 3.3 million francs in the immediate vicinity of the train station.

From December 2013, Sargans received a ring line from St. Gallen, Herisau , Wattwil , Uznach and Ziegelbrücke to Sargans and on via Buchs, St. Margrethen back to St. Gallen (or vice versa) to the St. Gallen S-Bahn . In addition, from December 2013 the Rheintalexpress was given a direct connection in Sargans to the Intercity to Zurich, which significantly reduced the travel time from the St. Gallen Rhine Valley to Zurich.

investment

Most of the time, the tracks are used according to the following scheme.

  • Track 2: Trains from Chur in the direction of Ziegelbrücke and Zurich
  • Track 3: S12 towards Chur / every two hours additional IC or ICE to Chur
  • Track 4: Trains from Buchs SG towards Zurich / S4 towards Ziegelbrücke – Uznach / trains from Zurich towards Buchs – Austria
  • Track 5: Long-distance trains from Zurich in the direction of Chur / S4 in the direction of Buchs – St.Gallen
  • Platform 6: Trains Rheintal – Sargans (–Chur) / S12 towards Chur
  • Track 7: Rheintal – Sargans (–Chur) trains

traffic

Long-distance transport

For the REX Wil – St. Gallen – Chur, the SBB use their RABe 511 .

Regional traffic

  • RegioExpressZurich HB – Thalwil – Wädenswil – Pfäffikon SZ – Siebnen-Wangen – Ziegelbrücke – Walenstadt – Sargans –Landquart – Chur
RABe 526 of the SOB as the S4 ring train at Sargans station

S-Bahn St. Gallen

  • S 4 Sargans – Buchs SG – Rorschach – St.Gallen – Wattwil – Uznach – Ziegelbrücke – Sargans ( ring line )
  • S 12 Sargans – Bad Ragaz – Landquart – Chur

Bus transport

  • 400 Buchs – Sevelen – Weite – Trübbach – Sargans
  • 11 Feldkirch – Vaduz – Balzers – Trübbach – Sargans
  • 12E Vaduz – Trübbach – Sargans
  • 429 Sargans – Vilters – Wangs – Mels – Sargans (ring line)
  • 430 Sargans – Mels – Wangs – Vilters – Sargans (ring line)
  • 433 Sargans – Mels – Heiligkreuz
  • 441 Sargans – Mels – Heiligkreuz – Flums – Flumserberg

swell

  • Hans Karl Pfyffer: Railways in the Glarnerland and Walensee region. Minirex, Lucerne 2004, ISBN 3-907014-20-X
  • Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network / Réseau ferré suisse - Rail profile Switzerland CH + / Le rail suisse en profile CH +. Third, updated and completely revised edition, AS Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sargans station plan . Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ Groundbreaking for the station extension . Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ Expansion of Sargans station . Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ St. Gallen bus depot (PDF; 3.7 MB). Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  5. ^ S-Bahn St Gallen 2013 ( Memento from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )