Gossau SG railway station

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+38 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen lines.[1]

Gossau SG
Three-story building
The Gossau station building in 2013
General information
LocationGossau
Switzerland
Coordinates47°24′42.5″N 9°15′11.2″E / 47.411806°N 9.253111°E / 47.411806; 9.253111
Elevation637 m (2,090 ft)
Line(s)
Distance
[1]
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Train operators
Connections
Bus
Bus
PostAuto Schweiz  727 
RegioBus 151 152 155 159
Other information
Fare zone212 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[2]
Passengers
20189,100 per weekday (except the S23)[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Flawil IC 1 St. Gallen
Terminus
Flawil IR 13 St. Gallen
towards Chur
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Flawil
towards Wil
S1
St. Gallen Winkeln
towards Schaffhausen
Arnegg
towards Weinfelden
S5 St. Gallen Winkeln
Terminus S23 Herisau
towards Wasserauen
Location
Map

Layout

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Bus station
 
S23 train of AB

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 [de] bus lines depart from the bus station in front of the station building (Bahnhofplatz).[5][6][7]

Services

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As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Gossau SG:[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Gossau SG station layout" (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  5. ^ "Wil/Uzwil/Flawil/Gossau" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Liniennetzplan RegioBus [RegioBus bus network]". Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  7. ^ "St. Gallen West" (PDF). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Gossau SG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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