St. Gallen railway station

St. Gallen railway station is situated to the west of the city centre (Altstadt), and consists of two parts. The standard gauge portion of the station (St. Gallen–Winterthur, St. Gallen–Rorschach and Bodensee–Toggenburg lines), located to the north of Bahnhofplatz (), consists of four platforms (one side platform and three island platforms) serving 7 tracks (, 1–7), of which one is a cul-de-sac. In addition, there are four sidings. Towards east, the railway tracks continue through the long Rosenberg Tunnel to . Appenzell Railways (AB) serves the meter gauge tracks 11 and 12 on the Appenzell–Trogen line with a pair of side platforms at the western end of Bahnhofplatz (St. Gallen AB station). Buses depart from the terminal at Bahnhofplatz. The station and its forecourt were refurbished between 2016 and 2018. The standard gauge tracks are crossed by two underpasses, the eastern one of which contains shops and take-aways. Additional shops and restaurants as well as the ticket offices are located in the station building. The southern entry of the eastern underpass features a binary clock. The Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) is located immediately northwest of the station. Further to the west, there is a circular building, the former ( that had a tuntable at its center), which now houses a restaurant and cinema. == Services ==

Rail the following rail services stop at St. Gallen: • EuroCity (EC): service every two hours between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and München Hauptbahnhof, via (runs as in Germany). • InterCity: • / : half-hourly service to via , and hourly service to • InterRegio: • : hourly service to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, half-hourly service to • Voralpen Express: hourly service to via and • RegioExpress: • : hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between and Konstanz via • St. Gallen S-Bahn (most lines are also part of Bodensee S-Bahn): • : half-hourly service between Wil and . • / : half-hourly service between and and hourly service to , , and . • : half-hourly (weekdays) or hourly (weekends) service over the St. Gallen–Winterthur railway to Weinfelden and hourly service over the Rorschach–St. Gallen railway to St. Margrethen. • : rush-hour service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen (only calls at , and between St. Gallen and ). • : half-hourly service over the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway between Appenzell and Trogen. • : rush-hour service between Teufen AR and Trogen. • : hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Herisau. • : rush-hour service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway to Wittenbach. On weekends (Friday and Saturday nights), there are also three nighttime S-Bahn services (SN21, SN22, SN72) offered by the . • : hourly service to . • : hourly service to Winterthur and . • : hourly service to and . Bus Several bus routes of (VBSG, including four trolleybus lines), PostAuto and depart from the station forecourt (Bahnhofplatz). ==See also==