Murg railway station (german: Bahnhof Murg) is a railway station in

Quarten Quarten is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, above Lake Walensee. Besides Quarten itself, the municipality includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Qui ...

, in the Swiss canton of

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. The station is a short walk from the ferry across the

Walensee The Walensee, also known as ''Lake Walen'' or ''Lake Walenstadt'' from Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, with about two thirds of its area in the Canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the Canton of Glarus. Other towns ...

to Quinten.

Layout and connections

Murg has a

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

with two tracks ( 1–2). operates bus services from the station to

Walenstadt Walenstadt is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen (also known as "Lake Walenstadt"). Geography Walenstadt has an area of . Of this area, ...

. Schiffsbetrieb Walensee operates ferries on the

from a ferry dock approximately from the station.

Services

Murg is served by the S4 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn: * : hourly service via

(circular operation).

References

External links

* * {{SBB web, 9417, murg Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen Swiss Federal Railways stations