Rheineck railway station (german: Bahnhof Rheineck) is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
that serves the
municipality of Rheineck, in the
canton of St. Gallen
The canton of St. Gallen, also canton of St Gall (german: link=no, Kanton St. Gallen ; rm, Chantun Son Gagl; french: Canton de Saint-Gall; it, Canton San Gallo), is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is St. Gallen.
Located in northeastern ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The station is located on the eastern edge of Rheineck village centre, with the
A1 motorway
A1, A-1, A01 or A.1. may refer to:
Education
* A1, the Basic Language Certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
* Language A1, the former name for "Language A: literature", one of the IB Group 1 subjects
* A1, a ...
, the
Alter Rhein river channel and then the border with
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
flanking the opposite side of the station.
The station is an intermediate stop on the
St. Margrethen–Rorschach railway line, and is the lower terminus of the
Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway
The Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway (german: Bergbahn Rheineck–Walzenhausen; RhW) is a long rack railway in Switzerland. It links Rheineck station, in the municipality of Rheineck and the canton of St Gallen, with the village and hea ...
. It is served by
St. Gallen S-Bahn services
S2,
S4, and
S5, which link Rheineck to the
city of St. Gallen and other local towns, and by service
S26, which shuttles up to
Walzenhausen
Walzenhausen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
History
The farm ''Walzenhausen'' was mentioned first in 1320. The church was built in 1638 in as little as nine months. This was the establishment of Walzenha ...
. The S2, S4, and S5 each run hourly, providing three trains per hour to and from St. Gallen, whilst the S26 operates one or two return journeys per hour, depending on the time of day.
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
, and the town's landing stages are located on the Alter Rhein channel. The landing stages are linked to the station by a pedestrian subway under the A1 motorway. Local bus services operate from a bus station adjacent to the station building.[
The station has two side platforms, on either side of the twin track main line. The station building abuts the western platform, and is linked to the eastern platform by a pedestrian subway. The Rheineck–Walzenhausen line starts from its own platform, which is actually located on the western mainline platform.
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Gallery
File:RhW 3.jpg, The Rheineck–Walzenhausen train at its terminus
File:Rheineck 180214 3.jpg, The bus station
File:Wohlen–Meisterschwanden Bahn BDe 44.jpg, A visiting historic train
File:Rheineck von Süden.jpg, The station in the town
References
External links
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Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen
Swiss Federal Railways stations
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