Wattwil railway station (german: Bahnhof Wattwil) is a railway station in
Wattwil
Wattwil is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Krinau merged into Wattwil.[Swiss
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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 station on the
Bodensee–Toggenburg railway
The Bodensee–Toggenburg railway is a mainly single-track standard-gauge line connecting on Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) and the Toggenburg region in Eastern Switzerland. It was built by the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT), a former rai ...
, the southern terminus of the
Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway
The Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway is a single-track standard-gauge line that runs through the Toggenburg region of Switzerland. It was built by the Toggenburgerbahn (Toggenburg Railway; TB). Its 25 kilometre-long, standard gauge line from via ...
, and the eastern terminus of the
Uznach–Wattwil railway
The Uznach–Wattwil railway, also called the Rickenbahn (Ricken Railway) is a single-track standard-gauge line in Switzerland. It was opened on 1 October 1910 by the Swiss Federal Railways. It is 14.37 kilometres long, including 8,603&n ...
(the latter includes the long
Ricken Tunnel
The Ricken Tunnel (german: Rickentunnel) is an long rail tunnel under the Ricken Pass in eastern Switzerland. It is on the Swiss Federal Railway Uznach–Wattwil line, between Kaltbrunn station and Wattwil station. The tunnel, which accommoda ...
). It is served by local and long-distance trains.
Services
Three
S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...
routes and one
InterRegio long-distance service call at Wattwil railway station.
Trains
*
''
Voralpen-Express
The ''Voralpen-Express'' (''VAE'') is a named train connecting small to medium-sized cities and villages in Central and Eastern Switzerland, carrying this name since 1992. It is operated by Südostbahn (SOB) and runs every hour between St. Galle ...
'': hourly service between and (via and ).
*
St. Gallen S-Bahn:
** : hourly service between and (via , and ).
** : hourly service between Wattwil, , , , and Wattwil (
circular operation, in both directions).
** : half-hourly service between Wattwil and .
Bus
There are several bus services departing from Wattwil railway station. The services are provided by ' (''BLWE''), ' and ''
Postauto
PostAuto Switzerland, PostBus Ltd. (known as in Swiss Standard German (), in Swiss French (), in Swiss Italian (), and in Romansh () is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Sw ...
''.
[https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2020/80.790.pdf] The bus lines are as follows:
Gallery
SBB Historic - F 122 01169 007 - Wattwil Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg, station building (2003)
SBB Historic - F 122 01169 006 - Wattwil Stellwerkgebaeude Gleisseite.jpg, signal box (ca. 1990)
SBB Historic - F 116 00001 532 - Wattwil.tif, station building (1961)
Bahnhof Wattwil um 1900.png, Wattwil station (early 20th century)
Wattwil 20100918Y305.jpg, Tracks and platforms
S-Bahn SG Wattwil Schneider.jpg, Wattwil bus station next to railway station
References
External links
* {{commons category-inline, Wattwil railway station
Wattwil station on SBB
Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen
Südostbahn stations