Ziegelbrücke railway station

Ziegelbrücke railway station (german: Bahnhof Ziegelbrücke) is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke in Switzerland. Whilst the village is shared between the municipality of Glarus Nord, in the canton of Glarus, and the municipality of Schänis, in the canton of St. Gallen, the station is located in the ''Gemarkung'' of Schänis, where it is the larger of two railway stations (the other being Schänis railway station).

Opened in 1875, the station is owned and operated by the Swiss Federal Railways. It is one of the southern termini of the Lake Zurich left bank railway line, a main line that links Zürich Hauptbahnhof with Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. From Ziegelbrücke, the main line continues, as the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway, towards its ultimate destination, Chur.

Ziegelbrücke is also a terminus for two regional lines, the Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway.

Facilities

The station features two station buildings, a goods despatch office and a maintenance depot. Tracks 1 - 4 are used for goods traffic, shunting operation and to accommodate passenger trains during off-peak hours and overnight. Tracks 5 - 10 are equipped with passenger platforms and therefore used for passenger traffic. Tracks 6 and 9 are usually used for intercity- and freight-trains that pass through the station at maximum speed. Tracks 11 and 12 are solely used for shunting operation and to accommodate passenger trains during off-peak hours and overnight.

On the south side of the station, parallel to the railway line, lies the river Linth, a railway power line and the main road.

Services

The station is served by an hourly InterRegio (IR35, ''Aare Linth'') service between Bern and Chur, stopping at Zurich, Thalwil, Pfaffikon SZ, Ziegelbrücke, Sargans and Landquart. International trains, such as the ÖBB Railjet Zürich HB–Wien Hauptbahnhof or the DB ICE Hamburg-Altona–Chur, do not stopp at Ziegelbrücke.

Two lines of the Zürich S-Bahn also connect Zürich and Ziegelbrücke, combining to provide three trains per hour. The S2 terminates at Ziegelbrücke and runs twice per hour; with some weekend trains continuing to Unterterzen. The hourly S25 continues through the canton of Glarus to Linthal.

Two lines of the St. Gallen S-Bahn also provide service to Ziegelbrücke, both running once an hour. The S4 operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen and Sargans back to Ziegelbrücke (Alpstein circle route, ''Alpsteinrundfahrt''). The S6 links Rapperswil with Schwanden (or Linthal during off-peak hours) via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. In combination with the ''Voralpen Express'' (running hourly between –Rapperswil–Uznach–St. Gallen), the S4 and S6 provide half-hourly services to both Rapperswil and St. Gallen through connecting services at Uznach railway station.

In addition, Südostbahn operates peak-hour service to , making local stops. This service is designated S27 but is not part of either S-Bahn network.

Summary:

* InterRegio : hourly service between and via (''Aare Linth'', jointly operated by SOB and SBB CFF FFS).
* St. Gallen S-Bahn : hourly service via , , and ( circle route).
* Zürich S-Bahn /: three trains per hour to Zürich HB and every half-hour to .
* Zürich S-Bahn /St. Gallen S-Bahn : half-hourly service to and hourly service to and .
* ''March shuttle'' : peak-hour service to (not part of an S-Bahn network, operated by Südostbahn).

Bus traffic

Postauto and local Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden bus lines connect Ziegelbrücke with the communities in the Wahlkreis See-Gaster and the municipalities of Bilten and Niederurnen.

See also

*History of rail transport in Switzerland
*Rail transport in Switzerland

References

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Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen
Railway stations opened in 1875
Swiss Federal Railways stations