Ziegelbrücke railway station () is a

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated either on or close to a rail junction, where lines to two or more destinations diverge. Many junction stations have multiple platform faces to enable trains for multiple destinatio ...

in the village of

Ziegelbrücke Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the Linth Channel in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipalities of Niederurnen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Glarus (canton), Glarus an ...

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. Whilst the village is shared between the municipality of Glarus Nord, in the

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, and the municipality of Schänis, in the

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, the station is located in the ''

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'' 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

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. It is one of the southern termini of the

Lake Zurich left bank railway line The Lake Zurich left bank railway line (), is a railway line in Switzerland. It serves the left (or west) bank of Lake Zurich, connecting Zurich to Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. The left-bank railway opened in 1875 and forms part of the Zurich– ...

, a main line that links

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as Zurich Main Station, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe. It is a major railway hub, with services to and from a ...

with Ziegelbrücke and

Näfels Näfels is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Näfels is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Näfels is first mentioned in 1240 as ''Nevels''. ...

. From Ziegelbrücke, the main line continues, as the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway, towards its ultimate destination,

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. Ziegelbrücke is also a terminus for two regional lines, the

Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway The Ziegelbrücke–Linthal railway (formerly the Weesen–Linthal railway, also called the Glarnerlinie—), is a single-track railway, single-track standard-gauge line in the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss cantons of canton of Glarus, Glarus and ...

and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway.

Facilities

The station features two

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s, 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

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The station is served by an hourly

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(IR35, ''

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'') service between

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and

, stopping at

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, Pfaffikon SZ, Ziegelbrücke,

Sargans Sargans is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland (Wahlkreis), Sarganserland in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. Sargans is known for ...

and Landquart. International trains, such as the

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Zürich HB–

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or the DB

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–Chur, do not stopp at Ziegelbrücke. Two lines of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

also connect Zürich and Ziegelbrücke, combining to provide three trains per hour. The S2 terminates at Ziegelbrücke and runs twice per hour. The hourly S25 continues through the

to Linthal. Two lines of the St. Gallen S-Bahn also provide service to Ziegelbrücke, both running once an hour. The S17 operates between and . The S6 links Rapperswil with Schwanden (or Linthal during off-peak hours) via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. In addition,

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operates peak-hour service to , making local stops. This service is designated S27 but is not part of either S-Bahn network. Summary: * : hourly service between and via (''Aare Linth'', jointly operated by SOB and

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). * St. Gallen S-Bahn / : half-hourly service to Rapperswil and hourly service to Sargans. *

/: three trains per hour to

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and every half-hour to . * Zürich S-Bahn /St. Gallen S-Bahn : half-hourly service to and hourly service to . * ''

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shuttle'' : peak-hour service to (not part of an S-Bahn network, operated by

Bus traffic

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

Bilten Bilten is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Bilten is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Bilten is first mentioned in 1050 as ''Billitun''. Geography Bilten has an ar ...

and

Niederurnen Niederurnen is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Glarus (canton), Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Niederurnen is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Ni ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziegelbrucke Railway Station Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen Swiss Federal Railways stations Railway stations in Switzerland opened in 1875

Facilities

Services

Bus traffic

See also

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