Herisau railway station

Herisau
Train in snow with station platforms
THURBO Stadler GTW No. 739 with a Konstanz RE service at Herisau in 2019
General information
LocationHerisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Switzerland
Coordinates47°23′24.7″N 9°16′36.5″E / 47.390194°N 9.276806°E / 47.390194; 9.276806
Elevation745 m (2,444 ft)
Owned by
Line(s)
Distance
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Platforms
Tracks6
Train operators
ConnectionsRegiobus [de] bus lines[2]
History
Opened1 October 1910 (1910-10-01)[3]
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Wattwil
towards Lucerne
Voralpen Express St. Gallen
Terminus
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Schachen (Herisau) S2 St. Gallen Haggen
Schachen (Herisau)
towards Rapperswil
S4 St. Gallen Haggen
towards Sargans
Gossau SG
Terminus
S23 Wilen
towards Wasserauen
Terminus S81 St. Gallen Haggen
towards St. Gallen
Preceding station THURBO Following station
Terminus RE1 St. Gallen
towards Konstanz
Location
Map

Herisau railway station (German: Bahnhof Herisau) is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways. Both companies have separate tracks and facilities, separated by Bahnhofplatz.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference saw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "St. Gallen West" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ Herisau 2017, p. 2.