Blumenau railway station

Blumenau
Small platform surrounded by buildings and overhead wires
The single station platform in 2009
General information
LocationOberseestrasse
Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen
Switzerland
Coordinates47°13′25.216″N 8°50′32.658″E / 47.22367111°N 8.84240500°E / 47.22367111; 8.84240500
Elevation413 m (1,355 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance57.3 km (35.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms1
Train operatorsSüdostbahn (SOB)
ConnectionsVZO buses (Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona)[2] 991 992 996
Construction
Bicycle facilitiespresent, with roof
Other information
Fare zone
History
Rebuilt2023
Passengers
2018500 per weekday[5]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Rapperswil
Terminus
 S6 Schmerikon
towards Schwanden or Linthal
S17 Schmerikon
towards Sargans
Location
Map

Blumenau railway station (German: Bahnhof Blumenau) is one of four active railway stations in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The other three railway stations are Rapperswil, Jona and Kempraten. Blumenau railway station is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1] The next station towards east is now Schmerikon, but until 2004 it used to be Bollingen.

Built in the 1980's, the station was refurbished in 2023 and the platform was lenghtend.[6]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Regionalnetz" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Ein Teilstück des Bahnwegs in Rapperswil-Jona wird gesperrt" (in German). Nau. Retrieved 2023-12-17.