Sargans railway station () is a railway station in

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 ...

, in the

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canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Chur–Rorschach line and eastern terminus of the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. It is served by local, regional, and long-distance trains.

Layout

Sargans is a keilbahnhof and located between the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway lines. On the south side, serving the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway line, are two

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s and an

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with four tracks ( 2–5). On the north side, serving the Chur–Rorschach railway line, are two side platforms with two tracks (Nos. 6–7).

Services

the following services stop at Sargans: *

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: ** Two round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines between

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and

Chur '' Chur (locally) or ; ; ; ; ; ; or ; , and . is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, town of the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons and lies in the Alpine Rhine, Grisonian Rhine Valley, where ...

. * Railjet Express: Four round-trips per day over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to

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, or

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. *

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: Overnight trains over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Graz, Vienna,

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, Budapest, or

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. *

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: '' Transalpin'': Single round-trip per day over the Chur–Rorschach line between

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 ...

and Graz Hauptbahnhof. *

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: ** Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines from

Basel SBB Basel SBB railway station (, or in earlier times ''Centralbahnhof'' or ''Schweizer Bahnhof'') is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest intern ...

or Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Chur *

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: ** Hourly service between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Sargans and horuly service between St. Gallen and Chur, combined forming half-hourly service between St. Gallen and Sargans ** Hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines between and Chur. * St. Gallen S-Bahn ** : hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line to via St. Gallen. ** : half-hourly service over the Chur–Rorschach line to Chur. ** : hourly service over the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line to Rapperswil via .

References

External links

* {{SBB web, 9411, sargans Railway stations in the canton of St. Gallen Swiss Federal Railways stations

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Services

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