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Schmerikon
Schmerikon
	The station platform in 2009
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse; Schmerikon, St. Gallen; Switzerland
Coordinates	47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E / 47.22516000°N 8.94338194°E
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance	49.3 km (30.6 mi) from Sargans
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses
Other information
Fare zone	995 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])
Passengers
2018	1,400 per weekday
Services
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Schmerikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Schmerikon) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Schmerikon in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located next to the shore of Obersee on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.^[5]^[1]

Services

The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S6, which operates south-east to Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke and westward to Rapperswil, and S17, which operates between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke. Both these lines run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke.

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following S-Bahn services stop at Schmerikon railway station:^[6]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

History

The next railway station to the west is now Blumenau, but until 2004 it used to be Bollingen. Until December 2023, the station was served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen.

References

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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[saw-1] Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

[2] "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[3] "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[4] "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[swmap-5] map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

[fpf735-6] "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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-'''Schmerikon railway station''' is a [[railway station]] situated in the [[Schmerikon|municipality of Schmerikon]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of St. Gallen]]. It is located on the [[Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line|Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line]].<ref name=swmap>{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=714317.98202348&X=231384.5&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&time_current=latest&lang=en | accessdate = 2013-06-20}}</ref><ref name=saw>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz | year = 2012 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-130-7 | pages = 12-13}}</ref>
+'''Schmerikon railway station''' ({{langx|de|Bahnhof Schmerikon}}) is a [[railway station]] situated in the [[Schmerikon|municipality of Schmerikon]] in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[canton of St. Gallen]]. It is located  next to the shore of ''[[Obersee (Zürichsee)|Obersee]]'' on the [[Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line|Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line]].<ref name=swmap>{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=714317.98202348&X=231384.5&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&time_current=latest&lang=en | accessdate = 2013-06-20}}</ref><ref name=saw>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz | year = 2012 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-130-7 | pages = 12–13}}</ref>
-The station is served by the inter-regional [[Voralpen Express]], which links [[Lucerne]] and [[Romanshorn]] via [[Rapperswil]] and [[St. Gallen]], and by a [[Regio (Swiss railway train)|Regio]] service from Rapperswil to [[Linthal, Glarus|Linthal]]. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sbb.ch/content/dam/sbb/de/pdf/fahrplan/gedruckte-fahrplaene/taschenfahrplaene/Ab-An_Fahrplaene/SCME_121209_ab_3115.pdf.spooler.download.pdf | title = Departures - Schmerikon Station | publisher = Swiss Federal Railways | accessdate = 2013-06-20}}</ref>
+== Services ==
+The station is served by [[St. Gallen S-Bahn]] services [[S6 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S6]], which operates south-east to [[Schwanden, Glarus|Schwanden]] via [[Ziegelbrücke]] and westward to [[Rapperswil]], and [[S17 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S17]], which operates between Rapperswil and  [[Sargans]] via Ziegelbrücke. Both these lines run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke.
+{{As of|alt=As of the December 2023 timetable change|2023|12|post=,}} the following [[S-Bahn]] services stop at Schmerikon railway station:<ref name="fpf735">{{cite web | url = https://www.xn--v-info-vxa.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2024/pdf/735.pdf | title = Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke | publisher = Swiss Federal Railways | date=15 September 2023 | accessdate = 16 December 2023 | lang=de}}</ref>
+* [[St. Gallen S-Bahn]] {{ric|St. Gallen S-Bahn|6}} / {{ric|St. Gallen S-Bahn|17}}: half-hourly service between {{rws|Rapperswil}} and {{rws|Ziegelbrücke}} and hourly service to {{rws|Schwanden}} / {{rws|Linthal}} or {{rws|Sargans}}.
+==History==
+The next railway station to the west is now {{rws|Blumenau}}, but until 2004 it used to be {{rws|Bollingen}}. Until December 2023, the station was served by the inter-regional [[Voralpen Express]], which links {{rws|Lucerne}} and {{rws|St. Gallen}}.
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 == External links ==
-*{{commonscat-inline|Bahnhof Schmerikon|Schmerikon railway station}}
+*{{commonscat-inline|Schmerikon railway station}}
+* {{SBB web}}
+{{Lake Zurich|state=collapsed}}
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 [[Category:Swiss Federal Railways stations]]
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