Benken railway station
Benken | |||||||||||||||
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 The station in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Benknerstrasse Benken, St. Gallen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°12′16.049″N 9°0′31.154″E / 47.20445806°N 9.00865389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 416 m (1,365 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 43.4 km (27.0 mi) from Sargans[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Südostbahn | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 992 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 340 per weekday[4] | ||||||||||||||
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Benken railway station (German: Bahnhof Benken) is a railway station situated in the municipality of Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.[5][1]
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Benken:[6]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 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 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Benken railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Benken railway station – SBB
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