Herisau railway station
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| Location | Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°23′24.7″N 9°16′36.5″E / 47.390194°N 9.276806°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 745 m (2,444 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Regiobus bus lines[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 213 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1910[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways. Both companies have separate tracks and facilities, separated by Bahnhofplatz.
Layout
Herisau serves both the east–west 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Bodensee–Toggenburg line of Südostbahn (SOB) and the north–south 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways (AB).[1] SOB has two platforms serving three tracks (Nos. 1–3) on the north side of Bahnhofplatz. AB is similarly situated, with two platforms serving tracks 11–13 south of Bahnhofplatz.[5]
A major project is underway to improve access to the station and redevelop parts of the site. This project will shift the Appenzell Railways tracks and platforms a short distance to the south, permitting the construction of a new bus loading area off Bahnhofplatz. Besides affording greater capacity, this loading area will be handicap-accessible. Traffic congestion will be further reduced by the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Bahnhofplatz and Bahnhofstrasse, just west of the station. Construction work began in January 2021; it is estimated that the entire project will be complete by 2028.[6]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Herisau (most regional services are part of the Bodensee S-Bahn):[7][8]
- IR Voralpen-Express: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Lucerne and St. Gallen.
- RegioExpress RE1: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line to Konstanz.
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S2 / S4: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG via St. Gallen and hourly service to Rapperswil, Sargans, and Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
- S23: half-hourly service over the Gossau–Wasserauen line between Gossau SG and Wasserauen.
- S81: hourly service over the Bodensee–Toggenburg line to St. Gallen.
The S2 and S4 combine for half-hourly service between Wattwil and Altstätten SG; the various services on the Bodensee–Toggenburg line provide one train approximately every 11 minutes between Herisau and St. Gallen.
On weekends (Friday and Saturday nights), there is also a nighttime S-Bahn service (SN72) offered by the Ostwind tariff network.[9][10]
- SN72: hourly service to Lichtensteig and to Romanshorn, via St. Gallen.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "St. Gallen West" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Herisau 2017, p. 2.
- ^ Herisau 2017, p. 14.
- ^ Pagani, Alessia (13 January 2021). "Neugestaltung - Schritt für Schritt zum neuen Bahnhof – in Herisau haben die ersten Arbeiten begonnen". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "St. Gallen - Wattwil - Rapperswil" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Gossau SG - Herisau - Appenzell - Wasserauen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Ostschweizer Nachtnetz – Noch mehr Zug und Bus am Wochenende" [Eastern Switzerland's nighttime network – More trains and buses on the weekend] (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Nachtnetzplan" [OSTWIND nighttime network map] (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
References
- "Bahnhofplatz Mit Bushof Herisau" (PDF) (in German). Herisau. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
External links
- Media related to Herisau railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Herisau railway station – SBB