Benken railway station

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]

Benken
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 / 47.20445806; 9.00865389Coordinates: 47°12′16.049″N 9°0′31.154″E / 47.20445806°N 9.00865389°E / 47.20445806; 9.00865389
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]
Other information
Fare zone	992 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[3]
Passengers
2018	340 per weekday^[4]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Uznach towards Rapperswil S6 Schänis towards Schwanden or Linthal
Location

The station is served by the hourly St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 service, which links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Benken:^[6]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn S6: hourly service between Rapperswil and Schwanden via Ziegelbrücke.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 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.
5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
6. "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links

•   Media related to Benken railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Benken railway station – SBB