Rorschach railway station

Rorschach railway station (German: Bahnhof Rorschach) is a railway station in Rorschach, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of four railway lines: Chur–Rorschach, Rorschach–St. Gallen, Rorschach–Heiden, and the Lake Line.^[1] It is the primary station for Rorschach and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Rorschach
The station building in 2010
General information
Location	Rorschach Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′40.814″N 9°30′18.443″E / 47.47800389°N 9.50512306°E / 47.47800389; 9.50512306
Elevation	399 m (1,309 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Chur–Rorschach line Rorschach–St. Gallen line Lake Line Rorschach–Heiden line
Distance	65.0 km (40.4 mi) from Sargans 97.3 km (60.5 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof ^[1]
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways THURBO Südostbahn Appenzell Railways
Other information
Fare zone	231 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[2]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station St. Gallen towards Geneva Airport IC 5 Terminus St. Gallen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof IR 13 St. Margrethen towards Chur Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Rorschach Stadt towards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 Staad towards Altstätten SG Rorschach Stadt towards Rapperswil S4 Staad towards Sargans Rorschach Stadt towards Weinfelden S5 Staad towards St. Margrethen Rorschach Hafen towards Weinfelden S7 St. Margrethen towards Lindau-Reutin Rorschach Hafen Terminus S25 Seebleiche towards Heiden
Location

Rorschach is one of three stations within the municipality of Rorschach, along with Rorschach Stadt (the next station west on the Rorschach–St. Gallen line) and Rorschach Hafen, the next station northwest on the Rorschach–Heiden line on the shore of Lake Constance.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Rorschach:^[3]

• InterCity / InterRegio:
  •   /   half-hourly service to Zürich HB and hourly service to Geneva Airport and Chur.
• 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.
  • S5: hourly service between Weinfelden and St. Margrethen via St. Gallen.
  • S7: half-hourly service to Romanshorn and hourly service to Weinfelden; on Saturdays and Sundays, service every two hours to Lindau-Reutin via Bregenz. Limited service on weekdays to Lindau.
  • S25: hourly service between Rorschach Hafen and Heiden via Wienacht-Tobel.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
3. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Rorschach" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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