Lichtensteig railway station
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LocationLichtensteig
Switzerland
Switzerland
Coordinates47°19′12″N 9°04′59″E / 47.32°N 9.083°E
Elevation616 m (2,021 ft)
Owned bySüdostbahn
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 The Lichtensteig station building in 2015, with a Südostbahn FLIRT on the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Lichtensteig Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°19′12″N 9°04′59″E / 47.32°N 9.083°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 616 m (2,021 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Südostbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Salomon Schlatter (1910) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 974 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lichtensteig railway station (German: Bahnhof Lichtensteig) is a railway station in Lichtensteig, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It sits at the junction of the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway and is served by local trains only. It is an example of a Keilbahnhof.
Train
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Lichtensteig:[4]
- 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.
- S9: half-hourly service between Wattwil and Wil.
On weekends (Friday and Saturday nights), there is also a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN72) offered by the Ostwind tariff network.[5][6]
- SN72: hourly service to Romanshorn, via St. Gallen.
Bus
The station is also served by bus routes of PostAuto Schweiz and Busbetrieb Lichtensteig–Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel (BLWE), which depart from the station forecourt.[2][1]
