Schachen (Herisau) railway station
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LocationHerisau
Switzerland
Switzerland
Coordinates47°23′10″N 9°14′38″E / 47.386°N 9.244°E
Elevation789 m (2,589 ft)
Owned bySüdostbahn
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| Location | Herisau Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°23′10″N 9°14′38″E / 47.386°N 9.244°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 789 m (2,589 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Südostbahn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Bodensee–Toggenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 213 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Schachen (Herisau) railway station (German: Bahnhof Schachen (Herisau)) is a railway station in Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate station on the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway and is served as a request stop by local trains only.
As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Schachen (Herisau):[2]
- 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.
On weekends (Friday and Saturday nights), there is also a nighttime S-Bahn services (SN72) offered by the Ostwind tariff network.[3][4]
- SN72: hourly service to Lichtensteig and to Romanshorn, via St. Gallen.
