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Railway station in Switzerland
Wattwil
Three-story buildingThe Wattwil station building in 2011
General information
LocationWattwil
Switzerland
Coordinates47°17′58.11″N 9°5′11.55″E / 47.2994750°N 9.0865417°E / 47.2994750; 9.0865417
Owned bySüdostbahn
Line(s)
Train operators
ConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz, Busbetrieb Lichtensteig–Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel [de] (BLWE) and Schneider Busbetriebe [de] buses
Construction
ArchitectHeinrich Ditscher (1910), Johann Jakob Breitinger (1870)
Passengers
20188200 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Uznachtowards Lucerne Voralpen Express Herisautowards St. Gallen
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Ebnat-Kappeltowards Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S2 Lichtensteigtowards Altstätten SG
Kaltbrunntowards Rapperswil S4 Lichtensteigtowards Sargans
Terminus S9 Lichtensteigtowards Wil
Location

Wattwil railway station (German: Bahnhof Wattwil) is a railway station in Wattwil, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate station on the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway, the southern terminus of the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway, and the eastern terminus of the Uznach–Wattwil railway (the latter includes the 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) long Ricken Tunnel). It is served by local and long-distance trains.

Services

BLWE bus and Südostbahn EMU

Trains

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Wattwil:

Bus

Several bus services depart from the station forecourt. Services are provided by Busbetrieb Lichtensteig–Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel [de] (BLWE), Schneider Busbetriebe [de] and PostAuto Schweiz. The bus lines are as follows:

Line Route Operator
622 (Wattwil railway station – Ricken – Gebertingen –) St. Gallenkappel – Eschenbach – Wagen – Kreuz (Jona railway station) – Rapperswil railway station Schneider Busbetriebe
770 Lichtensteig, Steigrüti – Wattwil railway station – Ulisbach – Ebnat-Kappel railway station – Ebnat-Kappel, Wier BLWE
780 Wattwil railway station – Heiterswil – Hemberg PostAuto Schweiz
790 Wattwil railway station – Ebnat-Kappel railway station – Ebnat-Kappel, Gieselbach – Krummenau – Nesslau-Neu St. Johann railway station – Nesslau – Stein SG – Starkenbach SG – Alt St. Johann – Unterwasser – Wildhaus (– Gams – Grabs SG – Buchs SG railway station) PostAuto Schweiz

Gallery

  • station building (2003) station building (2003)
  • signal box (ca. 1990) signal box (ca. 1990)
  • station building (1961) station building (1961)
  • Wattwil station (early 20th century) Wattwil station (early 20th century)
  • Tracks and platforms Tracks and platforms
  • Wattwil bus station next to railway station Wattwil bus station next to railway station

See also

References

  1. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. "St. Gallen - Wattwil - Rapperswil" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. "BLWE website".
  4. "BLWE timetable" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 2023.
  5. "Schneider Linienbus AG website".
  6. "Schneider Linienbus AG - Fahrplan [timetable]" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 2023.
  7. "PostAuto Schweiz timetable" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 2023.

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