Benken railway station

Benken
Location Benknerstrasse,
Benken,
St. Gallen,
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°12′15.3″N 9°0′31.2″E / 47.204250°N 9.008667°ECoordinates: 47°12′15.3″N 9°0′31.2″E / 47.204250°N 9.008667°E
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by Swiss Federal Railways
Südostbahn
Line(s) Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station
Uznach   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S4 line
  Schänis
Uznach   St. Gallen S-Bahn
S6 service
  Schänis
Location
Benken
Location within Switzerland

Benken railway station 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.[1][2]

The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4, which operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen, Sargans and Ziegelbrücke, and service S6, which links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide half-hourly services to Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.[3]

References

  1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. "S-Bahn St.Gallen Map" (PDF). S-Bahn. Retrieved 2014-07-10.