Benken railway station

47°12′16.049″N 9°0′31.154″E / 47.20445806°N 9.00865389°E / 47.20445806; 9.00865389Elevation416 m (1,365 ft)Owned bySwiss Federal RailwaysLine(s)Rapperswil–ZiegelbrückeDistance43.4 km (27.0 mi) from Sargans^[1]Train operatorsSüdostbahnConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz buses^[2]Other informationFare zone992 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[3]Passengers2018340 per weekday^[4] Services

Preceding station	St. Gallen S-Bahn			Following station
Uznach towards Rapperswil		S6		Schänis towards Schwanden or Linthal
Uznach towards Rapperswil		S17		Schänis towards Sargans

Location

Benken railway station (German: Bahnhof Benken) 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.^[5]^[1]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Benken:^[6]

St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and Ziegelbrücke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.

References

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
^ "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.