Rapperswil railway station

Rapperswil
Building of the Rapperswil railway station, bus terminal to the left
General information
LocationUntere Bahnhofstrasse
(Lower Station Road)
Rapperswil
Switzerland
Coordinates47°13′30″N 8°49′00″E / 47.2249°N 8.8167°E / 47.2249; 8.8167
Elevation408 m (1,339 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Lines
Distance
Platforms6 (3 island, 1 side platforms)
Tracks7
Train operators
ConnectionsZurich Transport Network (ZVV), Tarifverbund Ostwind
Schneider 622
VZO 885 991 993 994 996
With S15 or S7 to/from Zürich Airport in 0:55h with one change
Other information
Fare zone
History
Opened1859 (1859)
Rebuilt1895 and 2008
Passengers
201822,900 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Uznach
towards St. Gallen
Voralpen Express Pfäffikon SZ
towards Lucerne
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Jona
towards Zug
S5 Pfäffikon SZ
Terminus
Kempraten
towards Winterthur
S7 Terminus
Jona S15
Terminus S40 Hurden
towards Einsiedeln
Jona
towards Knonau
SN5
Limited service
Hurden
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Uznach
towards St. Gallen
S4 Terminus
Blumenau
towards Schwanden
S6
Blumenau
towards Sargans
S17
Location
Rapperswil
Location in Switzerland
Rapperswil
Rapperswil (Canton of St. Gallen)

Rapperswil railway station (German: Bahnhof Rapperswil) is located next to the old town and harbour of Rapperswil in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It lies within both fare zone 180 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) and fare zone 996 of the Ostwind Fare Network. It is the largest of four active railway stations in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona (the other three being Jona, Kempraten and Blumenau). Rapperswil railway station is situated on the north shore of Lake Zürich at the northern end of the Seedamm, which separates the Obersee (upper Lake Zürich) from the main body of the lake.

Because the Seedamm carries both rail and road connections from the south shore of the lake, and because Rapperswil is the meeting point of three separate line from the northern side of the lake, the station is a major nodal point on the local rail network, notably of the Zurich Transport Network (ZVV). The first railway opened in 1859.