Wilen railway station (German: Bahnhof Wilen), also known as Herisau Wilen, is a railway station in the municipality of Herisau, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line of Appenzell Railways.[1]
Wilen | |||||||||||
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 The station platform in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′32.5″N 9°16′45.5″E / 47.375694°N 9.279306°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 759 m (2,490 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Appenzell Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gossau–Wasserauen line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from Gossau SG[1] | ||||||||||
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| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Appenzell Railways | ||||||||||
| Connections | Regiobus bus lines[2] | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 213 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[3] | ||||||||||
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Services edit
As of the December 2020 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Wilen:[4]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn: S23: half-hourly service between Gossau SG and Wasserauen.
References edit
- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "St. Gallen West" (PDF) (in German). PostBus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Gossau SG - Herisau - Appenzell - Wasserauen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Wilen railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Wilen railway station – SBB
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