Rapperswil SG railway station
Railway station with locomotive shed, footbridge, GS in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Summary
Rapperswil SG railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #172 of 18,574).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rapperswil-Jona[3]
- Country: Switzerland[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Zurich[5]
- Transport network: Zürich S-Bahn[6], St. Gallen S-Bahn[7]
- Instance of: harbour railway station[8]
- Connecting line: Rapperswil–Pfäffikon railway[9], Lake Zürich right-bank railway line[10], Wallisellen–Uster–Rapperswil railway line[11], Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line[12]
- Architect: Karl August Hiller[13]
- Owned by: Swiss Federal Railways[14]
- Operator: Swiss Federal Railways[15]
- Adjacent station: Jona railway station[16], Pfäffikon SZ railway station[17], Kempraten railway station[18], Hurden railway station[19], Blumenau railway station[20]
- Station code: RW[21]
- Part of: list of cultural properties in Rapperswil-Jona[22]
- Commons category: Rapperswil SG railway station[23]
- Has part(s): Service Building Rapperswil SG[24]
- Inception: 1859[25]
- Number of platform tracks: 7[26]
- Connecting service: Voralpen Express[27], S5[28], S15[29], S7[30], S40[31], S6[32]
- Heritage designation: class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance[33]
- Official name: Rapperswil SG[34]
- Date of official opening: January 1, 1859[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 408 m[36]
- Appears in the heritage monument list: list of cultural properties in Rapperswil-Jona[37]
- Number of platform faces: 6[38]
- State of use: in use[39]
- Street address: Bahnhofplatz 2, 8640 Rapperswil SG[40]
Why It Matters
Rapperswil SG railway station has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]