Blumenau railway station

Blumenau railway station (German: Bahnhof Blumenau) is one of four active railway stations in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The other three railway stations are Rapperswil, Jona and Kempraten. Blumenau railway station is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line of Swiss Federal Railways.[1]

Blumenau
Small platform surrounded by buildings and overhead wires
The single station platform in 2009
General information
LocationOberseestrasse
Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen
Switzerland
Coordinates47°13′25.216″N 8°50′32.658″E
Elevation413 m (1,355 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Distance57.3 km (35.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms1
Train operatorsSüdostbahn (SOB)
ConnectionsVZO buses (Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona)[2]
Construction
Bicycle facilitiespresent, with roof
Other information
Fare zone
  • 180 (ZVV)[3]
  • 995 and 996 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[4]
Passengers
2018500 per weekday[5]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Rapperswil
Terminus
 S6 Schmerikon
towards Schwanden or Linthal
Location

Services

Train

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following S-Bahn services stop at Blumenau railway station:[6]

Bollingen railway station, an intermediate station between Blumenau and Schmerikon also located in the Rapperswil-Jona municipality, is disfunct since 2004.

Bus

Two bus stops are within walking distance to Blumenau railway station: Geberit (north of the railway station) and Grünfeld (south of the station). Both are served by municipal bus lines 991 and 992 of Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona,[7] which is provided by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO).[8] Bus services are as follows:

Line Route
991 Rapperswil Bahnhof Süd – Kinderzoo – Grünfeld – Geberit – Jona, Bahnhof
992 Sonnenhof – Glärnischstrasse – Grünfeld – Geberit – Feldlistrasse – Jona, Bahnhof

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Regionalnetz" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "Tarifzonen" (PDF) (in German). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. "Rapperswil - Ziegelbrücke" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. "Stadtbus Rapperswil-Jona".
  8. "Marktgebiet" [Market area] (in German). VZO. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.


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