Mels railway station

Mels
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Mels Switzerland
Coordinates	47°3′28″N 9°24′51″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance	2.6 km (1.6 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	Südostbahn
Connections	Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Flums towards Rapperswil S17 Sargans Terminus
Location

Mels railway station (German: Bahnhof Mels) is a railway station in Mels, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Mels:[2]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn S17: hourly service between Rapperswil and Sargans via Ziegelbrücke.

Layout and connections

Mels has a single 306-metre (1,004 ft)-long island platform with two tracks (Nos. 3–4). There is a non-passenger side platform located on the south side of the station.[3] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de] operates bus services from the station to Mels and Sargans.[4]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Zürich HB - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Chur" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
3. "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
4. Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg (21 December 2021). "Buchs/Sargans" (PDF). Retrieved 3 December 2022.

External links

• Media related to Mels railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Mels railway station – SBB