Benken railway station

Benken
Location	Benknerstrasse, Benken, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°12′15.3″N 9°0′31.2″E / 47.204250°N 9.008667°ECoordinates: 47°12′15.3″N 9°0′31.2″E / 47.204250°N 9.008667°E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by	Swiss Federal Railways Südostbahn
Line(s)	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station Uznach   St. Gallen S-Bahn S4 line   Schänis Uznach   St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 service   Schänis
Location
Benken Location within Switzerland

Benken railway station is a railway station situated in the municipality of Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.^[1][2]

The station is served by St. Gallen S-Bahn services S4, which operates in both directions around a loop via Uznach, St. Gallen, Sargans and Ziegelbrücke, and service S6, which links Rapperswil with Schwanden via Uznach and Ziegelbrücke. Both trains run hourly, combining to provide half-hourly services to Uznach and Ziegelbrücke.^[3]

References

1. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
3. "S-Bahn St.Gallen Map" (PDF). S-Bahn. Retrieved 2014-07-10.