Bühler railway station
Bühler | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station building and platform in 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bühler, Appenzell Ausserrhoden Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°22′23″N 9°25′16″E / 47.373°N 9.421°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 828 m (2,717 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Appenzell Railways | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 245 (Tarifverbund Ostwind)[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Bühler railway station (German: Bahnhof Bühler) is a railway station in the municipality of Bühler, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.[2] It is located on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways, and is served by local trains only.[3][4]
History
A railway was demanded by Bühler industrialists and plans were made in the 1870s to extend the railway through Bühler to St Gallen. However, the station needed to be located above the village to maintain a regular gradient of the line. This proved impractical for local industry so the project was abandoned in 1877.[5]
With improvements to railway technology, the project was revived in 1882 and the station was completed in 1889.[5] The station was renovated in 2021.[6] As part of the renovation process, Appenzell Railways planned a demolition of the original station building, which was scheduled for 2024.[7][8]
Services
As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Bühler:[9]
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- S20: hourly service between Trogen and Appenzell, via St. Gallen (peak-hour service, only calls at Niederteufen, Teufen AR and Bühler between Gais and St. Gallen).
- S21: half-hourly service between Trogen and Appenzell, via St. Gallen.
See also
References
- ↑ "Zone maps". Tarifverbund Ostwind. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "'Sehr irritierend': Jugendliche randalieren am Bahnhof Bühler". FM1 Today (in German). St Gallen. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ↑ "Zonenpläne | OSTWIND – steigen Sie ein". www.ostwind.ch (in German). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ "Connection | SBB". www.sbb.ch. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- 1 2 "Bühler: wer zahlt, sagt auch, wo's lang geht". Museum Appenzeller Bahnen. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ↑ "Ein neuer Bahnhof für Bühler". appenzellerbahnen.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ Zysset, Astrid (30 May 2021). "Bahnhof Bühler: AB planen Abriss". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Bühler AR - Bevölkerung läuft Sturm gegen Abriss von Bahnhofsgebäude". 20 Minuten (in German). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Trogen - St. Gallen – Appenzell" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
External links
Media related to Bühler railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Bühler railway station – SBB