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Murg railway station

Coordinates: 47°6′37″N 9°12′49″E / 47.11028°N 9.21361°E / 47.11028; 9.21361
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Murg
Two-story stone building with gabled roof
The station building in 2018
General information
LocationQuarten
Switzerland
Coordinates47°6′37″N 9°12′49″E / 47.11028°N 9.21361°E / 47.11028; 9.21361
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line
Distance21.2 km (13.2 mi) from Sargans[1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsSüdostbahn
Connections
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station
Mühlehorn
towards Rapperswil
S17 Unterterzen
towards Sargans
Location
Map

Murg railway station (German: Bahnhof Murg) is a railway station in Quarten, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is an intermediate stop on the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line. The station is a short walk from the ferry across the Walensee to Quinten.

Layout and connections

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Murg has a 200-metre (660 ft) island platform with two tracks (Nos. 1–2).[2] Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg [de] operates bus services from the station to Walenstadt.[3] Schiffsbetrieb Walensee operates ferries on the Walensee from a ferry dock approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the station.

Services

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As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Murg:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Stop: platform length (body)". data.sbb.ch. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ Bus Sarganserland Werdenberg (12 December 2021). "Walensee" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Zürich HB - Ziegelbrücke - Sargans - Chur" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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