🇨🇭 Heerbrugg

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Type Major
Coordinates 47.410394, 9.627231
Timezone Europe/Zurich
Connections 774
UIC Code 8506317

About Heerbrugg

Heerbrugg station is located in the Rhine Valley in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on the main line between St. Gallen and Feldkirch in Austria. S-Bahn and regional services make it a useful interchange for the surrounding industrial and residential communities.

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Heerbrugg station is centrally located, within walking distance of the town centre and the Rhine valley plain. The town sits near the Austrian border in the broad Rhine valley.
SBB trains connect Heerbrugg to St. Gallen in about 40 minutes. The station is on the Rhine valley line running between Rorschach and Buchs/Sargans. Cross-border connections to Austria are available via Lustenau.
Heerbrugg station has basic facilities. The town is a practical stopping point in the Rhine valley between Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine gorge.
Heerbrugg is in the Rhine valley (Rheintal) with views of the Appenzell Alps to the west and the Austrian Vorarlberg mountains to the east. The town is home to Leica Geosystems, a major surveying technology company. The Rhine cycling path passes through the area.
The Rhine valley between Lake Constance and the Alps is a flat, fertile plain where Switzerland meets Austria and Liechtenstein. The canalised Rhine forms the border. Heerbrugg is a commercial centre for this agricultural region, with the Alps rising dramatically on both sides.

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Data last updated: 2026-02-27