🇨🇭 Sargans

Major

Switzerland

Sargans sits in the canton of St Gallen at the point where the Rhine valley widens towards Liechtenstein, and it is registered as UIC 8509411. The station is a junction: the line from Zürich towards Chur meets the route that turns east through the Rhine valley towards Feldkirch and the Arlberg pass into Austria. Because Vaduz has no railway station of its own, travellers bound for the Liechtenstein capital normally change here to a bus, an arrangement that gives a modest Swiss town a role in international travel out of proportion to its size. A medieval castle above the village overlooks the valley floor and the Alpine Rhine. The station lies at about 47.04 degrees north, 9.45 degrees east.

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Quick Facts

Country	🇨🇭 Switzerland
Type	Major
Coordinates	47.044794, 9.446269
Timezone	Europe/Zurich
Connections	776
UIC Code	8509411

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Frequently Asked Questions

Sargans station is located close to the town centre, which is easily reached on foot in about five minutes. Local PostBus services also connect from outside the station to nearby villages in the Rhine valley.

Sargans is a key junction where the Chur–Zurich main line meets the branch line to Buchs and the Austrian border. InterCity and InterRegio trains stop here, and direct services run to Zurich in under an hour.

Yes — PostBus services depart from Sargans station to Vaduz in Liechtenstein in approximately 25 minutes, making Sargans one of the main rail gateways to the principality. No rail line crosses into Liechtenstein, so the bus connection is the standard route.

Sargans has self-service luggage lockers on the platform level for short-term storage. Travellers heading to Liechtenstein for the day frequently use them before boarding the PostBus connection to Vaduz.

Sargans Castle, a well-preserved medieval fortress, is visible from the station and reachable in under ten minutes on foot. The surrounding Rhine valley also offers cycling and walking routes into the Swiss Alps.

Operators

DB

National · Germany

OBB

National · Austria

SBB

National · Switzerland

SNCF

National · France

Trenitalia

National · Italy

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