Ziegelbrücke railway station

Geschichte

Ziegelbrücke railway station is a junction station in the village of Ziegelbrücke in Switzerland. Whilst the village is shared between the municipality of Glarus Nord, in the canton of Glarus, and the municipality of Schänis, in the canton of St. Gallen, the station is located in Schänis.Opened in 1875, the station is owned and operated by the SBB-CFF-FFS. It is one of the southern termini of the Lake Zurich left bank railway line, a main line that links Zürich Hauptbahnhof with Ziegelbrücke and Näfels. From Ziegelbrücke, the main line continues, as the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway, towards its ultimate destination, Chur.Ziegelbrücke is also a terminus for two regional lines, the Weesen–Linthal railway and the Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway.FacilitiesThe station has a large station building, a goods despatch office and a maintenance depot. Tracks 1-4 are used for goods traffic and 5-10 for passenger traffic. Behind track 10 extend two sidings.