Bühler railway station
{{Short description|Train station in Switzerland}}
{{Notability|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Appenzell Railways
| name = Bühler
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| image = SBB Historic - F 122 00179 004 - Buehler SGA AB Stationsgebaeude mit Gueterschuppen Bahnseite.jpg
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| caption = The station building and platform in 2009
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| borough = Bühler, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
| country = Switzerland
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| owned = Appenzell Railways
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| zone = 245 ({{ill|Tarifverbund Ostwind|de}}){{cite web | title=OSTWIND-Zonenplan | url=https://www.ostwind.ch/de/zonenplaene/zonenplan.html | publisher={{ill|Tarifverbund Ostwind|de}} | date=13 December 2020 | accessdate=12 April 2023 | language=de}}
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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.{{Cite news |title='Sehr irritierend': Jugendliche randalieren am Bahnhof Bühler |url=https://www.fm1today.ch/ostschweiz/appenzellerland/sehr-irritierend-jugendliche-randalieren-am-bahnhof-buehler-154384280 |date=2023-10-23 |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=FM1 Today|place=St Gallen|lang=de}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Zonenpläne {{!}} OSTWIND – steigen Sie ein. |url=https://www.ostwind.ch/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=www.ostwind.ch |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Connection {{!}} SBB |url=https://www.sbb.ch/en/buying/pages/fahrplan/fahrplan.xhtml |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=www.sbb.ch}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Bühler: wer zahlt, sagt auch, wo's lang geht |url=https://www.museumsverein-appenzeller-bahnen.ch/bhf_t8.html |access-date=2024-01-13 |publisher=Museum Appenzeller Bahnen}}
With improvements to railway technology, the project was revived in 1882 and the station was completed in 1889. The station was renovated in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Ein neuer Bahnhof für Bühler |url=https://appenzellerbahnen.ch/de/unternehmen/medien/detail/ein-neuer-bahnhof-fuer-buehler.html |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=appenzellerbahnen.ch |language=de}}
Services
{{As of|alt=As of the December 2023 timetable change|2023|12|post=,}} the following services stop at Bühler:{{cite web |url=https://www.öv-info.ch/sites/default/files/fap/2024/pdf/855.pdf |title=Trogen - St. Gallen – Appenzell |publisher=Bundesamt für Verkehr |date=2023-09-15 |accessdate=27 December 2023}}
- St. Gallen S-Bahn:
- {{rcb|St. Gallen S-Bahn|20|inline=croute}}: hourly service between {{rws|Trogen}} and {{rws|Appenzell}} via {{rws|St. Gallen}} (peak-hour only).
- {{rcb|St. Gallen S-Bahn|21|inline=croute}}: half-hourly service between Trogen and Appenzell via St. Gallen.
References
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External links
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- {{SBB web}}
Category:Railway stations in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden