Benken railway station

Benken railway station is a railway station situated in the municipality of Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located on the Rapperswil to Ziegelbrücke line.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bibiton Castle and St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.

Bibiton Castle

Castle

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Bibiton Castle is situated 530 metres north of Benken railway station.

St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Church

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St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church is situated 610 metres southwest of Benken railway station.

Burg Wandelberg

Castle

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Burg Wandelberg is a castle, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Benken railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benken and Kaltbrunn.

Benken

Village

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Benken is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Kaltbrunn

Village

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Kaltbrunn is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Uznach

Village

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Uznach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Uznach is situated 3 km northwest of Benken railway station.

Benken railway station

Type: Railway stop
Description: railway station in Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen
Categories: railway station, station, and transportation
Location: Benken (SG), See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.20401° or 47° 12′ 14″ north

Longitude

9.00906° or 9° 0′ 33″ east

Elevation

414 metres (1,358 feet)

Operator

SBB

Abbreviation

“BNK”

UIC ID

8503118

Open location code

8FVF6235+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7366890428

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=halt

GeoNames ID

11963290

Wikidata ID

Q5845819

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Venetian—“Benken railway station” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بينكين”
Esperanto: “Benken SG”
French: “Benken”
French: “gare de Benken”
German: “Bahnhof Benken”
Hungarian: “Benken vasútállomás”
Italian: “Stazione di Benken”
Korean: “벤켄역”
Spanish: “Estacion de Benken”
Spanish: “Estación de Benken”
Venetian: “Stasion de Benken”

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