Schachen (Gais)

Schachen (Gais) is a railway stop in Gais, Bezirk Mittelland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and has an elevation of 963 metres. Schachen (Gais) is situated nearby to the railway stop Schachen railway station, as well as near the protected area Fohren.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Schachen railway station and Rietli railway station.

Schachen railway station

Railway stop

Schachen railway station is a railway station in Gais, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Altstätten–Gais line and is served by local trains only.

Rietli railway station

Railway station

Photo: Plutowiki, CC0.

Rietli railway station is a railway station in Gais, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge Altstätten–Gais line and is served by local trains only. Rietli railway station is situated 750 metres east of Schachen (Gais).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appenzell Meistersrüte and Eichberg.

Appenzell Meistersrüte

Village

Photo: Hugin (software), CC BY-SA 3.0.

Appenzell Meistersrüte is a village in the district of Appenzell in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. Its population is about 800. Appenzell Meistersrüte is situated 4 km southwest of Schachen (Gais).

Eichberg

Village

Photo: Schofför, CC BY-SA 2.5 ch.

Eichberg is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Eichberg is situated 4 km southeast of Schachen (Gais).

Altstätten

Town

Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Altstätten is a historic rural town and a municipality in the Rhine Valley district, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is about 5 kilometres west of the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Altstätten is situated 5 km east of Schachen (Gais).

Schachen (Gais)

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Gais, Bezirk Mittelland, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.36159° or 47° 21′ 42″ north

Longitude

9.47731° or 9° 28′ 38″ east

Elevation

963 metres (3,159 feet)

Operator

Network

Ostwind

Open location code

8FVF9F6G+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 310819686

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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