Category:Benken railway station

**Benken railway station**
	railway station in Benken in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen
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Instance of	railway station;
Location	Benken, See-Gaster Constituency, canton St. Gallen, Switzerland
Transport network	St. Gallen S-Bahn;
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways;
Operator	Swiss Federal Railways;
Date of official opening	1859;
Elevation above sea level	416 m;
Connecting line	Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line;
Adjacent station	Uznach railway station (St. Gallen railway station, Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line, S4, Herisau railway station); Schänis railway station (St. Gallen railway station, Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke railway line, S4, Sargans railway station); Schänis railway station (Schwanden railway station, S6); Uznach railway station (Rapperswil SG railway station, S6);
	47° 12′ 16.05″ N, 9° 00′ 31.16″ E
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Deutsch: Bahnhof Benken

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Media in category "Benken railway station"

The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.

Benken railway station.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 529 KB
SBB Historic - F 122 00085 001 - Benken Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg 5,259 × 3,607; 12.99 MB
SBB Historic - F 122 00085 003 - Benken neues Stationsgebaeude Bahnseite.jpg 5,226 × 3,591; 13.04 MB

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