Cheapest€11.88
- SOB SO182914:4038m15:18Geltwil DorfRorschach
Door to door 1h 22mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen train
Trains from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen start at €11.88 and take 1h 22m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 22m door to door, run by 3 operators over 76 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 22mDoor to door
- 38mMoving
- €11.88 to €19.04From
- 06:35 to 14:48First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 2.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €19.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €16.84Mon21
- about €16.29Tue22
- about €14.64Wed23
- about €19.04Thu24
- about €16.84Fri25
- about €17.39Sat26
- about €14.64Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €12.44Wed30
- about €13.54Thu1
- about €12.99Fri2
- about €13.54Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Fastest€13.54
- SBB SB264206:3538m07:13Geltwil DorfRorschach
Door to door 1h 22mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
The train gets you into St. Gallen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8921 days
- €11.8814 days
- €14.647 days
- €14.643 days
- €16.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 42 percent. The dearest point is €16.84, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.89Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €13.54Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €13.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich (Kreis 3)
Rail
- Geltwil Dorf
- Buttwil Schule
- Brunnwil Weiler
Sankt Gallen
Rail
- Rorschach
- Rorschach Hafen
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 76 km against 66 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Singen, Albstadt, Villingen-Schwenningen, Ravensburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Zürich (Kreis 3) at 06:35 and the last at 14:48, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen take?
The Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen takes 1h 22m door to door, of which 38m is spent moving. The route runs 76 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen cost?
The Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €15.19. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen?
3 operators run the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen: DB Fernverkehr, SBB, SOB. Between them they file around 10 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen use?
The Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen leaves from Geltwil Dorf and arrives at Rorschach. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen?
Fares for the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 42 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen produce?
The Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 76 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen?
Operators on the Train from Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zürich (Kreis 3) to St. Gallen on 20 September 2026: 76 km of route against 66 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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