Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:39 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €12.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 35m over 111 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€12.99
- 133%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Villingen-Schwenningen
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:39First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
Trainline lists departures for Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €32.79Mon21
- about €22.89Tue22
- about €30.04Wed23
- about €30.59Thu24
- about €25.64Fri25
- about €25.64Sat26
- about €27.84Sun27
- about €21.79Mon28
- about €15.74Tue29
- about €19.04Wed30
- about €21.24Thu1
- about €18.49Fri2
- about €19.04Sat3
- about €19.59Sun4
- about €14.09Mon5
- about €14.64Tue6
- about €12.99Wed7
- about €22.88Thu8
- about €15.74Fri9
- about €18.49Sat10
- about €18.49Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into St. Gallen. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in St. Gallen for the night the train gets in
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When to book Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.9490 days
- €19.0460 days
- €14.0945 days
- €15.1930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €19.5914 days
- €27.847 days
- €30.043 days
- €32.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €32.79, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
111 km
97 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
81,770 → 75,833
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 111 km against 97 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Singen, Albstadt, Winterthur, Ravensburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
The fare from ACH into St. Gallen is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in St. Gallen
Settled in advance, so the ride into St. Gallen costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
St. Gallen is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Rorschach
Most of the points near Rorschach open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
The fastest journey from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen takes 1h 35m door to door, of which 51m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
The cheapest fare from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen is €12.99, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €19.59. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
The cheapest way from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen is by train, at €12.99 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 1h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
Fares from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €14.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 133 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen, at €15.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen, at €11.89 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
DB Fernverkehr publish service areas covering both Villingen-Schwenningen and St. Gallen, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
20 percent of the services we sell from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen are direct. The rest connect at Singen, Albstadt, Winterthur, Ravensburg, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen use?
Services from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen by train leave from Villingen-Schwenningen Eisstadion and arrive at Rorschach. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Villingen-Schwenningen to St. Gallen on September 20, 2026: 111 km of route against 97 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 1h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives St. Gallen a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of St. Gallen and across Switzerland
Day trips that leave St. Gallen in the morning and cover a good part of Switzerland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Villingen-Schwenningen reaches 37 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 232 km. St. Gallen reaches 24 places in 4 countries, from 44 to 1,027 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Villingen-Schwenningen
- 37Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in St. Gallen
Leaving St. Gallen
- 24Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 5Operators