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Wil railway station

railway station in Switzerland
Place railway_station Q5847532
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Summary

Wil railway station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.97% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #181 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: FLUX – goldener Verkehrsknoten[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wil[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Transport network: Zürich S-Bahn[6], St. Gallen S-Bahn[7]
  • Instance of: break-of-gauge station[8]
  • Connecting line: Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway[9], Frauenfeld–Wil railway line[10], Wil–Kreuzlingen railway line[11], Winterthur–St. Gallen line[12]
  • Owned by: Swiss Federal Railways[13]
  • Operator: Swiss Federal Railways[14]
  • Adjacent station: Sirnach railway station[15], Uzwil railway station[16], Münchwilen TG railway station[17], Bazenheid Station[18], Bronschhofen railway station[19], Winterthur railway station[20]
  • Station code: WIL[21]
  • Commons category: Wil SG railway station[22]
  • Has part(s): Station Building Wil SG[23]
  • Official website: https://www.sbb.ch/de/bahnhof-services/am-bahnhof/bahnhoefe/bahnhof-wil.html[24]
  • Number of platform tracks: 6[25]
  • Connecting service: IC 1[26], InterRegio[27], S15[28], S12[29], S35[30], S1 (St.Gallen)[31], S10[32], S9[33]
  • Official name: Wil SG[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 570 m[35]
  • Number of platform faces: 4[36]
  • State of use: in use[37]

Why It Matters

Wil railway station has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Wil railway station receive?

Honors received include FLUX – goldener Verkehrsknoten[3].

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . zvv.ch. zvv.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . ostwind.ch. ostwind.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Retrieved . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . flux.swiss. Retrieved . flux.swiss. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ostwind.ch. ostwind.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . appenzellerbahnen.ch. appenzellerbahnen.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ostwind.ch. ostwind.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Retrieved . lod.opentransportdata.swiss. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18m ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'it', 'ko']
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wil SG'}
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connecting service → IC 1, InterRegio, S15 +5
    Award received → FLUX – goldener Verkehrsknoten
    Instance of → —
    Country → Switzerland
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51993|batch #51993]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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