Which municipality in canton St. Gallen is the best connected?

Rapperswil-Jona: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the lowest value in canton St. Gallen. Source: ARE (NPVM).

What does "best connected" mean?

It is the shortest modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). The centres themselves and their immediate suburbs reach the best values. Computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model, {year} timetable.

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Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The best-connected municipalities in canton St. Gallen

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Rapperswil-Jona is the best-connected municipality in canton St. Gallen: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). Schmerikon (70 min) and Uznach (73 min) follow. Source: ARE, National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), 2025.

Ranking

ARE · NPVM · 2025

Rank	Municipality	PT travel time	Residents
1	Rapperswil-Jona	54 min	28'836
2	Schmerikon	70 min	4'168
3	Uznach	73 min	7'114
4	Amden	75 min	1'896
5	Weesen	75 min	1'895
6	Schänis	76 min	4'213
7	Wil	76 min	25'444
8	Benken	77 min	3'119
9	Quarten	80 min	3'118
10	Kaltbrunn	82 min	5'128
11	Eschenbach	82 min	10'401
12	Zuzwil	82 min	4'994
13	Gommiswald	83 min	5'838
14	Uzwil	85 min	14'676
15	Lütisburg	86 min	1'647
16	Flawil	86 min	10'672
17	Jonschwil	86 min	3'979
18	Sargans	87 min	6'670
19	Flums	88 min	5'458
20	Vilters-Wangs	88 min	5'168
21	Walenstadt	88 min	6'083
22	Oberbüren	88 min	4'762
23	Wartau	90 min	5'617
24	Bütschwil-Ganterschwil	90 min	5'385
25	Oberuzwil	90 min	6'864
26	Bad Ragaz	91 min	6'836
27	Wattwil	91 min	9'262
28	Kirchberg	91 min	9'879
29	St. Gallen	93 min	79'487
30	Mels	93 min	9'581
31	Degersheim	93 min	4'209
32	Niederbüren	96 min	1'571
33	Niederhelfenschwil	96 min	3'309
34	Ebnat-Kappel	98 min	5'353
35	Gossau	98 min	18'943
36	Wittenbach	100 min	10'157
37	Buchs	102 min	14'287
38	Muolen	103 min	1'251
39	Goldach	103 min	9'872
40	Andwil	104 min	2'117
41	Nesslau	105 min	3'937
42	Lichtensteig	105 min	2'157
43	Mosnang	105 min	2'936
44	Rorschacherberg	106 min	7'741
45	Steinach	106 min	3'579
46	Rorschach	107 min	10'389
47	Sevelen	107 min	5'405
48	St. Margrethen	109 min	6'731
49	Mörschwil	110 min	3'702
50	Rheineck	110 min	3'566
51	Waldkirch	110 min	3'581
52	Gaiserwald	111 min	8'828
53	Thal	114 min	7'217
54	Häggenschwil	115 min	1'432
55	Berg	115 min	1'021
56	Untereggen	115 min	1'035
57	Neckertal	115 min	6'446
58	Grabs	116 min	7'535
59	Pfäfers	116 min	1'647
60	Eggersriet	119 min	2'370
61	Gams	122 min	3'736
62	Au	124 min	8'771
63	Tübach	125 min	1'587
64	Balgach	129 min	5'229
65	Rüthi	129 min	2'667
66	Sennwald	129 min	6'428
67	Rebstein	133 min	5'084
68	Widnau	135 min	10'485
69	Berneck	136 min	4'026
70	Altstätten	140 min	12'788
71	Diepoldsau	142 min	6'933
72	Marbach	142 min	2'147
73	Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann	143 min	2'614
74	Oberriet	144 min	9'417
75	Eichberg	147 min	1'614

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

How we measure this

ARE · NPVM

Modelled public-transport travel time from the municipality to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, in minutes (including access and egress). Basis: the ARE National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM), reference state 2025. A lower value means better connectivity; the list runs from the shortest travel time upward. It is the same figure as the remotest-municipalities ranking, read from the other end.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton St. Gallen is the best connected?: Rapperswil-Jona: just 54 minutes by public transport to the nearest major centre (2025) – the lowest value in canton St. Gallen. Source: ARE (NPVM).
What does "best connected" mean?: It is the shortest modelled public-transport travel time to the fastest-reachable of the six major centres (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich). The centres themselves and their immediate suburbs reach the best values. Computed by ARE in the National Passenger Transport Model, {year} timetable.