Gais railway station (German: Bahnhof Gais) is a railway station in the municipality of Gais, in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It is located at the junction of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen and Altstätten–Gais lines of Appenzell Railways.^[1]

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Gais
The station building in 2014
General information
Location	Gais, Appenzell Ausserrhoden Switzerland
Coordinates	47°21′39.2″N 9°27′4.3″E
Elevation	915 m (3,002 ft)
Owned by	Appenzell Railways
Line(s)	Altstätten–Gais line Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line
Distance	7.7 km (4.8 mi) from Altstätten Stadt 13.9 km (8.6 mi) from St. Gallen [1]
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	Appenzell Railways
Other information
Fare zone	244 and 245 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])[2]
Services
Preceding station St. Gallen S-Bahn Following station Sammelplatz towards Appenzell S20 Bühler towards Trogen S21 Zweibrücken towards Trogen Terminus S24 Hebrig towards Altstätten Stadt
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As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Gais:^[3][4]

• St. Gallen S-Bahn:
  • S20: rush-hour service between Trogen and Appenzell.
  • S21: half-hourly service between Appenzell and Trogen.
  • S24: hourly service to Altstätten Stadt.

Scheduled transfers between the S21 and S24 enable hourly service from Altstätten Stadt to Appenzell and St. Gallen and vice versa.