Switching station with a switch for medium voltages and/or high voltages, the switch being equipped with a first electrical connection on a first side of the switch and with a second electrical connection on a second side of the switch, a medium voltage or high voltage being able to be supplied to the switch via the first electrical connection, and a medium voltage or high voltage being able to be conducted away from the switch via the second electrical connection, and with a temperature-measuring unit, the temperature-measuring unit comprising a temperature-measuring head, a temperature-transmitting element, a temperature-transmitting medium, a temperature-transducing element and a temperature-signalling device, with • the temperature-measuring head being arranged on the first electrical connection or on the second electrical connection, characterized in that • the temperature-transmitting element adjoins the temperature-measuring head, the temperature-measuring head being configured to be heat-conducting in such a manner that it assumes a first temperature of the first electrical connection or of the second electrical connection or approaches this first temperature, and the temperature-measuring head being configured to transmit the first temperature to the temperature-transmitting medium arranged in the temperature-transmitting element in such a manner that said temperature-transmitting medium assumes a volume that is characteristic of the first temperature, the temperature-transmitting element and the temperature-transmitting medium being designed to be electrically insulating, and the temperature-transmitting element and the temperature-transmitting medium having different coefficients of thermal expansion, • the characteristic volume of the temperature-transmitting medium acts on the temperature-transducing element in such a manner that the temperature-transducing element generates a temperature signal which is indicated, signalled and/or stored by the temperature-signalling device. • the temperature-measuring head being arranged on the first electrical connection or on the second electrical connection, • the temperature-transmitting element adjoins the temperature-measuring head, the temperature-measuring head being configured to be heat-conducting in such a manner that it assumes a first temperature of the first electrical connection or of the second electrical connection or approaches this first temperature, and the temperature-measuring head being configured to transmit the first temperature to the temperature-transmitting medium arranged in the temperature-transmitting element in such a manner that said temperature-transmitting medium assumes a volume that is characteristic of the first temperature, the temperature-transmitting element and the temperature-transmitting medium being designed to be electrically insulating, and the temperature-transmitting element and the temperature-transmitting medium having different coefficients of thermal expansion, • the characteristic volume of the temperature-transmitting medium acts on the temperature-transducing element in such a manner that the temperature-transducing element generates a temperature signal which is indicated, signalled and/or stored by the temperature-signalling device.