S-Bahn_St._Gallen
St. Gallen S-Bahn
Commuter rail network in St. Gallen, Switzerland
The St. Gallen S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn St. Gallen) is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail in Eastern Switzerland and neighbouring areas. The network connects stations in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zürich, as well as a few stations in Austria (Bregenz, Vorarlberg) and Germany (Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg and Lindau, Bavaria).
| St. Gallen S-Bahn | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Locale | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Transit type | S-Bahn |
| Number of lines | 22 |
| Website | Ostwind.ch (in German) |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 2001 |
| Operator(s) | |
| Technical | |
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Services are operated by Appenzeller Bahnen (AB), Südostbahn (SOB), and THURBO within the Ostwind transit district.
S-Bahn
As of December 2023[update], the network consists of 22 lines, numbered 1‒2, 4‒7, 9‒10, 12, 14‒15, 17, 20‒26, 44 and 81‒82, using the "S" prefix typical for most S-Bahn systems. Only lines S1, S2, S4, S5, S20, S21, S22, S81 and S82 pass through or terminate in St. Gallen. The S27 service (nicknamed March shuttle), operated by Südostbahn (SOB) between Siebnen-Wangen and Ziegelbrücke during peak hour, is neither part of the St. Gallen S-Bahn nor the Zürich S-Bahn network. The S3 service (St. Margrethen‒Bregenz) belongs to the Vorarlberg S-Bahn network (operated by ÖBB). Three S-Bahn services (S62, S64, S65) between Schaffhausen and their respective German termini in Erzingen, Singen (Hohentwiel) and Jestetten, belong to the Ostwind transit district but are part of Schaffhausen S-Bahn (operated by THURBO/SBB GmbH).
Unless stated otherwise, the lines are 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in standard gauge adhesion railways.[1][2][3]
RegioExpress
A RegioExpress (RE) between Herisau and Konstanz (Germany), nicknamed der Konstanzer, supports the S-Bahn network.[4] The S-Bahn network is further complemented by InterRegio (IR) services, such as the IR Voralpen-Express (operated by Südostbahn between St. Gallen and Luzern) and IR 13 of Swiss Federal Railways (Zürich HB–Winterthur–St. Gallen–Sargans–Chur), which stop at all major stations.
| # | Route | Notes | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE1 | Herisau–St. Gallen–Romanshorn–Kreuzlingen Hafen–Konstanz | Hourly RegioExpress (RE, express train) service supplementing the S-Bahn network. Continues as S14 from Konstanz | THURBO |
Nighttime services
During weekends, in the night from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday, there are nighttime S-Bahn services (designated SN followed by the route number). As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following night routes existed:[5]
Previous services
- S3: St. Gallen–St. Margrethen (until 2021, merged with the former S5 into the current S5 of St. Gallen S-Bahn)
- S8: Schaffhausen–Romanshorn–St. Gallen (until 2021, merged with the former S1 into the current S1 of St. Gallen S-Bahn)
- S11: St. Gallen–Gossau SG–Wil SG (until 2018, operated only during peak hour)
- S55: Weinfelden–Sulgen–Gossau SG–St. Gallen (until 2018, operated only during peak hour)
- "Regionalverkehr Ostschweiz" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- "FahrplanNetzkarte 2024" (PDF). THURBO. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- "Liniennetzplan Südostbahn" (PDF). Südostbahn. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- Ostwind (10 December 2023). "Nachnetz" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
