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S12 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)
The S12 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between and over the southern end of the Chur–Rorschach line. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service. Operations The S12 operates every 30 minutes between and , using the southern end of the Chur–Rorschach line. In Sargans, an hourly connection is made with the S4, which operates in a circular fashion west over the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans line and north up the Chur–Rorschach line. The S12 is supplemented by various long-distance trains. Route – * Sargans * * * * Chur History Prior to the December 2013 timetable change, the S12 designation was used for services on the narrow-gauge St. Gallen–Trogen line of Appenzell Railways Appenzell Railways (german: Appenzeller Bahnen, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau. It operates a network of railways in the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chur–Rorschach Railway Line
The Chur–Rorschach railway line, also called the Rhine Valley line (german: Rheintallinie), is a standard gauge railway line in Switzerland. It belongs to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and is located in the cantons of Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen and Canton of Grisons, the Grisons. History 19th century The construction of the Rhine valley line was started by the United Swiss Railways, Southeastern Railway (''Schweizerische Südostbahn''), which sought to build a railway through the Lukmanier Pass. The first work, which was carried out by English contractors, was unsatisfactory. Due to a lack of financial resources, the Southeastern Railway was taken over during the construction by the United Swiss Railways (''Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen'', VSB), which continued the work without interruption. The VSB opened the section from Rorschach, Switzerland, Rorschach to Rheineck on 25 August 1857 and the section from Rheineck to Chur on 1 July 1858. Sargans station was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
