Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway

Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway
ABe 8/12 between Schülerhaus and Notkersegg, St. Gallen behind
Overview
Line number855
LocaleSwitzerland
Termini
Technical
Line length29.72 km (18.47 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Minimum radius25 metres (82 ft)
Electrification
  • Appenzell–St. Gallen: 1500 V DC
  • St. Gallen–Schülerhaus: 600 V DC
  • Schülerhaus–Trogen: 1500 V DC
  • Overhead lines
Maximum incline8.0%
Route map

elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
20.06
Appenzell
S20 S21
785.6 M
Sitter Viaduct
296 m
Hirschberg
64 m
18.40
Hirschberg
819.9 M
16.12
Sammelplatz
928.2 M
depot and workshop
13.91
Gais
S24
915.2 M
13.37
Zweibrücken
907.2 M
Eggli
(planned)
12.05
Strahlholz
875.0 M
10.63
Bühler
824.7 M
9.25
Steigbach
811.7 M
Goldibach
94 m
7.16
Teufen AR
S22
833.4 M
6.32
Teufen AR Stofel
836.2 M
5.77
Sternen bei Teufen
831.2 M
5.15
Niederteufen
830.7 M
3.86
Lustmühle
770.7 M
-0.14
chainage adjustment (2018)
Liebegg
740.3 M
2.22
St. Gallen Riethüsli
748.6 M
2.01
St. Gallen Riethüsli
749 M
2.0
beginning of rack section
Ruckhalde Tunnel
725 M
1.0
original route (closed 2018)
St. Gallen Güterbahnhof
676.1 M
new route (opened 2021)
St. Leonards bridge
to St. Gallen SGA (closed 2018)
crossover (opened 2018)
0.00
0.00
St. Gallen AB
669.2 M
St. Gallen
669.6 M
0.27
St. Gallen Rathaus
669.6 M
0.83
St. Gallen Marktplatz
667.8 M
1.13
St. Gallen Spisertor
667.8 M
1.75
St. Gallen Schülerhaus
695.2 M
2.33
St. Gallen
Birnbäumen
(
opened
2009
)
727 M
2.6
St. Gallen Tivoli
(
closed
1982
)
754.0 M
3.13
St. Gallen Notkersegg
781.8 M
Kurzegg
4.52
Schwarzer Bären
855.0 M
5.31
Rank
(closed 2018)
862.8 M
6.50
Vögelinsegg
938.2 M
6.75
956.1 M
7.25
Schützengarten
935.0 M
7.64
Speicher
depot and
workshop
923.7 M
8.48
Bendlehn
927.6 M
9.27
Gfeld
917.4 M
9.80
Trogen
915.3 M
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Notes: until 2018   since 2018
Sources:
 
Schienennetz Schweiz and
Swiss railway atlas

The Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway, also known as the Durchmesserlinie (lit.'diameter line'), is a metre gauge interurban tramway in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and Ausserrhoden and the city of St. Gallen. It is the steepest adhesion railway in Switzerland with a gradient of up to 8.0% and forms part of the network of the Appenzell Railways (Appenzeller Bahnen, AB). The line's two branches were completed in sections between 1889 and 1904 by the St. Gallen-Gais-Appenzell-Altstätten Railway and the Trogen Railway. The two lines were connected by the AB with a cross-city route through St. Gallen in 2018. The line is operated by light rails of AB, which run as S20, S21 and S22 services of the St. Gallen S-Bahn.