Bodensee–Toggenburg railway

Bodensee–Toggenburg railway
blue: line of Schweizerischen Südostbahn (SOB)
grey: line of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Overview
OwnerSüdostbahn
Line number870, 853
Termini
Technical
Line length58.72 km (36.49 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius200 metres (660 ft)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph)
Maximum incline
  • Romanshorn–St. Gallen: 1.9%
  • St. Gallen–Wattwil: 1.8%
  • Wattwil–Nesslau-Neu St. Johann: 2.4%
Route map

elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
0.00
Romanshorn
398.5 M
1.20
Romanshorn Süd
399.2 M
3.03
Neukirch-Egnach
411.9 M
5.31
Steinebrunn
447.8 M
6.49
Thurgau
St. Gallen
canton
border
7.29
Muolen
478.9 M
8.50
9.57
Häggenschwil-Winden
512.1 M
9.86
11.10
12.84
Roggwil-Berg
560.2 M
13.98
15.55
Wittenbach
S82
603.4 M
Bruggwald Tunnel
1,731 m
17.6
76.6
Bruggwald
since 2011
627.0 M
(SOB link since 2011)
 
 
76.91
St. Fiden Nord
(opened 2011)
623.7 M
19.13
78.16
St. Gallen St. Fiden
645.5 M
Rosenberg Tunnel
1,466 m
21.42
80.49
St. Gallen
VAE S81S82
669.9 M
24.41
St. Gallen Haggen
676.5 M
Sitter Viaduct
366 m
Sturzenegg Tunnel
247 m
26.45
Gübsensee
(opened 1989)
698.0 M
27.36
Heinrichsbad
1926–1960
Thal
163 m
Herisau workshop
29.73
Herisau
RE1 S81
744.0 M
Glatt valley viaduct
296 m
33.39
Schachen (Herisau)
788.7 M
35.25
Schachen West
(opened 2013)
790.0 M
35.63
Weissenbach bridge
282 m
Bühlberg tunnel
366 m
37.10
Degersheim
798.7 M
39.50
Degersheim West
(opened 2003)
762.9 M
42.42
Mogelsberg
714.8 M
Schoren tunnel
141 m
46.40
Brunnadern-Neckertal
654.4 M
Wasserfluh Tunnel
3,556 m
50.69
Lichtensteig
615.5 M
owned by (SBB) until 2006
53.16
20.01
Wattwil
S9
613.6 M
leased by (SBB) until 2006
24.86
0.00
Ebnat-Kappel
630.1 M
4.26
Krummenau
713.0 M
7.85
Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
S2
758.7 M
elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Bodensee–Toggenburg railway is a mainly single-track standard-gauge line connecting Romanshorn on Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) and the Toggenburg region in Eastern Switzerland. It was built by the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT), a former railway company, which existed from 1910 until its merger with the "old" Südostbahn (SOB) to form the "new" Südostbahn (SOB) on 1 January 2001. Today, the line together with the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section forms the eastern network of the Südostbahn.

The BT consisted of the standard gauge adhesion railway from Romanshorn to St. Gallen St. Fiden (19.13 km) opened on 3 October 1910 and the standard gauge adhesion line from St. Gallen to Wattwil (31.74 km), as well as the line from Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann (7.85 km) opened on 1 October 1912.

The connecting sections of line from St. Gallen St. Fiden to St. Gallen HB and from Wattwil to Ebnat-Kappel were controlled by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), as it leased the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section from the BT.