Gossau–Wasserauen railway line

Gossau–Wasserauen railway (S23)
Train on the Appenzell Railways operated by BDe 4/4 II 43 railcar near Gonten.
Overview
LocaleSwitzerland
Service
Route number854
Technical
Line length32.10
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification1500 V DC overhead catenary
Maximum incline3.7%
Route map

elev (M)
or length (m)
in metres
0.00
Gossau SG
S23
638 M
St. Gallen Winkeln
(
closed
1913
)
655 M
Heinrichsbad
19 m
Ziegelhütte
35 m
5.03
Herisau
745 M
Mühlebühl
61 m
15 m
Herisau
(closed 1910)
763 M
6.81
Wilen
759 M
9.29
Waldstatt
814 M
12.06
Sulzbrunn
804 M
13.55
Zürchersmühle
807 M
15.17
Urnäsch
824 M
19.05
Jakobsbad
873 M
19.8
Gonten Alpsteinblick
879 M
20.88
Gonten
899 M
22.92
Gontenbad
887 M
Kaubach
99 m
25.92
Appenzell
S20 S21
786 M
27.79
Steinegg
800 M
29.03
Weissbad
817 M
30.35
Schwende
839 M
32.10
Wasserauen
S23
869 M
Source: Swiss railway atlas

The Gossau–Wasserauen railway line is a metre-gauge adhesion railway of the Appenzell Railways (Appenzeller Bahnen; AB). It runs from Gossau via Appenzell to Wasserauen in Switzerland and is given the abbreviation of GAW by the operator. The connection was built and electrified in several stages by different companies and has been operating continuously since 1949.