S1 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)

The S1 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Schaffhausen and Wil, via St. Gallen, in the Swiss cantons of Zürich, Thurgau, Schaffhausen, and St. Gallen. The entire line is also part of the Bodensee S-Bahn.[4] THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.

S1
White train beneath large, curving trainshed
A Wil-bound S1 on the bridge over the Rhine river (between Schaffhausen and Feuerthalen)
Overview
Current operator(s)THURBO
Route
TerminiSchaffhausen
Wil
Stops42
Distance travelled116.6 kilometres (72.5 mi)[1]
Average journey time2 hours 24 minutes
Service frequencyEvery 30 minutes
Line(s) used

Operations

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S1 service on the Lake Line between Triboltingen and Ermatingen, Lake Constance

The S1 operates every half-hour between Schaffhausen and Wil over the Lake line (Schaffhausen–Romanshorn), Bodensee–Toggenburg line (Romanshorn–St. Gallen), and St. Gallen–Winterthur line (St. Gallen–Wil). It shares the Konstanz–St. Gallen and St. Gallen–Wil portions with various regional and long-distance trains, plus the S5 between St. Gallen and Gossau SG.[5] Between Wil and Uzwil it passes Schwarzenbach and Algetshausen-Henau stations, which are both disused since 2013.

Route

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S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021[6]

S1 Wil SGSt. GallenRomanshornKreuzlingenStein am RheinSchaffhausen

History

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Until the December 2013 timetable change, the S1 continued east from St. Gallen to Altstätten SG, on the Chur–Rorschach line. The service was truncated when the Rheintal-Express [de] was extended west from St. Gallen to Wil.[7] With the December 2018 change the S1 began running half-hourly and InterRegio 13 replaced the Rheintal-Express.[8]

Between the December 2018 and December 2021 timetable changes the S1 operated every half-hour between Wil and St. Gallen, continuing from St. Gallen to Schaffhausen as the S8.[5] With the December 2021 timetable change, the entire Wil–St. Gallen–Schaffhausen route was designated as the S1, albeit with the timetable color formerly associated with the S8.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 4–6, 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  3. ^ "Zürcher S-Bahn/S-Bahn St.Gallen/S-Bahn Bodensee" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "S-Bahn Bodensee" (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  5. ^ a b "Geschäftsbericht 2020" (PDF). THURBO (in German). pp. 12–13.
  6. ^ Liniennetzplan "S-Bahn St.Gallen" ostwind.ch (in German)
  7. ^ Kneubühler, Andreas (3 November 2013). "Rascher ins Rheintal". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ Naef, Tim (19 November 2018). "Der neue SBB-Fahrplan ist da: Das sind die wichtigsten Änderungen in der Ostschweiz". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Fahrplanwechsel 2021: Was sich in der Ostschweiz ändert". Tagblatt (in German). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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