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Railway (SGA) took over operations between Altstätten and Gais. In 1953, the catenary voltage was increased to 1500V, so that the then new ABDeh 4/4 6 to 8 railcars could operate freely on the whole SGA
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have established an engineering office review of whether "more customer-friendly and cheaper alternatives" would be feasible for the three rack railways of the
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992:S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021
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1363:(in German). Selbstverlag des Verfassers.
944:St. Gallen-Gais-Appenzell-Altstätten-Bahn
910:End of the line in Altstätten Stadt, 1988
27:Narrow gauge railway line in Switzerland
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1692:Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
973:, opened in 1897 and operated by the
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1305:Gafafer, Tobias (28 February 2019).
1677:Metre gauge railways in Switzerland
1687:1911 establishments in Switzerland
894:, while the rest of the line uses
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1372:(in German). AS Verlag.
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1368:Wägli, Hans G. (2010).
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1335:"S-Bahn Bodensee"
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1337:(in German)
1319:25 November
1315:(in German)
1064:AB BDeh 4-4
920:motor coach
876:metre-gauge
790:terminus of
118:metre gauge
90:Track gauge
81:Line length
58:Switzerland
1671:Categories
1341:2023-06-11
1253:References
1208:Warmesberg
1202:Alter Zoll
1010:St. Gallen
948:St. Gallen
924:Altstätten
436:Warmesberg
384:Alter Zoll
315:467 m
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