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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
Appenzell Railways, from Altstätten Stadt to Gais, from
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981:S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021
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1352:(in German). Selbstverlag des Verfassers.
933:St. Gallen-Gais-Appenzell-Altstätten-Bahn
899:End of the line in Altstätten Stadt, 1988
16:Narrow gauge railway line in Switzerland
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1681:Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
962:, opened in 1897 and operated by the
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1294:Gafafer, Tobias (28 February 2019).
1666:Metre gauge railways in Switzerland
1676:1911 establishments in Switzerland
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1361:(in German). AS Verlag.
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1357:Wägli, Hans G. (2010).
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1260:Swiss railway atlas
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348:end of rack section
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1368:978-3-909111-74-9
1324:"S-Bahn Bodensee"
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57:Route number
1326:(in German)
1308:25 November
1304:(in German)
1053:AB BDeh 4-4
909:motor coach
865:metre-gauge
779:terminus of
107:metre gauge
79:Track gauge
70:Line length
47:Switzerland
1660:Categories
1330:2023-06-11
1242:References
1197:Warmesberg
1191:Alter Zoll
999:St. Gallen
937:St. Gallen
913:Altstätten
425:Warmesberg
373:Alter Zoll
304:467 m
251:Altstätten
1128:Technical
1025:Operation
1006:and from
907:BDeh 4/4
142:Route map
65:Technical
1143:BDeh 4-4
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