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Chur–Rorschach railway line

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services. This saves a total of 40 minutes running time between Zürich and Vienna, due, among other things, to having faster turnarounds in Buchs. The third train, the former Transalpin service, was also replaced by a Railjet service in June 2010, but, unlike the first two, runs as two coupled sets.
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next to the A13, avoiding the need to reverse in Sargans. A short double track section between Trübbach and Neugrüt allows train crossings, otherwise the line to St. Margrethen is single-track. It no longer runs along the A13 and the Rhine, but has its own route between the motorway and the valley
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A new 5.3 kilometre-long loop between Sargans and Trübbach was opened together with the partial commissioning of a new signalling system in Sargans station on 29 May 1983. This connecting loop was constructed for freight traffic and allows trains to avoid reversing in Sargans. However, it is
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on 15 December 1927 as part of the ongoing electrification program of the SBB. About six months later, on 11 May 1928, electric operations started on the Sargans–Chur section. The section from St. Margrethen to Rorschach was electrified on 15 May 1934 and the last section from
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A second track was put into operation between St. Margrethen and Rheineck on 1 December 1920. The Staad–Rorschach section was duplicated on 15 May 1930 and the Rheineck–Staad section on 12 August 1930. The line between Sargans and Bad Ragaz has been duplicated since
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The Rossriet–Landquart sections was duplicated on 6 June 1993 and the Bad Ragaz–Rossriet was duplicated on 8 November 1994. Since then, duplication of the line between Sargans and Chur has been completed. The line between St. Margrethen and Buchs is still single-track.
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and Sargans junctions have formed the basis for the S-Bahn timetable, which offers half-hourly services on virtually all lines, with extras services in the core area. Infrastructure upgrades were necessary to make the new timetable possible. The travel time of the
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and St. Gallen the line is served by lines S1 and S2 of the S-Bahn. Overall, this results in two trains per hour between St. Gallen and Altstätten and three between Heerbrugg and St. Gallen. On the Sargans–Chur section the good connections from Zürich on two
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Rheintal Express (REX) services now run between Chur and St. Gallen every hour. Between Sargans and Rorschach, line S4 St Gallen S-Bahn services operated by Südostbahn also run every hour on a circular route with stops at all stations. Between
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on 15 February 1859. In the same year, the VSB took over the continuous operation of the line via Ziegelbrücke and Rapperswil to Zürich. Since then, the section between Sargans and Chur has served traffic from both Zürich and St. Gallen.
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Nine day and night trains a day connect Zürich with Austria, all with stops in Sargans and Buchs. The section from Rorschach to St. Margrethen is served four times a day by a EuroCity service on the Zürich–Munich route.
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20 December 1957. The line between Landquart and Chur was duplicated between 15 December 1970 and 10 April 1973. The line from Weite-Wartau to Trübbach was duplicated on 17 September 1982.
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Until 1928, the railway line between Maienfeld and Bad Ragaz crossed the Rhine with a covered timber bridge, it was the last of its kind in the Swiss railway network.
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The VSB was nationalised with a route length of 269 kilometres on 1 July 1902 and its routes have since belonged to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).
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on 1 July 1858. Sargans station was opened as a junction station with the station building between the diverging lines along with the section of the
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of the ÖBB. As the SBB and ÖBB have the same electrical system, there is often no change in traction for international trains in St. Margrethen. The
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marshalling yard use the route through the Buchs border crossing. The crossing at St. Margrethen is only used by trains to and from the
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At the 2013 timetable change, the range of InterRegio and Regional services were comprehensively expanded and the lines of the
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Sargans, the starting point for the measurement of the line-kilometrage (chainage), follows a junction with the Sargans loop (
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and then via Rorschach and St. Margrethen to the Wolfurt marshalling yard to avoid the use of diesel locomotives on the
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The Rhine Valley line would have become a lucrative access route if an eastern Alpine railway crossing had been built.
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the Rhine valley line more or less follows the Werdenberger and Rheintaler canals and main road 13 as far as
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Steam trains at the 150th anniversary of the Rhine line with Ec 3/5 and E 3/3 between Au and St. Margrethen
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of the AB connects to the Vorderland mountain resort. The Rhine valley line runs to Staad and along the
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and meets and runs along the inland canal and the St. Margrethen motorway, where it connects with the
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The Chur–Rorschach line is an important rail link in the canton of St. Gallen. It runs through the
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The new track was commissioned on 1 September and the old track was then refurbished. Source:
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Freight traffic is heavy between Sargans and Buchs, because this is the transit route to the
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have to reverse in Buchs, which in the case of freight trains, requires a locomotive change.
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Rorschach-St.Gallen-Winterthur: zwischen 170-jähriger Eisenbahngeschichte und Zukunft
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marshalling yard. The Buchs marshalling yard serves the whole Swiss Rhine valley.
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services running from Zürich via St. Gallen to Munich are hauled to
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and Bad Ragaz. Three stations were closed between Buchs SG and Sargans:
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Photograph from 1923 with station (right) and Heerbrugg palace (left)
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Buchs to St. Margrethen was wired on 21 September 1934.
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The construction of the Rhine valley line was started by the
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also used by services on line 4 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn,
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Wägli, Hans G. (1998). Generalsekretariat SBB (ed.).
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motorway. From Zizers, the SBB line runs directly to
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and to the rest of Austria. The trains from France (
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are supplemented by the S12 (Sargans–Chur) service.
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Since 13 December 2009, two of the three daily
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Grafenried: Diplory Verlag. 2872:, the now double-track line follows the 50:with Alpstein and the Kreuzberges behind 3014: 2984:has been operating freight trains from 2476:(SBB) and is located in the cantons of 187: 3142:"Für eine schnellere Bahn im Rheintal" 3116: 3084: 2882:Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway 29: 2892:, where SBB services continue on the 2585:The Sargans–Buchs was electrified at 2247: 2239: 7: 3167:Schwizer, Thomas (10 January 2014). 2923:are operated on the circular line S4 2735:, where it again meets the RhB line 2305: 2297: 1728: 2853:operates its freight trains on the 3329:1856 establishments in Switzerland 3226:Bürgi, Hermann (8 December 2008). 2794:, the Rhine valley line meets the 2719:, from where the two lines run to 25: 3234:(in German). The Swiss Parliament 2536:The VSB opened the section from 1688: 961: 830: 743: 715: 3339:15 kV AC railway electrification 3285:(in German). Zürich: AS-Verlag. 2696:The Rhine valley line begins in 2351: 2326: 2319: 2312: 2304: 2296: 2254: 2246: 2238: 2229: 2207: 2200: 2193: 2167: 2160: 2130: 2123: 2104: 2097: 2090: 2065: 2058: 2051: 2016: 2009: 1990: 1983: 1953: 1946: 1905: 1898: 1891: 1869: 1841: 1811: 1786: 1727: 1701: 1694: 1687: 1657: 1651: 1650: 1631: 1624: 1540: 1533: 1501: 1494: 1487: 1459: 1452: 1427: 1420: 1401: 1394: 1346: 1318: 1285: 1255: 1222: 1190: 1183: 1143: 1104: 1074: 1044: 1014: 974: 967: 960: 920: 914: 913: 883: 843: 836: 829: 800: 799: 792: 785: 742: 736: 735: 728: 722: 721: 714: 684: 641: 634: 576: 544: 537: 530: 490: 484: 483: 455: 448: 418: 384: 377: 337: 298: 291: 243: 38: 3169:"Eine Bahnhaltestelle erhalten" 2689:and St. Gallen sections of the 2327: 2168: 2091: 1906: 1787: 1695: 1428: 968: 837: 531: 2880:(old Rhine). 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St. Gallen: Sabon-Verlag. 3030:the current municipality of 2900:and AB services run on the 2550:Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway 2410:Source: Swiss railway atlas 2201: 1632: 1286: 3113:(in German) (8): 296. 1993. 3081:(in German) (8): 560. 1981. 2998:Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway 2994:Lake Constance Belt Railway 2458:Chur–Rorschach railway line 2131: 2010: 1984: 1892: 1870: 1842: 1812: 1702: 1658: 1541: 1534: 1502: 1460: 1453: 1421: 1347: 1319: 1256: 1223: 1144: 1105: 1075: 1045: 1015: 975: 921: 884: 844: 793: 729: 685: 577: 545: 419: 338: 170:130 km/h (81 mph) 27:Railway line in Switzerland 18:Chur–St. Margrethen Railway 3355: 2531:Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen 3126:Cite uses generic title ( 3094:Cite uses generic title ( 2865:(class 185) locomotives. 2800:Austrian Federal Railways 2739:, which has detoured via 2519:Schweizerische Südostbahn 2360: 2345: 2335: 2288: 2223: 2216: 2187: 2176: 2154: 2117: 2113: 2084: 2074: 2045: 2003: 1999: 1977: 1940: 1914: 1885: 1880:chainage adjustment -0.02 1878: 1863: 1835: 1805: 1795: 1780: 1736: 1721: 1710: 1681: 1644: 1640: 1618: 1567: 1527: 1510: 1481: 1446: 1436: 1414: 1410: 1388: 1340: 1312: 1279: 1249: 1216: 1199: 1177: 1137: 1098: 1068: 1038: 1008: 983: 954: 907: 877: 852: 823: 779: 751: 708: 678: 650: 628: 588: 570: 553: 524: 477: 467: 442: 412: 393: 371: 331: 307: 285: 252: 237: 215: 184: 64: 48:between Buchs and Sevelen 37: 2650:there are also stops in 1800:bridge, Maienfeld (73 m) 3302:Bahnprofil Schweiz 2005 3300:Wägli, Hans G. 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Index

Chur–St. Margrethen Railway

Rorschach
Chur
Track gauge
1,435 mm
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Maximum incline
Legend
elev
SBB
from St. Gallen
S2
S4
S5
from Romanshorn
S7
S25
Rorschach
S7
AB
to Heiden
S25
Staad
Altenrhein
Rheineck
S26
to Walzenhausen
S26

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