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Etzwilen–Singen railway

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and Singen. In 1996, these operations were shortened to Rielasingen and on 12 December 2004, freight train services ceased on the entire Etzwilen–Singen railway line. Some of the reasons for the termination were the limited strength of the Hemishofen railway bridge and the fact that the line had
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There are currently no concrete plans to use the Etzwilen–Singen railway for scheduled passenger trains in the near future. Service to the towns along the line was replaced by bus route
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The route runs from Etzwilen in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, to Singen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, passing through the eastern part of the canton of Schaffhausen. Between
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in Singen. The missing section was rebuilt in 2019 and the railway line reopened to heritage train services on 16 August 2020.
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Except for the dates on which heritage trains operate, the route section between Etzwilen and Ramsen is open to the use of
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The route section between Singen and Rielasingen was for several years inoperable because part of the
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on Sundays and Swiss holidays from April to October. Each draisine carries two to five people.
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Mit Volldampf nach Etzwilen: Die Museumsbahn zwischen Singen und Etzwilen fährt wieder
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The Etzwilen–Singen railway is 13.29 km (8.26 mi) long and connects five
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in 1878, and the Etzwilen–Singen railway was subsequently operated by the
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page in German about the Etzwilen–Singen heritage railway and draisines
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Heritage train on the Hemishofen railway bridge over the River Rhine
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Heritage train on the Hemishofen railway bridge over the River Rhine
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Thurgau und Schaffhausen vereint gegen Zugverbindung nach Singen DE
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perform maintenance work on the railway infrastructure and the
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Route between Hemishofen and Ramsen, view over extinct
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Track gauge
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Legend
elev
SBB
line from Wintherthur
S29
line from Schaffhausen
S1
Etzwilen
line to Stein am Rhein
S1
S29
Hauptstrasse 13
Rhine
Hemishofen Bridge
Hemishofen
Ramsen
Switzerland
Germany

Radolfzeller Aach
Arlen-Rielasingen
DB
line from Radolfzell
IRE 3
RE 2
S6
Singen (Hohentwiel)
S62

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