The St. Gallen S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn-style commuter rail in Eastern Switzerland and neighbouring areas. The network connects stations in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zurich, as well as a few stations in Austria (Bregenz, Vorarlberg) and Germany (Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg and Lindau, Bavaria). Some services also operate as part of the Bodensee S-Bahn.

Services are operated by Appenzeller Bahnen (AB), Südostbahn (SOB), and Thurbo. Within Switzerland and until , services operate within the (Ostwind fare network) of northeastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Lines S-Bahn , the network consists of 22 lines, numbered 1‒2, 4‒7, 9‒10, 12, 14‒15, 17, 20‒26, 44 and 81‒82, using the "S" prefix typical for most S-Bahn systems. Only lines S1, S2, S4, S5, S20, S21, S22, S81 and S82 pass through or terminate in St. Gallen.

Unless stated otherwise, the lines are adhesion railways. # Route Notes Operator –––––Operates every half hour Thurbo –––– Thurbo ––––– Does not call at stations between Rapperswil and Uznach SOB –––– Operates half-hourly between Weinfelden and Bischofszell Stadt and hourly to St. Margrethen. On weekdays, half-hourly service continues to St. Gallen. Does not call at Thurbo ––––– (–) Operates to Linthal only during off-peak hours SOB (–) –– (––––) Operates every two hours between Rorschach and Lindau-Insel only during weekends. Only Weinfelden–St. Margrethen is within the Ostwind transit district Thurbo –– Thurbo ––– Thurbo ––– Only Sargans–Bad Ragaz is within the Ostwind transit district Thurbo –– Thurbo –– Operates over the metre () gauge Frauenfeld–Wil line AB (FWB) ––––– Introduced in 2023 SOB –––––– Operates over the metre () gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line. Rush-hour service, calls between Gais and St. Gallen only at Bühler, Teufen AR and AB –––––– Operates over the metre () gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line AB ––– Operates over the metre () gauge Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen line. Only during rush hour AB –––– Operates over the metre () gauge Gossau–Wasserauen line AB – Operates over the metre () gauge Altstätten–Gais line (part rack railway) AB –– Operates over the standard gauge Rorschach–Heiden line (part rack railway) AB – Operates over the gauge Rheineck–Walzenhausen line (part rack railway) AB –– Operates since December 2022, without intermediate stops and with connecting services to IC81 in Weinfelden Thurbo – Same trainset operates as Alpenrhein-Express (IR13) between and St. Gallen SOB (Thurbo until 2024) – Operates only during rush hour Thurbo

The following S-Bahn services operating within the Ostwind transit district and connecting with services of St. Gallen S-Bahn are not part of the latter:

The S2 (‒‒), S3 (‒) and R5 (St. Margrethen‒/Feldkirch) services, operated by ÖBB, belong to the Vorarlberg S-Bahn network

The S6 (‒), named Seehas, belongs to Bodensee S-Bahn

The S2 (‒), S9 (‒), S12 (Schaffhausen/‒), S23 (‒, peak-hour only), S24 (/‒), S25 (‒Zürich HB), S29 (‒), S30 (Weinfelden‒Winterthur), S33 (Schaffhausen‒Winterthur), S35 (Wil‒Winterthur) and S40 (‒) are part of Zurich S-Bahn network

The S27 (–), nicknamed March shuttle, is a peak-hour service operated by Südostbahn (SOB) which is not part of any S-Bahn network

Three S-Bahn services (S62, S64, S65) between Schaffhausen and their respective German termini in Erzingen, Singen (Hohentwiel) and Jestetten, are operated by Thurbo/SBB GmbH and part of Schaffhausen S-Bahn

RegioExpress A RegioExpress (RE) between Herisau and Konstanz (Germany), nicknamed der Konstanzer, supports the S-Bahn network.THURBO.ch: https://www.thurbo.ch/en/travelling/regioexpress/ The S-Bahn network is further complemented by InterRegio (IR) services, such as the IR Voralpen-Express (operated by Südostbahn between St. Gallen and ) and IR 13 of Swiss Federal Railways (––St. Gallen––), which stop at all major stations. # Route Notes Operator –––– Hourly RegioExpress (RE, express train) service supplementing the S-Bahn network. Continues as S14 from Konstanz Thurbo

Nighttime services During weekends, in the night from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday, there are nighttime S-Bahn services (designated SN followed by the route number). the following night routes existed:

: –– : – : –– : ––– (not calling at stations between Winterthur and Wil) : ––– : – : ––

Previous services S3: – (until 2021, merged with the former S5 into the current S5 of St. Gallen S-Bahn) S8: –– (until 2021, merged with the former S1 into the current S1 of St. Gallen S-Bahn) S11: –– (until 2018, operated only during peak hour) S55: ––– (until 2018, operated only during peak hour)

Network map

See also

Transport in St. Gallen

References

External links

Ostwind Tariff Network Network Map 2024