THURBO

THURBO regional train near the Rhine Falls.

THURBO is a railway company in eastern Switzerland, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.

Description

THURBO was founded in September 2001 by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) and Mittelthurgau-Bahn (MThB).^[1] Its main business is regional passenger traffic. Infrastructure Kreuzlingen - Weinfelden - Wil SG, taken over from Mittelthurgau-Bahn, is operated by THURBO but maintained by SBB.

Several ZVV lines of S-Bahn Zürich, for example S26 in the cantons of Zürich and St. Gallen between Winterthur and Rüti ZH respectively Rapperswil, are also operated by THURBO.

Operation

• Wil SG – Weinfelden – Kreuzlingen (– Konstanz) (formerly Mittelthurgaubahn)

S-Bahn St. Gallen

• S 1 Wil SG – St. Gallen – Heerbrugg – Altstätten
• S 2 Herisau – St. Gallen – Heerbrugg
• S 3 St. Gallen Haggen – St. Gallen – Romanshorn – Kreuzlingen – Schaffhausen (Seelinie)
• S 5 St. Gallen – Bischofszell – Weinfelden
• S 6 St. Gallen – St. Gallen Haggen – Herisau
• S 7 Rorschach – Romanshorn – Weinfelden
• S 8 Schaffhausen – Kreuzlingen – Romanshorn – Rorschach
• S 9 Wil SG – Wattwil
• Buchs SG – Sargans

S-Bahn Zürich

• S 22 Bülach – Schaffhausen – Singen (Hohentwiel)
• S 26 Winterthur - Bauma - Rüti ZH
• S 29 Winterthur HB – Stein am Rhein
• S 30 Winterthur HB – Frauenfeld – Weinfelden (– Romanshorn – Rorschach)
• S 33 Winterthur HB – Andelfingen – Schaffhausen
• S 35 Winterthur HB – Wil SG
• S 41 Winterthur HB – Bülach (– Bad Zurzach – Waldshut )

Rolling stock

Stadler GTW of the S-Bahn Zürich line S26 (ZVV) in the Töss Valley

THURBO's fleet consists of

• 41 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 701–751)^[2]
• 39 GTW 2/8 EMUs (RABe 526 752–790; 781–790 ex 709–718)^[3]
• 12 GTW 2/8 EMUs on order^[4] (RABe 526 791–802)
• 10 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 680–689)^[5]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to THURBO.

• Website of Thurbo AG

References