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 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 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
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]
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