The S5 is a railway service of the
St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides hourly or better service between and , in the Swiss cantons of
St. Gallen and
Thurgau
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Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...
. The line is also part of the
Bodensee S-Bahn
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.
THURBO, a joint venture of
Swiss Federal Railways
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The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ...
and the
canton of Thurgau
Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld.
Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...
, operates the service.
Operations
The S5 operates half-hourly between and and hourly to . On weekdays, half-hourly service continues to . The S5 does not serve . It uses the
Winterthur–Romanshorn line on the section between
Weinfelden
Weinfelden is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name.
Weinfelden is an old town, which was known during Ancient Rome, Roma ...
and
Sulgen
Sulgen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Weinfelden District in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Geography
Sulgen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 67.0% is used for agricultural purposes, whil ...
, the
Sulgen to Gossau line, the
St. Gallen–Winterthur line between
Gossau and
St. Gallen, the
Rorschach–St. Gallen line, and the
Chur–Rorschach line between
Rorschach and
St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen (Saint Margrethen/Sankt Margrethen) is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on the Swiss–Austrian border.
Geography
St. Margrethen has an ar ...
.
Route
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* Rorschach
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* St. Margrethen
History
Leading up to the December 2013 timetable change, the service pattern on the
Sulgen–Gossau line was an hourly service (provided by the S5) between and , supplemented by additional trains during
peak hour
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s. The relaunched St. Gallen S-Bahn kept this service pattern and designated the additional peak services S55. The December 2018 timetable change eliminated the S55; service between Weinfelden and Bischofszell Stadt increased to half-hourly, with some of the additional trains continuing to St. Gallen.
The S5 was extended to St. Margrethen in December 2021, replacing the
S3. Weekday service between Bischofszell Stadt and St. Gallen increased to half-hourly on 10 December 2023.
References
External links
Fahrplan Ost
{{St. Gallen S-Bahn, state=expanded
St. Gallen S-Bahn lines
Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
Transport in Thurgau