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S7 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)

The S7 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Romanshorn and Rorschach, with hourly service from Romanshorn to Weinfelden. Some trains continue from Rorschach to St. Margrethen, Bregenz (Vorarlberg, Austria) and Lindau (Bavaria, Germany) along the shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee). The line is also part of the Bodensee S-Bahn.[4]

S7
White train stopped at side platform
A Weinfelden-bound S7 at Rorschach in 2017
Overview
Current operator(s)Thurbo
Route
TerminiWeinfelden / Romanshorn
Rorschach / Lindau-Insel
Stops8 (14)
Distance travelled71.8 kilometres (44.6 mi)
Average journey time
  • 20 minutes (Romanshorn–Rorschach)
  • 39 minutes (Weinfelden–Rorschach)
  • 57 minutes (Romanshorn–Lindau-Insel)
Service frequency
  • Every 30 minutes (Romanshorn–Rorschach)
  • Every 60 minutes (Weinfelden–Rorschach)
  • Every 2 hours (Romanshorn–Lindau-Insel)
Line(s) used

Thurbo, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.

Operations

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The S7 operates half-hourly over the Lake line between Romanshorn and Rorschach. It is the only service on that section of the line. Every other train operates over the Winterthur–Romanshorn line between Romanshorn and Weinfelden, stopping only at Amriswil. The S10 makes local stops over the line. As of December 2024, three trains operate on weekdays between Romanshorn and Lindau-Insel (Germany) via Bregenz (Austria); on weekends, this rises to one train every two hours.[5] In Austria and Germany, the S7 operates as a Regionalexpress (REX7).[6]

Route

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S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021[7]

S7 (Weinfelden –) Romanshorn – Rorschach (– St. Margrethen – Bregenz – Lindau-Reutin – Lindau-Insel)[a]

  1. ^ Trains run half-hourly between Romanshorn and Rorschach and hourly between Weinfelden and Rorschach, Between Romanshorn and Lindau-Insel, the S7 operates every two hours on weekends and less frequently on weekdays

History

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With the December 2021 timetable change, the Romanshorn–Rorschach trains were extended every two hours, on Saturdays and Sundays only, around the southern coast of Lake Constance to Bregenz and Lindau.[8] Beginning on 10 December 2023, three Romanshorn–Lindau trains operated on weekdays.[9][10] With the 2024 timetable change, the route was extended to Lindau-Insel.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Österreich [Austrian railway atlas] (in German) (3rd ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2021. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-89494-150-5.
  3. ^ "Zürcher S-Bahn/S-Bahn St.Gallen/S-Bahn Bodensee" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "S-Bahn Bodensee" (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Romanshorn - Rorschach" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ "401 Bludenz / St. Margrethen – Lindau-Insel" (PDF) (in German). ÖBB. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.ostwind.ch/assets/resources/Dateien/Download/zonenplaene/2022-sbb-rv-sg.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "Fahrplanwechsel: Das ändert sich bei den VBSG und Thurbo". FM1 Today (in Swiss High German). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Der öffentliche Verkehr am Bodensee wächst weiter zusammen". Rheintal24 (in German). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Romanshorn - Rorschach" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Thurbo und ÖBB fahren neu bis Lindau-Insel [Thurbo and ÖBB now run their trains until Lindau-Insel]" (in German). bahnhonline.ch. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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