Südostbahn
The Südostbahn (Swiss South Eastern Railway) – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a railway company and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) network in Switzerland.
Structure
The Südostbahn is a small private railway, i.e. jointly owned by the cantonal and federal governments as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG). At the end of 2001, the previous SOB merged with the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT) to form the Südostbahn (SOB).
Network
The Schweizerische Südostbahn AG operates from Romanshorn on Lake Constance via St. Gallen, Herisau, Degersheim, Wattwil and Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu Sankt Johann in northeast Switzerland, and from Rapperswil via Seedamm, Pfäffikon SZ and Biberbrugg to Arth-Goldau in Central Switzerland.
In all, the SOB network measures 128.9 kilometres (80.1 miles), and comprises the following lines:
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