Lake Line

The Lake Line[4] (German: Seelinie), as it is referred to by the SBB in English, is the Swiss railway line running from Rorschach via Romanshorn, Kreuzlingen, Steckborn and Stein am Rhein to Schaffhausen and forms the Swiss section of the ring railway around Lake Constance.

Lake Line
Two GTW 2/4 sets of Thurbo on the Rhine Bridge at Feuerthalen near Schaffhausen; the Munot in the background
Overview
Native nameSeelinie
Line number
  • 820 (Schaffhausen–Romanshorn)
  • 830 (Konstanz–Kreuzlingen–Weinfelden)
  • 845 (Romanshorn–Rorschach)
LocaleSwitzerland
TerminiSchaffhausen
Rorschach
Technical
Line length82.4 km (51.2 mi)
Number of tracksmostly 2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Maximum incline1.2%
Route map
km
elev
DB from Basel
SBB from Winterthur
48.76
 Schaffhausen
terminus of S8
403.8 m
DB to Konstanz
Emmersberg Tunnel (761 m)
47.21
 Rhine Bridge (262 m)
Schaffhausen
Zürich
46.93
 Feuerthalen
408.7 m
45.33
 Langwiesen
408.7 m
44.77
Zürich
Thurgau
404.2 m
43.28
 Schlatt
404.2 m
39.75
 St. Katharinental
(since 2002)
413.0 m
Geisslibach bridge (94 m)
38.18
 Diessenhofen
412.9 m
35.57
 Schlattingen
426.5 m
SBB from Winterthur S29
31.81
31.81
 Etzwilen
438.2 m
SEHR to Singen
34.55
Thurgau
Schaffhausen
34.86
 Stein am Rhein
terminus of S29
413.1 m
35.40
Schaffhausen
Thurgau
36.93
 Eschenz
417.2 m
39.84
 Mammern~
411.7 m
45.59
 Steckborn
403.7 m
48.91
 Berlingen
402.6 m
51.33
 Mannenbach-Salenstein
399.4 m
54.01
 Ermatingen
402.1 m
56.00
 Triboltingen
(since 1998)
403.0 m
57.86
 Tägerwilen-Gottlieben (Tägerwilen SBB until 1996)
403.5 m
Thurbo from Wil S14
59.15
 Tägermoos
401.7 m
MThB from Wil (1911–2001)
60.69
 Kreuzlingen
403.3 m
61.43
414.76
Switzerland / SBB
Germany / DB
399.4 m
DB from Basel
414.34
 Konstanz
terminus of S14
398.0 m
414.74
100.88
Germany / DB
Switzerland / SBB
61.80
100.17
 Kreuzlingen Hafen
402.1 m
98.83
 Kurzrickenbach Seepark (since 1998)
405.0 m
97.50
 Bottighofen
(1946–1998)
405.0 m
97.98
 Bottighofen
(since 1998)
405.1 m
96.17
 Münsterlingen-Scherzingen (since 1998)
404.8 m
95.40
 Münsterlingen Spital (since 1998)
404.9 m
94.56
 Landschlacht
(since 2002)
408.0 m
92.92
 Altnau
409.0 m
90.49
 Güttingen
409.7 m
88.09
 Kesswil
405.0 m
86.11
 Uttwil
405.8 m
82.15
 Romanshorn
reversal of S7
398.5 m
SBB from Winterthur reversal of S7
80.97
 Romanshorn West
403.8 m
81.78[1]
83.32[2]
 Romanshorn Süd
399.2 m
SOB to St. Gallen S8
84.72
 Egnach
400.9 m
88.75
 Arbon Seemoosriet
(since 2007)
399.9 m
90.29
 Arbon
398.7 m
90.80
Thurgau
St. Gallen
91.64
 Steinach
(since 2007)
402.0 m
92.19
St. Gallen
Thurgau
93.47
 Horn
402.5 m
94.40
Thurgau
St. Gallen
96.32
Rorschach Hafen
terminus of S25
397.9 m
SBB from St. Gallen
97.27
 Rorschach
terminus of S7
399.0 m
AB to Heiden S25
to Chur
Source: Swiss railway atlas[3]

History

On 15 October 1869 the section of line from Romanshorn to Rorschach was opened. Not quite two years later, on 1 July 1871, it was followed by the Romanshorn–Konstanz line. During its early years the railway belonged to the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the NOB, which was transferred in 1902 into the SBB.

In 1996, the line was taken over by Mittelthurgaubahn following a competition. They introduced half-hourly fixed-interval services and modernised both track and rolling stock. When Mittelthurgaubahn went bankrupt in 2003 the line went into the SBB subsidiary, Thurbo, which had been intended as a joint venture between the SBB and Mittelthurgaubahn.

References
  1. from Romanshorn West
  2. from Romanshorn
  3. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz [Swiss railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  4. The Lake Line rail experience at www.sbb.ch. Accessed on 13 Jan 2013.
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