S3 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)
The S3 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides hourly service between St. Gallen and St. Margrethen, in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.
| S3 | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) A St. Gallen-bound S3 at St. Margrethen in 2018 | |
| Overview | |
| First service | 15 December 2013 |
| Current operator(s) | THURBO |
| Route | |
| Start | St. Gallen |
| Stops | 8 |
| End | St. Margrethen |
| Distance travelled | 26.7 kilometres (16.6 mi)[1] |
| Average journey time | 28 minutes |
| Service frequency | Hourly |
| Line(s) used | |
Operations
The S3 operates every hour between St. Gallen and St. Margrethen, using the Rorschach–St. Gallen and Chur–Rorschach lines. The S3, S2, S4, and InterRegio 13 combine for service every fifteen minutes between the two cities.[2] In St. Margrethen, a cross-platform connection is made with the S3 of the Vorarlberg S-Bahn.
History
Until the December 2013 timetable change, the S3 designation applied to an hourly service between Schaffhausen and St. Gallen Haggen, paired with the S8 as far as Romanshorn. Early proposals for the December 2013 relaunch of the St. Gallen S-Bahn network contemplated extending the S3 to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and truncating the westbound S8 to Romanshorn.[3] In the end, the S8 was extended to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.
With the December 2013 change, the new S3 was introduced, running between St. Margrethen and Herisau.[4] The December 2015 timetable change truncated this to St. Gallen, where it remains as of 2021.
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Geschäftsbericht 2020" (PDF). THURBO (in German). pp. 12–13.
- Hug, Olivia (2 November 2012). "Verbesserter Schienenverkehr". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- "Die neue S-Bahn St. Gallen" (in German). 27 November 2013. pp. 6–7.
