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S2 (St. Gallen S-Bahn) - Wikipedia

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S2
White train on double track passing station

An Altstätten SG-bound S2 at Mörschwil in 2017

Overview
Current operator(s)THURBO
Route
TerminiNesslau-Neu St. Johann
Altstätten SG
Stops25
Distance travelled83.9 kilometres (52.1 mi)
Average journey time1 hour 41 minutes
Service frequencyHourly
Line(s) used
Route map

Altstätten Stadt

Bus Link

41.2

Altstätten SG

44.3

Rebstein-Marbach

47.9

Heerbrugg

51.1

Au SG

53.8

St. Margrethen

57.8

Rheineck

62.8

Staad

65.0

Rorschach

66.3

Rorschach Stadt

68.0

Goldach

72.8

Mörschwil

78.2

St. Gallen St. Fiden

Rosenberg Tunnel

80.5
21.5
St. Gallen

24.4

St. Gallen Haggen

St. Gallen
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
(Bridge over the Sitter)

29.7

Herisau

33.4

Schachen

Appenzell Ausserrhoden
St. Gallen

37.1

Degersheim

42.4

Mogelsberg

46.4

Brunnadern-Neckertal

Wasserfluh Tunnel

Thur

S9 to Wil

50.7

Lichtensteig

53.2
20.0
Wattwil

Thur

24.9
0.0
Ebnat-Kappel

4.3

Krummenau

Thur

Thur

7.9

Nesslau-Neu St. Johann
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The S2 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides hourly service between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann (abbreviated to Nesslau on destination signs) and Altstätten SG in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, via Herisau in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The section near Lake Constance (Bodensee) is also part of the Bodensee S-Bahn.[3] THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.

The S2 operates every hour between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann (Toggenburg) and Altstätten SG (St. Galler Rheintal), using the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and St. Gallen, the Rorschach–St. Gallen line to Rorschach, and the Chur–Rorschach line to Altstätten SG. Save for the branch from Wattwil to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann, the S2 is paired with the S4 to provide half-hourly service.[4]

S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021[5]

The service links the Alpine Rhine Valley and the Toggenburg Valley with the city of St. Gallen as well as with Herisau, the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

S2 Nesslau-Neu St. JohannWattwilHerisauSt. GallenRorschachAltstätten SG

Until the December 2018 timetable change, the S2's westbound terminus was St. Gallen. Service from St. Gallen to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann had been provided by the S8. Scheduling issues with the S8 prompted a swap, with the S2 taking over the S8's former schedule west of St. Gallen.[6]

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Zürcher S-Bahn/S-Bahn St.Gallen/S-Bahn Bodensee" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ "S-Bahn Bodensee" (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  4. ^ "Geschäftsbericht 2020" (PDF). THURBO (in German). pp. 12–13.
  5. ^ "S-Bahn St. Gallen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-24.
  6. ^ Knoepfel, Martin (29 May 2018). "Die S8 fährt nicht mehr ins Obertoggenburg". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2021.