Wil–Winterthur railway line

Wil–Winterthur
Technical
Line length 27.2 km
Track gauge 1435 mm
Electrification

Overhead line

  • 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Route map
 SBB St. Gallen to Wil line
 SBB Toggenburgerbahn from Ebnat-Kappel
 110.62 Wil 571 m above the  sea
 Thurbo Mittelthurgaubahn to Weinfelden
 113.83 Sirnach 549 m above the  sea
 117.45 Eschlikon 567 m above the  sea
 120.95 Guntershausen 546 m above the  sea
 122.90 Aadorf 528 m above the  sea
 126.15 Elgg 507 m above the  sea
 130.51 Schottikon 486 m above the  sea
 131.84 Räterschen 476 m above the  sea
 133.7 Winterthur Hegi
 SBB Tösstal line from Bauma
 135.29 Winterthur Grüze 452 m above the  sea
 SBB Romanshorn to Winterthur line
 SBB Rheinfall line from Schaffhausen
 137.81 Winterthur HB 439 m above the  sea
 SBB Winterthur to Koblenz via Bülach line
 SBB Winterthur to Zurich line

The Wil–Winterthur railway line is a standard gauge railway line in Switzerland. The line links the city of Wil, in the canton of St. Gallen, with the city of Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, passing through the canton of Thurgau. It is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).[1]

The 27 kilometres (17 mi) route was opened in 1855 by the Sankt Gallisch-Appenzellische Eisenbahn. It is standard gauge, double track throughout, and is electrified at 15 kV ​16 2⁄3 Hz AC supplied by overhead line.[1]

Today the line is used by long distance passenger trains between Zurich and St. Gallen. The intermediate stations are served by trains on the Zurich S-Bahn line S35 between Winterthur and Wil.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 4–5, 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ↑ "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

Bibliography

  • Wägli, Hans G. (1998). Schienennetz Schweiz (in German). Zurich: AS Verlag. ISBN 3-905111-21-7.
  • Wägli, Hans G. (2004). Bahnprofil Schweiz 2005 (in German). Grafenried: Diplory Verlag.


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