THURBO

THURBO is a railway company with S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland (cantons of Aargau, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zürich), southern Germany (states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), and northeastern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.

THURBO
TypeJointly SBB CFF FFS and cantonal owned AG/SA
IndustryRail Transport
Founded20 September 2001 (2001-09-20)
Headquarters
Kreuzlingen, Thurgau
,
Switzerland
Key people
Claudia Bossert (CEO),
Werner Schurter
Number of employees
500 (as of 2022)[1]
DivisionsPassenger
Websitewww.thurbo.ch

It operates regional transport on a network of 658 km[1] belonging to SBB CFF FFS, with the exception of the route Wil–Weinfelden–Konstanz, which is only maintained by the latter[2] and except tracks in Austria and Germany. As of 2022,[1] the company owns 110 EMUs and carries 25.8 million passengers a year.

The acronym THURBO (pronounced as Tour-bo in German) is derived from the river Thur (or the canton of Thurgau, respectively) and the first two letters of Bodensee (German name for Lake Constance), probably on the basis of the homophone turbo.

Description

THURBO was founded in September 2001 by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) and Mittelthurgau-Bahn (MThB).[3] Its main business is regional passenger traffic. Infrastructure Kreuzlingen - Weinfelden - Wil SG, taken over from Mittelthurgau-Bahn, is operated by THURBO but maintained by SBB CFF FFS.

THURBO operates many lines in the Ostwind transit district, including all services of Schaffhausen S-Bahn (since 2013), and most services of St. Gallen S-Bahn. Some lines are part of Bodensee S-Bahn, which includes transborder services between Switzerland and southern Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), some operated by SBB GmbH using EMUs of THURBO, and Austria (Vorarlberg).[4]

Interior of a THURBO EMU

Several ZVV lines of Zürich S-Bahn are also operated by THURBO, for example the S26 service in the canton of Zürich between Winterthur and Rüti ZH, or the S36 between Bülach and Waldshut (Germany). Due to increased demand, some services previously operated by THURBO are now operated by SBB CFF FFS using either double-deck EMUs (e.g., RABe 511) or Re 450 class locomotives pushing or pulling double-deck passenger carriages.[5]

THURBO also operates a RegioExpress (RE) between Herisau and Konstanz (Germany) nicknamed der Konstanzer by locals.[6]

Operation
Network of St. Gallen S-Bahn (2021)
Network of Zürich S-Bahn (2018)

Former Mittelthurgaubahn

RegioExpress

Schaffhausen S-Bahn

St. Gallen S-Bahn

Previous operations

Zürich S-Bahn

Previous operations

Rolling stock
Stadler GTW with former THURBO livery operating as S26 service of Zürich S-Bahn in the Töss Valley

THURBO's fleet consists of

  • 41 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 701–751)[7]
  • 39 GTW 2/8 EMUs (RABe 526 752–790; 781–790 ex 709–718)[7]
  • 12 GTW 2/8 EMUs on order[8] (RABe 526 791–802)
  • 10 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 680–689)[7]

References
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  1. "Werte und Zahlen".
  2. "Travelling with Thurbo: Rail network". Kreuzlingen, Switzerland: Regionalbahn Thurbo AG. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. "Organisation".
  4. "FahrplanNetzkarte 2023" (PDF). THURBO. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. THURBO.ch: https://www.thurbo.ch/ihre-reise/fahrplanwechsel-2023/
  6. THURBO.ch: https://www.thurbo.ch/en/travelling/regioexpress/
  7. "THURBO - die Regionalbahn . GTW 2/6 - das kurze Standardfahrzeug von THURBO". www.thurbo.ch. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.
  8. "Home - Stadler".
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