Lake Line

The Lake Line^[1] (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.

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.

Timetable no. 820: Schaffhausen–Romanshorn
Legend Upper Rhine Railway from Basel, Line from Zürich–Bülach–Jestetten S 22 (Zürich) and Rheinfall line from Winterthur S 16 S 3 (Zürich) 48,7 Schaffhausenterminus S 33 404 m AMSL Branch-off point for the line to Thayngen–Singen S 16 S 22 Emmersberg Tunnel761 m Rhine Bridge at Feuerthalen262 m 46,9 Feuerthalen 409 m AMSL 45,3 Langwiesen 409 m AMSL 43,2 Schlatt 404 m AMSL 39,8 St. Katharinental Deisslibach Bridge94 m 38,1 Diessenhofen 413 m AMSL 35,6 Schlattingen 426 m AMSL Winterthur–Etzwilen line 31,8 31,8 Etzwilen 438 m AMSL Goods line to Ramsen–(Singen), closed to passenger traffic 34,8 Stein am Rheinterminus S 29 413 m AMSL 36,9 Eschenz 417 m AMSL 39,8 Mammern 412 m AMSL 45,6 Steckborn 404 m AMSL 48,9 Berlingen 403 m AMSL 51,3 Mannenbach-Salenstein 399 m AMSL 54,0 Ermatingen 402 m AMSL 56,0 Triboltingen 57,8 Tägerwilen-Gottliebenformerly Tägerwilen SBB 403 m AMSL Line from Weinfelden 60,7 Kreuzlingen 403 m AMSL Line to Konstanz 61,8 100,2 Kreuzlingen Hafen 402 m AMSL Kreuzlingen–Konstanz line 40,7 Kreuzlingen 403 m AMSL Line to Kreuzlingen Hafen–Romanshorn Swiss/German border 42,0 Konstanz 405 m ü. NN Junction with the Upper Rhine Railway Konstanz–Kreuzlingen Hafen line 101,3 Konstanz 398 m AMSL German/Swiss border Linie from Schaffhausen–Kreuzlingen 100,2 Kreuzlingen Hafen 402 m AMSL 100,2 Kreuzlingen Hafen 402 m AMSL 98,9 Kurzrickenbach Seepark 97,5 Bottighofen 405 m AMSL 96,2 Münsterlingen–Scherzingen 405 m AMSL 95,5 Münsterlingen Spital 94,5 Landschlacht 92,9 Altnau 409 m AMSL 90,5 Güttingen 410 m AMSL 88,1 Kesswil 405 m AMSL 86,1 Uttwil 406 m AMSL 82,1 Romanshorn 398 m AMSL Lines to Rorschach and Amriswil–Weinfelden–Zürich All halts are request stops
Timetable no. 845: Romanshorn–Rorschach
Line from Schaffhausen-Kreuzlingen 82,1 Romanshorn 398 m AMSL Line to Amriswil–Weinfelden–Zürich Bypass line from Amriswil–Weinfelden Line to Roggwil–St. Gallen 84,7 Egnach 401 m AMSL 90,2 Arbon 398 m AMSL 93,4 Horn 402 m AMSL 96,3 Rorschach Hafen 398 m AMSL Line from St. Gallen–Goldach 48,7 Rorschach399 m AMSL St. Margrethen–Rorschach line and Rorschach–Heiden railway

References

1. The Lake Line rail experience at www.sbb.ch. Accessed on 13 Jan 2013.