S9 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)

S9
A Wattwil-bound S9 passes Lichtensteig in 2016
Overview
Current operator(s)	THURBO
Route
Termini	Wil Wattwil
Stops	5
Distance travelled	20.0 kilometres (12.4 mi)
Average journey time	23 minutes
Service frequency	Every 30 minutes
Line(s) used	Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line
Route map S12 S35 to Winterthur S15 to Frauenfeld S10 to Weinfelden 0.0 Wil S1 S9 S10 S12 S15 S35 S1 to St. Gallen 6.9 Bazenheid 10.2 Lütisburg 12.9 Bütschwil 14.6 Dietfurt S2 S4 VAE to St. Gallen 17.5 Lichtensteig 20.0 Wattwil S9 S2 to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann S4 VAE to Uznach [1][2] This diagram: view talk edit

The S9 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between Wil and Wattwil over the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service.

Operations

The S9 operates every 30 minutes between Wil and Wattwil, using the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line. It is the only service over that line between Wil and Lichtensteig.^[3]

Route

S-Bahn St. Gallen network as of December 2021^[4]

The route follows the left bank of the River Thur through the lower Toggenburg Valley.

S9 Wil SG – Wattwil

• Wil SG
• Bazenheid
• Lütisburg
• Bütschwil
• Dietfurt
• Lichtensteig
• Wattwil

History

Until the December 2013 timetable change, every other S9 service continued south to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann, providing hourly service to the remainder of the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel line and the short section of the Bodensee–Toggenburg line between Nesslau-Neu St. Johann and Ebnat-Kappel. With the timetable change, the S9 was cut back to its present terminus and the former S8 (which later merged with the former S1) extended to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann.^[5][6]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 14. 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 23 December 2021.
3. "Geschäftsbericht 2020" (PDF). THURBO (in German). pp. 12–13.
4. https://www.ostwind.ch/assets/resources/Dateien/Download/zonenplaene/2022-sbb-rv-sg.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
5. Hug, Olivia (2 November 2012). "Verbesserter Schienenverkehr". Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
6. "Wil–Nesslau-Neu St. Johann" (PDF) (in German). 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

External links

• Fahrplan Ost