🇨🇭 Operator
Train routes operated by Südostbahn
2 routes · classic 1 · scenic 1
Südostbahn runs 2 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 181 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Voralpen-Express at 126 km; the fastest is the Olten–Lucerne railway, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1856.
The company itself dates to 2001, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Südostbahn's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q676639 ↗
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- 2
- Total length
- 181 km
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Longest
- Voralpen-Express · 126 km
- Oldest line here
- 1856
- Company founded
- 2001
- Type
- railway company
- Fastest
- Olten–Lucerne railway · 160 km/h
Classic (1)
- Olten–Lucerne railway
Built by the Schweizerische Centralbahn and open to Lucerne since 1856 — double track, electrified, and still the fast way north to Olten and Basel.
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Scenic (1)
- Voralpen-Express
Hourly cross-country trains link the abbey city of St. Gallen with lakeside Lucerne across the pre-Alps, taking in the Wattwil moorland, the Rapperswil lake dam and the Rothenthurm high bog.
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How many train routes does Südostbahn run?
2 of the routes in this atlas are Südostbahn services, covering 181 km across 1 country (Switzerland). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Südostbahn train?
The Olten–Lucerne railway, Lucerne to Olten, at up to 160 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 45 min over 55 km.
Does Südostbahn run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 2 Südostbahn routes listed here are daytime services.
When was Südostbahn founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 2001, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1856 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Südostbahn runs in
- 🇨🇭 Train routes in Switzerland 70 routes
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