Classic route
Gäubahn IC
Zurich → Stuttgart · Switzerland · Germany
The Gäubahn intercity: over the Rhine at Schaffhausen, past the Bodensee’s back country and down the Neckar cuttings into Stuttgart.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1620985 (51 km), relation 12063 (169 km) — 220 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 16 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 282
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Gäubahn IC?
The Gäubahn IC runs 240 km from Zurich to Stuttgart. It runs through Switzerland and Germany.
How long does the Gäubahn IC take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 05 min for the 240 km. That is an average of 78 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Gäubahn IC?
SBB and DB, with SBB IC, DB.
How old is the Gäubahn IC?
The line has been in service since 1879. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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