Scenic route
Voralpen-Express
St. Gallen → Lucerne · Switzerland
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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.
Stations
- 0 kmSt. Gallen
- 8 kmHerisau
- 32 kmWattwil
- 46 kmUznach
- 59 kmRapperswil SG
- 63 kmPfäffikon SZ
- 77 kmBiberbrugg
- 84 kmRothenthurm
- 97 kmArth-Goldau
- 109 kmKüssnacht am Rigi
- 115 kmMeggen Zentrum
- 119 kmLuzern Verkehrshaus
- 124 kmLuzern
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1363294 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 2010
- 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 Voralpen-Express?
The Voralpen-Express runs 126 km from St. Gallen to Lucerne.
How long does the Voralpen-Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 15 min for the 126 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Voralpen-Express?
Südostbahn, with Stadler SOB “Traverso” Flirt.
How old is the Voralpen-Express?
The line has been in service since 1992. 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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