Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚲

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 11/05/2023

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: 40km/h
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Number of tracks: 2*
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Electrification: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~
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Train control system: ZUB/Signum/EuroSIGNUM/EuroZUB/PZB (PZB not to Kreuzlingen Hafen), ETCS L1 LS under
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: Low

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: Comprehensive Network (only in Switzerland)

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: DB Netz AG [DE]; SBB [CH]

Language of operation: German

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: NVBW [DE]; Kanton Thurgau [CH]

Railway undertaking(s): DB Regio, SBB Deutschland [DE]; SBB [CH]

Ministry of transport: BMVI [DE]; UVEK [CH]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1871

Closure: -

Passenger services: 662 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 1,3 km

Average speed of cross border section: 39 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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