Thayngen railway station

Thayngen railway station (German: Bahnhof Thayngen) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen and municipality of Thayngen. Although the station is in Switzerland, it is located on the Deutsche Bahn's High Rhine Railway that links Basel to Singen.^[4][1]

Thayngen
The station in 2010
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse Thayngen, Schaffhausen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°44′43.876″N 8°42′11.628″E / 47.74552111°N 8.70323000°E / 47.74552111; 8.70323000
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Owned by	Bundeseisenbahnvermögen (since 1994); Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (1863-1920), Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920-1949), Deutsche Bundesbahn (1949-1993)
Line(s)	High Rhine Railway (KBS 730)
Distance	373.0 km (231.8 mi) from Mannheim Hauptbahnhof^[1]
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	SBB GmbH Swiss Federal Railways
Connections
Bus	vbsh 24^[2]
Airport	Direct line to/from Zürich Flughafen with S24 in 0:59h or with other connections and changes
Other information
Fare zone	820 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de])^[3]
History
Opened	1863
Services
Preceding station Schaffhausen S-Bahn Following station Herblingen towards Schaffhausen S62 Bietingen towards Singen (Hohentwiel) Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Herblingen towards Zug S24 Terminus
Location
Thayngen Location in Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Thayngen Thayngen (Canton of Schaffhausen) Show map of Canton of Schaffhausen

Thayngen station is served by SBB GmbH/THURBO (until 2022 Deutsche Bahn) regional trains between Schaffhausen and Singen (Hohentwiel) and Zurich S-Bahn line S24 trains Between Zug and Thayngen (via Zurich).^[5]

Customs

Thanyngen is, for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Germany. Customs checks may be performed in the station or on board trains by Swiss officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the Schengen Area in 2008.^[6][7]

Services

As of the December 2022 timetable change,^[update] the following S-Bahn services stop at Thayngen station:^[8][9]

• Schaffhausen S-Bahn S62: half-hourly service between Schaffhausen and Singen (Hohentwiel).
• Zürich S-Bahn S24: hourly service to Zug.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. p. 111. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
2. "Regionalbusse vbsh" (PDF) (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
4. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
5. "S-Bahn trains, buses and boats" (PDF). ZVV. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
6. "Switzerland's Schengen entry finally complete".
7. "Land borders open as Switzerland enters Schengen zone". 12 December 2008.
8. "Basel - Waldshut - Schaffhausen - Singen Hochrheinstrecke" (PDF). Kursbuch der Deutschen Bahn 2023 (in German). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
9. "Singen - Schaffhausen - Waldshut - Basel Hochrheinstrecke" (PDF). Kursbuch der Deutschen Bahn 2023 (in German). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

External links

•   Media related to Thayngen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Thayngen railway station – SBB