THURBO is the corporate identity

Corporate identity

In Corporate Communications, a corporate identity is the "persona" of a corporation which is designed to accord with and facilitate the attainment of business objectives...

 of a railway company in eastern Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, owned by SBB-CFF-FFS

SBB-CFF-FFS

Swiss Federal Railways and SFR are not in official use) is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Bern. Formerly a government institution, it is since 1999 a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons...

 (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.

Operations

Their main business is regional passenger traffic. Infrastructure Kreuzlingen

Kreuzlingen

Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of over 18,000...

 - Weinfelden

Weinfelden

Weinfelden is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of the same name.Weinfelden is an old town, which was known during Roman times as Quivelda .-History:...

 - Wil SG, taken over from Mittelthurgau-Bahn

Mittelthurgau-Bahn

The Mittelthurgaubahn was a private railway company in Switzerland. In 2003 the company was dissolved due to financial problems, most of its activities were taken over by SBB-CFF-FFS subsidiary THURBO....

 is operated by SBB.

Several ZVV

ZVV

The ZVV is a public transportation network system, combining rail, bus, tram, trolleybus, lake boat and cable car services in the canton of Zürich as well as Rapperswil-Jona and Pfäffikon SZ.- History and network :Established in May 1990, it...

 lines of S-Bahn Zürich, for example S26

S26 (ZVV)

The S26 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV and is one of the network's less-heavily traveled lines...

 in the cantons of Zürich

Canton of Zürich

The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...

 and St. Gallen

Canton of St. Gallen

The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...

 between Winterthur

Winterthur

Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...

 and Rüti ZH respectively Rapperswil

Rapperswil

Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.-Today:On...

, are also operated by THURBO.

Rolling stock

Their fleet consists of

• 41 GTW
  Stadler GTW
  The Stadler GTW, sold by Stadler Rail of Switzerland, is an articulated railcar for local transport. GTW stands for Gelenktriebwagen .-Description:...
  
   2/6 EMUs
  Electric multiple unit
  An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
  
  (RABe 526 701–751)
• 39 GTW 2/8 EMUs (RABe 526 752–790; 781–790 ex 709–718)
• 12 GTW 2/8 EMUs on order (RABe 526 791–802)
• 10 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 680–689)

Links

• Website of Thurbo AG
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