Private company

THURBO

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Swiss railway company

Thurbo is a railway company with mostly S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland (cantons of Aargau, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zürich), southern Germany (states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), and northwestern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau. It operates regional transport on a network of 658 km (409 mi) belonging to SBB CFF FFS, with the exception of the route Wil–Weinfelden–Konstanz, which is only maintained by the latter and except tracks in Austria and Germany.2 It employed 472 people in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Sep 20, 2001Founded1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Stadler Gtw
Photo: Filzstift at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Thurbo is a railway company with mostly S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland (cantons of Aargau, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zürich), southern Germany (states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), and northwestern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.2

Corporate structure

THURBO is part of a group headed by Swiss Federal Railways. 18 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Swiss Federal Railways Bern, Switzerland
    • THURBO Kreuzlingen
      • Berg railway station Owned · Berg, Switzerland
      • Bettwiesen railway station Owned · Bettwiesen, Switzerland
      • Bronschhofen AMP railway station Owned · Wil, Switzerland
      • Bronschhofen railway station Owned · Wil, Switzerland
      • Bussnang railway station Owned · Bussnang, Switzerland
      • Kehlhof, hamlet with railway station Owned · Berg, Switzerland
      • Kreuzlingen Bernrain railway station Owned · Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
      • Lengwil railway station Owned · Lengwil, Switzerland
      • Märwil railway station Owned · Affeltrangen, Switzerland
      • Oppikon railway station Owned · Bussnang, Switzerland
      • Siegershausen railway station Owned · Kemmental, Switzerland
      • Tobel-Affeltrangen railway station Owned · Affeltrangen, Switzerland
      • Tägerschen railway station Owned · Tobel-Tägerschen, Switzerland
      • Tägerwilen Dorf railway station Owned · Tägerwilen, Switzerland
    • RegionAlps Subsidiary · 70% · Martigny
    • Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia Subsidiary · 50% · Bellinzona
    • AlpTransit Gotthard AG Subsidiary · Lucerne
    • Cisalpino Subsidiary · Muri bei Bern
    • Login Berufsbildung Subsidiary · Olten, Switzerland
    • Rail Europe Subsidiary · White Plains, New York, United States
    • SBB Cargo Subsidiary · Olten
    • SBB GmbH Subsidiary · Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
    • SSG Subsidiary
    • Lyria Stake · 26% · Paris
    • EUROFIMA Stake · 5% · Basel, Switzerland
    • Elvetino Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • Foundation for the historical heritage of SBB Subsidiary · Windisch, Switzerland
    • SBB Insurance AG Subsidiary · Triesen, Liechtenstein
    • SBB Transport Police Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • SBB-Fachstelle Baukultur & Denkmalpflege Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • Buix railway station Owned · Buix, Switzerland
    • Dietlikon railway station Owned · Dietlikon, Switzerland
    • Pfäffikon SZ railway station Owned · Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
    • St-Gingolph railway station Owned · Saint-Gingolph, Switzerland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What THURBO reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Berg railway station
  • Bettwiesen railway station
  • Bronschhofen AMP railway station
  • Bronschhofen railway station
  • Bussnang railway station
  • Kehlhof, hamlet with railway station
  • Kreuzlingen Bernrain railway station
  • Lengwil railway station
  • Märwil railway station
  • Oppikon railway station
  • Siegershausen railway station
  • Tobel-Affeltrangen railway station
  • Tägerschen railway station
  • Tägerwilen Dorf railway station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

The following services are (or were) operated by THURBO.

Former Mittelthurgaubahn

Wil SG–Weinfelden–Kreuzlingen (–Konstanz)

RegioExpress

RE1 Konstanz–Kreuzlingen Hafen–Romanshorn–St. Gallen–Herisau

Schaffhausen S-Bahn

S62: Singen (Hohentwiel)–Thayngen–Schaffhausen (Rhyhas)

Read the full text

S64: Erzingen (Baden)–Wilchingen-Hallau–Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof–Schaffhausen

S65: Jestetten–Neuhausen Rheinfall–Neuhausen–Schaffhausen

St. Gallen S-Bahn

S1 Wil SG–St. Gallen–Romanshorn–Kreuzlingen–Stein am Rhein–Diessenhofen–Schaffhausen

S2 Nesslau-Neu St. Johann–Ebnat-Kappel–Lichtensteig–St. Gallen–Rorschach–St. Margrethen–Altstätten SG

S5 Weinfelden–Sulgen–Hauptwil–Gossau SG–St. Gallen–St. Margrethen

S7 Weinfelden–Romanshorn–Arbon–Rorschach (–Bregenz–Lindau-Reutin–Lindau-Insel)

S9 Wil SG–Bütschwil–Wattwil

S10 Wil SG–Weinfelden–Amriswil–Romanshorn

S12 Sargans–Bad Ragaz–Landquart–Chur

S14 Weinfelden–Kreuzlingen–Konstanz

S44 Weinfelden–Kreuzlingen–Konstanz (express)

S82 St. Gallen–St. Gallen St. Fiden–Wittenbach

Previous operations

S3 St. Gallen–St. Margrethen (until 2021, merged with the former S5 into the current S5 of St. Gallen S-Bahn)

S8 Schaffhausen–Romanshorn–St. Gallen (until 2021, merged with the former S1 into the current S1 of St. Gallen S-Bahn)

S81 Herisau–St. Gallen Haggen–St. Gallen (until December 2024, now operated by SOB)

Zürich S-Bahn

S26 Winterthur–Bauma–Rüti ZH

S29 Winterthur–Stein am Rhein

S35 Winterthur–Wil SG (operated by SBB CFF FFS during peak hour since 2022)

S36 Waldshut–Bad Zurzach–Bülach

S41 Winterthur–Bülach

Previous operations

S22 Singen (Hohentwiel)–Schaffhausen–Jestetten–Rafz–Eglisau–Bülach (until 2015, subsumed into S9 and S24 of Zürich S-Bahn, respectively)

S30 Winterthur–Frauenfeld–Weinfelden (–Romanshorn–Rorschach) (until 2018, now operated by SBB CFF FFS)

S33 Winterthur–Andelfingen–Schaffhausen (until 2018, now operated by SBB CFF FFS)

From Wikipedia’s article on Thurbo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Berg railway station
  • Bettwiesen railway station
  • Bronschhofen AMP railway station
  • Bronschhofen railway station
  • Bussnang railway station
  • Kehlhof, hamlet with railway station
  • Kreuzlingen Bernrain railway station
  • Lengwil railway station
  • Märwil railway station
  • Oppikon railway station
  • Siegershausen railway station
  • Tobel-Affeltrangen railway station
  • Tägerschen railway station
  • Tägerwilen Dorf railway station

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20204721

Timeline

  1. Sep 20, 2001Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5