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{{Short description|Swiss railway company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Thurbo
| native_name      = 
| type             = Jointly [[SBB CFF FFS]] and [[Canton Thurgau|cantonal]] owned [[Aktiengesellschaft|AG]]/[[S.A. (corporation)|SA]]
| logo             = [[File:Thurbo 2009 logo.svg|300px|class=skin-invert]]
| image            = I09 305 Bf Romanshorn, RABe 526 780.jpg
| image_caption    = Thurbo regional at {{rws|Romanshorn}}
| image_size        = 300px
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|2001|09|20|df=yes}}
| location_city    = [[Kreuzlingen]], [[Thurgau]]
| location_country = Switzerland
| industry         = Rail Transport
| revenue          = 
| net_income       = 
| assets           = 
| equity           = 
| num_employees    = 500 (as of 2022){{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
| key_people       = [[Claudia Bossert]] ([[CEO]]),<br> [[Werner Schurter]]
| divisions        = Passenger
| homepage         = {{URL|www.thurbo.ch/}}
}}

'''Thurbo''' is a [[railway]] company with mostly [[S-Bahn]]-style services in [[Switzerland]] ([[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] of [[Canton of Aargau|Aargau]], [[Canton of Graubünden|Grisons]], [[Canton of Schaffhausen|Schaffhausen]], [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]], [[Canton of Thurgau|Thurgau]], [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]]), southern [[Germany]] ([[Bundesland|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 {{cvt|658|km}}<ref name="Thurbo.ch">{{cite web | url=https://www.thurbo.ch/ueber-thurbo/werte-und-zahlen/ | title=Werte und Zahlen }}</ref> belonging to [[SBB CFF FFS]], with the exception of the route Wil–Weinfelden–Konstanz, which is only maintained by the latter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thurbo.ch/en/company/travelling-with-thurbo/rail-network/ |title=Travelling with Thurbo: Rail network |publisher=Regionalbahn Thurbo AG |location=Kreuzlingen, Switzerland |access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> and except tracks in Austria and Germany. As of 2022,<ref name="Thurbo.ch" /> the company owns 110 [[Stadler GTW]] [[Electric Multiple Unit|EMUs]] and carries 25.8 million passengers a year. The fleet will be renewed with [[Stadler Flirt]] Evo trainsets from 2026 onwards.<ref name=Flirt-Evo>{{cite web |url=https://www.thurbo.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Projekte/FLIRT_Evo/20240506_Kundenmagazin_Ausblick_Flirt_Evo_.pdf |title=Neue Flotte nimmt Form an |publisher=Thurbo |date=2024-05-06 |access-date=2024-08-24 |language=de}}</ref>

The [[acronym]] Thurbo ([[pronounced]] as ''Tour-bo'' in [[German language|German]]) is derived from the river [[Thur (Rhine)|Thur]] (or the canton of Thurgau, respectively) and the first two letters of ''Bodensee'' (German name for [[Lake Constance]]), probably on the basis of the [[homophone]] [[turbocharger|turbo]].

==Description==
Thurbo was founded in September 2001 by [[Swiss Federal Railways]] (SBB CFF FFS) and [[Mittelthurgau-Bahn]] (MThB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thurbo.ch/unternehmen/wir-ueber-uns/kurzportrait/#tab_c697|title = Organisation}}</ref> Its main business is regional passenger traffic. Infrastructure [[Kreuzlingen]] - [[Weinfelden]] - [[Wil SG]], taken over from [[Mittelthurgau-Bahn]], is operated by Thurbo but maintained by SBB CFF FFS.

Thurbo operates many lines in the ''Ostwind'' [[transit district]], including all services of [[Schaffhausen S-Bahn]] (since 2013), and most services of [[St. Gallen S-Bahn]]. Some lines are part of the [[Bodensee S-Bahn]], which includes transborder services between Switzerland and southern [[Germany]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Bavaria]]), some operated by [[SBB GmbH]] using EMUs of Thurbo, and [[Austria]] ([[Vorarlberg]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=FahrplanNetzkarte 2023 | url=https://www.thurbo.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2023_Liniennetzplan_Zuerich_Ostschweiz_Bodensee.pdf | date=11 December 2022 | access-date=14 December 2022 | publisher=Thurbo }}</ref>
[[File:Thurbo RABe 526 787-7 Chur 210414 interno 1.jpg|304px|thumb|right|Interior of a Thurbo EMU]]

Several [[ZVV]] lines of [[Zürich S-Bahn]] are also operated by Thurbo, for example the [[S26 (ZVV)|S26]] service in the [[Canton (Switzerland)|canton]] of [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]] between [[Winterthur]] and [[Rüti ZH]], or the [[S36 (ZVV)|S36]] between [[Bülach]] and [[Waldshut-Tiengen|Waldshut]] (Germany). Due to increased demand, some services previously operated by Thurbo are now operated by SBB CFF FFS using either double-deck EMUs (e.g., [[Stadler KISS|RABe 511]]) or [[SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450|Re&nbsp;450&nbsp;class]] [[locomotives]] [[Push-pull train|pushing or pulling]] double-deck [[passenger carriage]]s.<ref name="Dosto"/>

THURBO also operates a [[RegioExpress]] (RE) between [[Herisau]] and [[Konstanz]] (Germany) [[nicknamed]] ''der Konstanzer'' by locals.<ref>Thurbo.ch: https://www.thurbo.ch/en/travelling/regioexpress/</ref>

== Operation ==
[[File:S-Bahn-Zuerich-Linienplan ab Ende 2018.svg|Network of [[Zürich S-Bahn]] (2018)|thumb|right]]
The following services are (or were) operated by THURBO.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Fahrplan-Netzkarte 2024'' [Railway network and services near Lake Constance 2024] |lang=de |url=https://www.thurbo.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2024_Liniennetzplan_Zuerich_Ostschweiz_Bodensee.pdf |date=2023-12-10 |access-date=2023-12-18 |publisher=THURBO}}</ref>

=== Former Mittelthurgaubahn ===
* {{rws|Wil SG}}–{{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Kreuzlingen}} (–{{rws|Konstanz}})

=== RegioExpress ===
* {{ric|THURBO|RE1}} {{rws|Konstanz}}–{{rws|Kreuzlingen Hafen}}–{{rws|Romanshorn}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|Herisau}}

=== Schaffhausen S-Bahn === 
* {{ric|Schaffhausen S-Bahn|S62}}: {{stn|Singen (Hohentwiel)}}–{{rws|Thayngen}}–{{stn|Schaffhausen}} (''[[Rhyhas]]'')
* {{ric|Schaffhausen S-Bahn|S64}}: {{stn|Erzingen (Baden)}}–{{rws|Wilchingen-Hallau}}–[[Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof]]–{{rws|Schaffhausen}}
* {{ric|Schaffhausen S-Bahn|S65}}: {{rws|Jestetten}}–{{rws|Neuhausen Rheinfall}}–{{rws|Neuhausen}}–{{rws|Schaffhausen}}

=== St. Gallen S-Bahn ===
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|1}} {{rws|Wil SG}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|Romanshorn}}–{{rws|Kreuzlingen}}–{{rws|Stein am Rhein}}–{{rws|Diessenhofen}}–{{rws|Schaffhausen}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|2}} {{rws|Nesslau-Neu St. Johann}}–{{rws|Ebnat-Kappel}}–{{rws|Lichtensteig}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|Rorschach}}–{{rws|St. Margrethen}}–{{rws|Altstätten SG}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|5}} {{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Sulgen}}–{{rws|Hauptwil}}–{{rws|Gossau SG}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|St. Margrethen}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|7}} {{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Romanshorn}}–{{rws|Arbon}}–{{rws|Rorschach}} (–{{rws|Bregenz}}–{{stn|Lindau-Reutin}}–{{stn|Lindau-Insel}})
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|9}} {{rws|Wil SG}}–{{rws|Bütschwil}}–{{rws|Wattwil}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|10}} {{rws|Wil SG}}–{{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Amriswil}}–{{rws|Romanshorn}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|12}} {{rws|Sargans}}–{{rws|Bad Ragaz}}–{{rws|Landquart}}–{{rws|Chur}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|14}} {{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Kreuzlingen}}–{{rws|Konstanz}}
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|44}} {{rws|Weinfelden}}–{{rws|Kreuzlingen}}–{{rws|Konstanz}} ([[express train|express]])

* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|82}} {{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|St. Gallen St. Fiden}}–{{rws|Wittenbach}}

==== Previous operations ====
* '''[[S3 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S3]]''' {{rws|St. Gallen}}–{{rws|St. Margrethen}} (until 2021, merged with the former S5 into the current [[S5 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S5]] of St. Gallen S-Bahn)
* '''[[S8 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S8]]''' {{rws|Schaffhausen}}–{{rws|Romanshorn}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}} (until 2021, merged with the former S1 into the current [[S1 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S1]] of St. Gallen S-Bahn)
* {{Rail icon|St. Gallen S-Bahn|81}} {{rws|Herisau}}–{{rws|St. Gallen Haggen}}–{{rws|St. Gallen}} (until December 2024, now operated by [[Südostbahn|SOB]])

=== Zürich S-Bahn ===
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|26|x|x}}
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|29|x|x|x}}
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|35|x|x|x}} (operated by [[SBB CFF FFS]] during peak hour since 2022)<ref name="Dosto">THURBO.ch: https://www.thurbo.ch/ihre-reise/fahrplanwechsel-2023/</ref>
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|36|x|x|x}}
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|41|x|x|x}}

==== Previous operations ====
* '''[[S22 (ZVV)|S22]]''' {{rws|Singen (Hohentwiel)}}–{{rws|Schaffhausen}}–{{rws|Jestetten}}–{{rws|Rafz}}–{{rws|Eglisau}}–{{rws|Bülach}} (until 2015, subsumed into [[S9 (ZVV)|S9]] and [[S24 (ZVV)|S24]] of Zürich S-Bahn, respectively)
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|30|x|x|x}} (until 2018, now operated by [[SBB CFF FFS]])
* {{S-Bahn-Zürich|33|x|x|x}} (until 2018, now operated by SBB CFF FFS)

==Rolling stock==
[[File:Schweiz Bahn Thurbo FLIRT 757 0.jpg|thumb|[[Stadler GTW]] with former THURBO [[livery]] operating as [[S26 (ZVV)|S26]] service of [[Zürich S-Bahn]] in the [[Töss Valley]]]]
THURBO's fleet consists of

* 41 [[Stadler GTW|GTW]] 2/6 [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]] (RABe 526 701–751)<ref name="RS">{{cite web |url=http://www.thurbo.ch/unternehmen/fahrzeuge/gtw-26-ak.html |title=THURBO - die Regionalbahn . GTW 2/6 - das kurze Standardfahrzeug von THURBO |website=www.thurbo.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327120919/http://www.thurbo.ch/unternehmen/fahrzeuge/gtw-26-ak.html |archive-date=2009-03-27}}</ref>
* 39 GTW 2/8 EMUs (RABe 526 752–790; 781–790 ex 709–718)<ref name="RS"/>
* 12 GTW 2/8 EMUs on order<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stadlerrail.com/de/medien/2010/11/20/medienmitteilung-der-thurbo-s-bahn-st-gallen-mit-n/|title = Home - Stadler}}</ref> (RABe 526 791–802)
* 10 GTW 2/6 EMUs (RABe 526 680–689)<ref name="RS"/>

Starting in 2026, the current fleet will be replaced stepwise with [[Stadler FLIRT]] Evo trainsets as part of a large order by SBB, Thurbo and [[RegionAlps]].<ref name=Flirt-Evo/>

==See also==
* [[Bodensee S-Bahn]]
* [[Rail transport in Switzerland]]

==References==
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{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thurbo.ch Website of Thurbo AG]

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