Voralpen Express

Voralpen-Express

Stadler FLIRT3 "Traverso" EMU, operating as Voralpen-Express since 2019, passing through Bollingen
Overview
Service type	InterRegio
First service	1992
Current operator(s)	SOB (since December 2013)
Former operator(s)	SBB, SOB (until December 2013)
Route
Termini	St. Gallen, SG Luzern, LU
Stops	12 (see route map)
Distance travelled	125 kilometres (78 mi)
Average journey time	2 hours 16 minutes
Service frequency	every hour
Train number(s)	2402 - 2442
On-board services
Class(es)	First and Second Class
Seating arrangements	First Class carriage with panorama view (until 2019). Second class coach seating
Catering facilities	Vending machines
Technical
Rolling stock	see article
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV 16,7 Hz AC Overhead
Timetable number(s)	600; 670; 870;
Route map Legend time (h) S4 S5 S41 S44 S55 to Horw 0:00 Luzern S1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S9 S41 S44 S55 S77 S99 S6 S7 S77 to Malters/Luzern Littau S9 S99 to Emmenbrücke S1 to Rothrist Reuss 0:06 0:07 Luzern Verkehrshaus S3 0:11 0:12 Meggen Zentrum (since 2006) S3 Meggen (until 2006) 0:19 0:21 Küssnacht am Rigi S3 Immensee (kilometrage change) S2 to Zug Cogwheel train to Rigi 0:32 0:37 Arth-Goldau S2 S3 S31 S2 S3 to Brunnen 0:50 Rothenthurm (since 2015) S31 S13 S40 to Einsiedeln 0:58 Biberbrugg S13 S31 S40 Sihl S13 to Wädenswil Wollerau (until 2015) S2 S8 S25 to Wädenswil 1:15 Pfäffikon SZ S2 S5 S8 S25 S40 S2 S25 to Ziegelbrücke Seedamm 1:23 1:28 Rapperswil S5 S7 S15 S40 S4 S6 S17 S7 to Meilen S5 S15 to Wetzikon Jona Schmerikon (until 2023) 1:38 Uznach S4 S6 S17 S6 S17 to Ziegelbrücke Kaltbrunn (until 2013) Ricken tunnel (8.6 km) S2 to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann 1:48 Wattwil S2 S4 S9 S9 to Wil Thur Wasserfluh tunnel (3.5 km) Degersheim (until 2013) Wissbach Viadukt (289.5 m / 63 m) Glatttal Viadukt (296 m / 34 m) S23 to Appenzell 2:06 2:08 Herisau S2 S4 S23 S81 RE1 S23 to Gossau SG Sitter Viadukt (SOB) (365 m / 99 m) over Sitter S1 S5 to Gossau SG S20 S21 S22 to Teufen AR 2:16 St. Gallen S1 S2 S4 S5 S20 S21 S22 S81 S82 S20 S21 S22 to Trogen to St. Gallen St. Fiden S1 S2 S4 S5 S82 RE1 Romanshorn (terminus until 2013) [1][2] This diagram: view talk edit

The Voralpen-Express (VAE) is a named train connecting small to medium-sized cities and villages in Central and Eastern Switzerland, carrying this name since 1992. It is operated by Südostbahn (SOB) and runs every hour as an InterRegio (IR) between St. Gallen and Lucerne, bypassing Zurich. Its name derives from the fact that it traverses the Prealps (German: Voralpen).