St. Margrethen–Lauterach line

St. Margrethen–Lauterach line
A Bregenz-bound train crosses the old bridge over the Rhine in 2012 as construction proceeds on the new bridge that would open in 2013
Overview
LocaleVorarlberg, Austria
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
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km
0.000
St. Margrethen
(SBB) ↓S3 R5
0.749
Rheintaler Binnenkanal
1.604
1.838
Lustenau Markt
(
closed
12 June 2011
)
OMV siding
2.620
Lustenau
6.483
Hard-Fussach
8.424
Lauterach West
Lauterach Unterfeld
9.580
Lauterach Nord

The St. Margrethen–Lauterach line (German: Bahnstrecke St. Margrethen–Lauterach) is a 9.580-kilometre (5.953 mi) long, part single part double tracked, electrified railway line in the Alpine Rhine Valley, near Lake Constance. The route is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and is mainly used by the border station in St. Margrethen.

The line connects the Chur–Rorschach line at the St. Margrethen border station in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen with the Lauterach Nord junction in Lauterach in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where it joins the Vorarlberg line.