Romanshorn railway station
Description
Romanshorn railway station is a railway station that serves the municipality of Romanshorn, in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Opened in 1855, the station is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS. It forms the junction between the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, the Schaffhausen–Rorschach railway and the Romanshorn–Nesslau Neu St. Johann railway.The SBB-CFF-FFS, THURBO and the Südostbahn operate both long-distance and regional traffic to and from the station. This traffic includes three St. Gallen S-Bahn lines, a Zürich S-Bahn line, and the Voralpen Express.LocationRomanshorn railway station is situated in Neustrasse, at the eastern edge of the city centre.On the other side of the tracks is the Romanshorn ferry terminal, for ferries across Lake Constance.HistoryEarly yearsAfter two years of planning, the station was opened in 1855, together with the first stage of the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, of which it was a terminus. Also in 1855, the station building was erected, according to plans by Johann Jakob Breitinger.
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