Wil–Ebnat-Kappel railway

Its 25 kilometre-long, standard gauge line from Wil via Wattwil to Ebnat-Kappel was opened on 24 June 1870.

An option that would have run from Lütisburg to Uzwil or Flawil was rejected for topographical and financial reasons.

A detailed financial estimate amounting to Swiss francs (CHF) 6 million was compiled at the end of 1858.

The operation of the TB was carried out by the United Swiss Railways (Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen, VSB) until its nationalisation.

This virtually free transfer of the TB to the Federal Government was the financial contribution of the canton of St. Gallen to the construction of the CHF 12 million Ricken Tunnel.

In addition, there was a false double track between the two stations, as the lines of the SBB and the BT were laid next to each other.

Electrical operations on the St. Gallen–Wattwil–Nesslau-Neu St. Johann line commenced on 4 October 1931, which also meant that through trains could through the Ricken Tunnel.

With the permanent lease of the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel section to the BT, the SBB retired from the operation of Ebnat-Kappel station at the same time.

Steam traction lasted for twelve years on the remaining 20 km of the Toggenburg railway between Wil and Wattwil before electrical operations also started there on 12 December 1943.

An outer platform was built with a pedestrian underpass in Bütschwil, where the half-hourly trains cross.

[2] Since the commencement of the 2013 timetable, Thurbo trains have run on the Wil–Wattwil section as line S9 of the St. Gallen S-Bahn at half-hour intervals.

Services on the line from Wil to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann are set out in the Swiss timetable as table 853.

The old station building in Lichtensteig dates back to the construction period of the Toggenburg railway. With the construction of the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway , a new station with a new station building was built in 1910 where the lines diverge at the junction ( Keilbahnhof ). The old station is now used as a bistro.
Train of the Toggenburg Railway in Lichtensteig, lithograph. [ a ]
Guggenloch Bridge near Lütisburg. The bridge, which was completed in 1875, was rebuilt in 1945 as a stone arch bridge.
Steam locomotive E 3/3 number 1 "Hülftegg" of the Toggenburgerbahn
In 1910, the BT was opened and the SBB opened the Ricken line to Uznach, so a larger entrance building had to be built in Wattwil . This became the property of SOB in 2005.
The "wedge" station of Lichtensteig, on the left is the track of the SOB with a Stadler FLIRT (RABe 526), in the middle of the post bus to Krinau . The track of the Toggenburg Railway runs behind the station building.
GTW trains of Thurbo are used on the Wil–Wattwil route.