Feldkirch-Buchs
Map showing the route
Overview
Line number	303 01 ( OBB )
Technical
Line length	18.52 km (11.51 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm
Electrification	15 kV 16.7 Hz ~  AC
Route map Legend from Bludenz 0.00 Feldkirch ↓ S2 457 m to Lindau 2.13 Feldkirch-Altenstadt 465 m 3.59 Feldkirch-Gisingen 458 m 4.80 Feldkirch- Tosters 458 m 5.93 siding 6.31 siding Ill 6.95 Feldkirch-Tosters West 458 m 7.28 Feldkirch-Tisis 452 m 8.37 Austria Liechtenstein 9.38 Schaanwald 450 m 11.47 Nendeln 450 m 14.12 Schaan Forst Hilti 450 m 15.87 Schaan-Vaduz 450 m 17.33 Liechtenstein Switzerland ( Alpine Rhine ) A 13 from Sargans 18.52 Buchs SG ↑ S2 448 m to St. Margrethen

The Feldkirch?Buchs railway is a 18.52 km (11.51 mi) electrified single track railway line that links Austria and Switzerland passing through Liechtenstein . Owned by the Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), it is the only railway line in Liechtenstein.

History [ edit ]

The line opened in 1872 between Switzerland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , during the opening period of the Vorarlberg Railway , and was electrified in 1926. As of the 2023 timetable change, the line is served by international trains ( Railjet ) that run non-stop between Feldkirch and Buchs , and regional trains of Vorarlberg S-Bahn that stop at all intermediate stations in Austria and Liechtenstein. ^[1]

In June 2008, the Canton of St. Gallen , the Federal State of Vorarlberg , and the Principality of Liechtenstein signed an agreement for a project to upgrade the line (and the surrounding ones) and to increase the rail traffic. The project, named S-Bahn Liechtenstein  [ de ] was approved by Liechtenstein and Austria in a Letter of Intent signed in April 2020 ^[2] and under that plan, it was to be fully realised by 2027 and will cost an estimated € 187 million. ^[3] That plan was however rejected by 62.3% of Liechtenstein voters in a referendum on 30 August 2020. ^[4]

Stations [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

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  View of Feldkirch town center and its main station
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  Schaan-Vaduz station
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  The bridge over the Rhine between Switzerland and Liechtenstein
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  Buchs station

Notes and references [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• (in German) S-Bahn FL.A.CH project