page_title: Winterthur–Romanshorn railway
section_title: Route and stations
hierarchical_section_title: Winterthur–Romanshorn railway / Route and stations
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bahnhof in Winterthur (Nr. 03.1-5432)
context_page_description: The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, also known in German as the Thurtallinie, is a Swiss railway line and was built as part of the railway between Zürich and Lake Constance. It connects Winterthur with Romanshorn, where it formerly connected to train ferries over Lake Constance. It is the fourth oldest internal railway in Switzerland. Its construction was to be funded by the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway, but during the construction the company was merged with the Swiss Northern Railway to form the Swiss Northeastern Railway. The Winterthur–Romanshorn railway was opened on 16 May 1855 and the line from Winterthur to Oerlikon was opened on 27 December 1855. Zürich Hauptbahnhof was reached on 26 June 1856 and the two existing NOB lines were connected.
  The Lake Constance train ferries on the Romanshorn–Friedrichshafen and Romanshorn–Lindau routes were established to connect with this line.
context_section_description: Winterthur station was built west of the Altstadt (old town). Running towards Romanshorn, the Thur valley line curves to the right, while the line to Schaffhausen branches off to the left. The Winterthur depot was built in the resulting triangle, but it now has only minor importance apart from the stationing of a fire and rescue train. The work of the depot has been outsourced to the S-Bahn depot in Oberwinterthur. The line on the exit from Winterthur station along the Stadtrain has been quadrupled. The former track of the Zürich-Lake Constance Railway is now the second northernmost. After completing the four tracks to Oberwinterthur and Grüze, a separate track was created for each rail company and line. In 1903, the two adjacent track tracks between Winterthur and Oberwinterthur were merged to create a genuine double-track line. After it has separated with a left turn from the lines to St. Gallen and to the Töss valley, the Romanshorn line reaches Oberwinterthur station. This was built in 1875 by the National Railway; its line from Etzwilen used the Lake Constance Railway’s route from here to Winterthur. The Baroque Revival station building was built by the Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB). With the opening of the Zürich S-Bahn in 1990, the seven-hectare Oberwinterthur maintenance facility was opened south of the line towards Romanshorn. On the other side of the track is the Swiss Science Center Technorama.
  Wiesendangen station came to public notice in 1975 when the SBB had the unique and valuable building in the Swiss chalet style demolished at 5 AM on a Monday. The high-point of this section is reached between Wiesendangen and Rickenbach.
  The Rickenbach-Attikon station building dates back to 1907, this station was only opened on 15 October 1907. After Attikon, the Winterthur–Romanshorn line runs over a three kilometre-long embankment while descending 85 metres to the Thur valley.
  Islikon station is now operated on the Stationshalter (station holder) model and still has the station building of 1873. After Islikon station, a siding branches off to the north to the Frauenfeld sugar factory, the large-scale facilities of which are built next to the Winterthur–Romanshorn line until shortly before the town of Frauenfeld.
  Frauenfeld station, which serves the capital of the canton of Thurgau, has a large and stately entrance building. Trains on the Frauenfeld–Wil railway have departed from the station forecourt since 1887. The station was extensively expanded with the establishment of the place-of-arms and rebuilt under the Rail 2000 program, but it was one of the last major stations with ground-level passenger access to the platforms. During the renovation, an underground roundabout was built under the station forecourt, the neo-classical entrance building built in 1859 was carefully renovated and a 420 metre-long island platform was built, which is covered by Switzerland's second longest platform canopy. While the goods shed was demolished, the neo-classical military warehouse building was converted into a park-and-ride garage. The locomotive shed built in 1890 is now used by the SBB construction service.
  A siding connects to the Frauenfeld parcel post centre, which was opened in 1999 on the northern side of the line.
  Felben-Wellhausen station probably has the first goods shed on the line, with parts of it built in 1855. The present entrance building was built in 1873.
  Hüttligen-Mettendorf station developed from a halt  to a station and has been downgraded to a halt again. The line crosses the Thur before Müllheim-Wigoltingen station. The Winterthur–Romanshorn line makes an S-curve, in the middle of which is the Eschikof bridge. The initially single-track covered bridge was replaced during the duplication of the track in 1903 by a new bridge that consists of two adjoining 174 metre-long steel truss bridges.
  Müllheim-Wigoltingen station was built with a medium-sized entrance building. A goods shed was added to this in 1862 and it was extended in 1871. A waiting room annex was built on the other side 
caption: Winterthur station
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