page_title: Trolleybuses in St. Gallen
section_title: Lines
hierarchical_section_title: Trolleybuses in St. Gallen / Lines
caption_attribution_description: English: A Hess Swisstrolley 3 operating as St. Gallen trolleybus no. 182, and a sister unit behind it, at the trolleybus stop in Marktplatz, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
context_page_description: The St. Gallen trolleybus system forms part of the public transport network of St. Gallen, the capital city of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  Opened in 1950, the system is currently operated by Verkehrsbetriebe St.Gallen. As of 2012, it consists of a cross-city line and three radial lines, all of which meet at St. Gallen railway station, and has a total route length of 22.6 km.
context_section_description: The present system is made up of the following lines:
  To this day, the Trogenerbahn (Trogen Railway) runs through the inner city between the station and Brühltor on the rails of the former tramway, and thus parallel to the trolleybuses. The two modes of transport still share a common electrical substation. In the relevant section of the common route, the overhead wire voltage is only 600 V DC, as is the rest of the trolleybus system. By contrast, the remainder of the Trogenerbahn route was energised at 1,000 V DC. It now forms part of the Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway and the section that was energised at 1,000 V DC, is now energised at 1,500 V DC.
  In Riethüsli, the terminus of Line 5, there is an interchange station for changing between the trolleybus system and the electrically operated Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway. Before the opening of the Ruckhalde Tunnel and rerouting of the line in 2018, the two systems used common overhead catenary poles at that station and suspension wires for about 300 m (980 ft), but were electrically isolated from each other.
  Line 4 has existed only since 9 December 2007. Previously, line 1 had had three different termini from 1991, and four from 1996.
caption: St. Gallen articulated trolleybuses in Marktplatz in the inner city in 2014.
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