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Also known as SOB

The Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (German, ) – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a Swiss railway company, and a network in Central and Eastern Switzerland. It resulted from the merger of the original SOB with the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway (BT) at the end of 2001.

Key facts

Company.name
Südostbahn (SOB)
Company.type
Jointly cantonal and federally owned AG/SA
Company.logo
Logo Südostbahn.svg
Company.logo_size
300px
Company.image
Südostbahn HQ.jpg
Company.image_caption
Head office in St. Gallen
Company.image_size
300px
Company.foundation
(retroactive)
Company.location_city
St. Gallen
Company.location_country
Switzerland
Company.industry
Rail transport
Company.revenue
CHF68.6958 million (2024)
Company.num_employees
996 (as of 2024)
Company.key_people
Armin Weber (CEO), Benedikt Würth
Company.divisions
Passenger
Rail.railroad_name
SOB rail network
Rail.image
Streckennetz Südostbahn.png
Rail.image_size
300px

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
railway company
Official name
Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Headquarters
St. Gallen
Official website
www.sob.ch
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Commons category
Südostbahn
inception
2001-01-01
location of formation
St. Gallen
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Network
  • Infrastructure
  • Rolling stock
  • Naming
  • Services
  • InterRegio
  • ''Voralpen-Express''
  • ''Treno Gottardo''
  • ''Aare Linth''
  • ''Alpenrhein-Express''
  • S-Bahn
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (German, ) – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a Swiss railway company, and a network in Central and Eastern Switzerland. It resulted from the merger of the original SOB with the Bodensee–Toggenburg railway (BT) at the end of 2001.

The Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (Swiss South-Eastern Railway SA) is a small private railway jointly owned by the cantonal and federal governments as an Aktiengesellschaft (AG).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Südostbahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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