THURBO
THURBO is a railway company with S-Bahn-style services in Switzerland (cantons of Aargau, Grisons, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Zürich), southern Germany (states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria), and northeastern Vorarlberg, Austria, jointly owned by Swiss Federal Railways (90%) and the canton of Thurgau.
THURBO regional at Romanshorn | |
| Company type | Jointly SBB CFF FFS and cantonal owned AG/SA |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail Transport |
| Founded | 20 September 2001 |
| Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people | Claudia Bossert (CEO), Werner Schurter |
Number of employees | 500 (as of 2022) |
| Divisions | Passenger |
| Website | www |
It operates regional transport on a network of 658 km belonging to SBB CFF FFS, with the exception of the route Wil–Weinfelden–Konstanz, which is only maintained by the latter and except tracks in Austria and Germany. As of 2022, the company owns 110 EMUs and carries 25.8 million passengers a year.
The acronym THURBO (pronounced as Tour-bo in German) is derived from the river Thur (or the canton of Thurgau, respectively) and the first two letters of Bodensee (German name for Lake Constance), probably on the basis of the homophone turbo.