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★ 4K 🇨🇭St. Margrethen – Buchs – Sargans cab ride Switzerland [01.2023] Führerstandsmitfahrt Rheintal



We’ve been to St Margrethen before and also passed through Sargans. Today we’re taking a line connecting the two, along the border Switzerland shares with Austria and Lichtenstein, which is defined by the river Rhein. In Switzerland it is known as the Rheintalbahn (Rhein valley railway), not be be confused with the Rheintalbahn in Germany (which will also be covered on this channel).

Apart from the section between Heerbrugg and Oberriet, the land we see to the far left until we reach Rüthi belongs to Austria, and from just past Rüthi to Sargans it belongs to Liechtenstein. In a future video, we will travel from Buchs through Liechtenstein and on to Feldkirch in Austria.

The line is currently closed (February – October 2023) due to construction of a second track in certain sections to allow for an increased frequency of passenger services. Furthermore, a few stops that were closed over the years are to be renewed and reactivated, as labelled throughout the video. This is one of the reasons we love documenting railways in this way – when everything has been changed and looks different, we still have something to look back on.

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38 Comments

  1. AndreiTupolev

    The TRAXX takes off like a sports car running light! It still makes the characteristic creaking noises though

  5. Lodewijk Bezemer

    Ich habe dieser Film mit Freude angeguckt und muss schon sagen nichts von Schwierigkeiten der Kamera bemerkt da ich auf ein 42 LG 4K Fernseher mir das angeschaut habe. Ich habe bloss eine Frage ist man mit Level-1 ETCS gefahren? Die Lokomotive hatte einige Flachstellen denn das war nicht zu uerberhoeren. Liebe Guruesse aus Holland von Ludwig.

  6. SteVeN Walking tour

    Bonjour à toute l'équipe, j'ai une petite question on entend souvent le mot ziva pendant le voyage qu'est ce que cela signifie? Vos vidéos son très belle, bonne continuation.

  13. Florian Boyd

    Enjoyed the video as always. The camera movement didn't bother me. Is it a problem with the mount or something internal to the camera?

  14. HopStepJunk

    I always look forward to watching the videos.
    By the way, the Re420 electric locomotive at 5:59 seems to be equipped with an automatic coupling.
    This is the first time I've seen this other than on a replacement locomotive.

  15. officialmcdeath

    Thanks for sharing the 'before' – looking forward to the 'after' now – rolling at reduced speed was good, not least for the reduced impact of the flat wheel – hope that was put on a lathe soon afterwards – hearing the power electronics reminds me we haven't heard you driving an Austrian Tonleiter Taurus yet, will we hear that on the Liechtenstein clip? Thanks again m/

  17. Brian Cooper

    It looks like from some of the early bridges under the tracks that a double track had been intended. Also the few over bridges have double track clearance, Problem is the track is built on the flood plain of the Rhine river, which has all sorts of issues for drainage and track support stability. Looks good in the light snow.

  18. Geoffrey Martin

    Great to see stations being brought back to life. That doesn't happen very often. It will be great to see the rejuvenated line. A passenger service would be a great way to show off the "new" line.

  19. Paolo Petronio

    Ottimo video, come tutti quelli a firma "Paolo". Però, discorso generale, le velocità indicate spesso non solo corrispondono alle tabelle di velocitè della linea ma nemmeno alla effettiva velocitè del treno, sarebbe importante indicare questa. inoltre gli indicatoti di pendennza sono in alto e appaiono poco tempo, in alto a destra generalmente non si guarda, si guarda in basso, sarebbe meglio spostali oppure mantenerli fissi e non solo pochi attimi.

  23. A Bus

    Looks like a fairly nice day for a train ride. Some very nice scenery, iI enjoyed the ride, thanks for taking me with you.

  24. Angelika Luft

    Wieder ein schönes Video und von verwackelten Aufnahmen habe ich nichts bemerkt. Danke für's Mitnehmen☺🍀

  25. Jim Jindrick

    Always so nice for me to sit back, relax, enjoy the ride and scenery … while you do all the hard work getting us there!! Well, I can at least buy a cup o' joe (or ???). Thanks, as always, for sharing your journeys … excellent quality always, fun to ride along. [Greetings from Tucson]

  27. A G

    Hi und Dankeschön für diese schöne Mitfahrt. 👍🏻 Inklusive einem kurzem Stück der EC Route Wien- Zürich. Viele Grüße 🙋🏼‍♂️

  31. Peter Romer

    Ab St. Margrethen zweigt die Linie ab nach Bregenz (Österreich) – Lindau (Deutschland). Bludenz ist in Luftlinie geradeaus, aber nur über Bregenz erreichbar. Aber sonst schöner Video.

  35. Gerd Vom Hau

    Also die Aufnahmen waren für mich ok, hab so gut wie keine Wackler festgestellt. Allerding gehört die 185 mal auf eine Unterflurdrehbank bei dem "Bremsplatten" 😀👍

  36. aviano72

    Another lovely cab ride
    I was in Switzerland in August and i noticed that line was closed as the line terminated in Altstätten

    Looking forward to the video trough Lichtenstein. Also I hope you have a video from Geneve to Annemasse 😉

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