Connections & Transport

What is the best way to get to Thurgovia?

Here you can access various information on the topic of connections and transport: Accessibility via train and car, ‘Ostwind’ day pass, ‘Euregio Bodensee’ day pass, time-tables, shipping companies and travelling by car.

Accessibility

By train

Stuttgart: 4 Hrs 22 Mins
Stuttgart - Singen - Kreuzlingen - Frauenfeld

Munich: 4 Hrs 2 Mins
Munich - Winterthur - Frauenfeld

Innsbruck: 4 Hrs 1 Mins
Innsbruck - Buchs - Rorschach - Weinfelden - Frauenfeld

Basel: 1 Hrs 39 Mins
Basel - Zurich - Frauenfeld

Bern: 1 Hrs 44 Mins
Bern - Frauenfeld

Chur: 2 Hrs 35 Mins
Chur - Rorschach - Frauenfeld

Geneva: 3 Hrs 31 Mins
Geneva - Zurich - Frauenfeld

Zurich: 39 Mins
Zurich - Frauenfeld

By Car

Stuttgart: 202 km, 2 Hrs 30 Mins
B14 / A8 / B33 / A7

Munich: 247 km, 3 Hrs 20 Mins
A96 / B32 / A7

Innsbruck: 252 km, 3 Hrs 11 Mins
A12 / E60 / A14 / A1

Basel: 123 km, 1 Hrs 28 Mins
A2 / A3 / A1 / A7

Bern: 164 km, 1 Hrs 58 Mins
A1 / A7

Chur: 149 km, 1 Hrs 48 Mins
A13 / A1

Geneva: 317 km, 3 Hrs 40 Mins
A1 / A7

Zurich: 45 km, 36 Mins
A1 / A7

Ostwind Day Pass

The “Ostwind” day pass is valid in the Cantons of Thurgovia, St. Gallen and Appenzell in well-developed transport networks (on the Swiss side of Lake Constance).

The “Ostwind” day pass enables free travel by bus, rail and boat, and also covers the various mountain railway lines in the Alpstein, the Rhine Valley, in Heidiland and in Toggenburg.

All Zones	Children	Recession	Adults
	CHF 22.20 EUR 15.90	CHF 22.20 EUR 15.90	CHF 44.40 EUR 31.70

Further information can be found at www.ostwind.ch.

‘Euregio Bodensee’ Day Pass

The “Euregio Bodensee” Day Pass is valid on the Swiss side of Lake Constance and also in the Lindau/Ravensburg, Constance/Schaffhausen and Vorarlberg/Lichtenstein zones of the Lake Constance District.

The “Euregio Bodensee” Day Pass is the first all-inclusive, international travel card for cross-border travel. In addition to free travel by bus, rail and ship, and urban transport services to a multitude of places of interest and travel destinations it also entitles you to reduced admission rates.

Number of zones	Children	Adults	Small Groups
1 Euregio Zone	CHF 19.- EUR 12.50	CHF 24.- EUR 16.-	CHF 48.- EUR 31.-
2 Euregio Zones	CHF 17.- EUR 10.50	CHF 34.- EUR 21.-	CHF 67.- EUR 41.-
All zones	CHF 19.50 EUR 14.50	CHF 39.- EUR 29.-	CHF 77.- EUR 57.-

Further information can be found at www.euregiokarte.ch.

Time-tables

SBB time-tables (Swiss Federal Rail)	www.sbb.ch
PostAuto Schweiz AG (Swiss Post Bus)	www.postauto.ch
Deutsche Bahn (DB) (German Rail)	www.bahn.de
Austria	www.vmobil.at
Germany	www.fahrplan-online.de
Baden-Württemberg	www.efa-bw.de

Shipping Companies

Schweizerische Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (Swiss Shipping Company) Untersee and Rhine, Schaffhausen	www.urh.ch
Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft AG (Swiss Lake Constance Shipping Company plc.) Romanshorn	www.bodensee-schiffe.ch
VSU Vereinigte Schifffahrtsunternehmen (Associated Shipping Company) for Lake Constance and the Rhine	www.vsu-online.info

Driving by Car

Romanshorn - Friedrichshafen	www.bsb-online.de or www.bodensee-schiffe.ch
Constance - Meersburg	www.vsu-online.info