Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail , and unlike commuter rail , operate beyond the limits of urban areas , connecting smaller cities and towns.
7-594: Seehas is a regional rail service that operates between Engen and Konstanz in the district of Konstanz , in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is managed and operated by SBB GmbH , the German subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways . It began operation in 1994. Service began on 23 May 1994, with the extension of existing services from Kreuzlingen (in Switzerland ) to Engen. These were operated by Mittelthurgaubahn ,
14-565: A Swiss company. On Mittelthurgaubahn's bankruptcy in 2003–2004, operation passed to EuroTHURBO [ de ] , the German subsidiary of THURBO . EuroTHURBO itself merged into SBB GmbH in 2005. In 2006, SBB introduced Stadler FLIRT trains on the route and increased the service frequency to every 30 minutes. It operates as part of the Bodensee S-Bahn . Seehas ( Alemannic ) literally means "lake hare" in English. The line got its name as
21-661: A result of a public competition and the subsequent decision by a jury . The name derives from the work Ein Volksbüchlein by Ludwig Aurbacher , written in 1827, in which the Seven Swabians fight a hare . The Seehas is also a traditional mythical animal of the Lake Constance region, which is often depicted as a hybrid of a fish and a hare, for example on Kaiserbrunnen on the market place in Konstanz . In Friedrichshafen there
28-714: Is also the annual festival called Seehasenfest . The Seehas also lends its name to the Seehäsle ( lit. ' little lake hare ' ), a named train that operates as S61 between Radolfzell and Stockach . Similarly, the Rhyhas ( lit. ' Rhine hare ' ), the S62 service of Schaffhausen S-Bahn , is named in reference to the Seehas . The service uses the Black Forest Railway from Engen to Singen (Hohentwiel) , and then
35-432: Is mainly because many passengers use monthly passes giving a lower price per ride, and that lower average speed gives less distance, meaning less ticket revenue per hour of operation. Subsidies are justified on social or environmental grounds, and also because regional rail services often act as feeders for more profitable inter-city lines. There are also services that are something in between regional and inter-city, like
42-566: Is usually defined as providing services that link settlements to each other, unlike commuter rail which links locations within a singular urban area. Unlike inter-city services, regional trains stop at more stations and serve smaller communities. They may share routes with inter-city services, providing service to settlements that inter-city trains skip, or be the sole service on routes not busy enough to justify inter-city service. Regional rail services are much less likely to be profitable than inter-city, so they often require government funding. This
49-544: The High Rhine Railway to Konstanz . The length of the route is 44 kilometres (27 mi), and an average journey requires 50 minutes. The service is summarized as follows: Regional rail In North America, "regional rail" is often used as a synonym for "commuter rail", often using "commuter rail" to refer to systems that primarily or only offer service during the rush hour while using "regional rail" to refer to systems that offer all-day service. Regional rail
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