The Bodensee–Toggenburg-Bahn was a small 'private' (i.e. jointly owned by the cantonal and federal governments) railway which operated between Romanshorn on the Bodensee (in English, Lake Constance

Lake Constance

Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...

) via St. Gallen

St. Gallen

St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...

, Herisau, Degersheim, Wattwil, and Ebnat-Kappel to Nesslau-Neu St. Johann in northeast Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, with a journey time around 76 minutes.

At the end of 2001 the BT merged with the Schweizerische Suedostbahn (Swiss South Eastern Railway) to form the 'new' Südostbahn

Südostbahn

The Südostbahn – commonly abbreviated to SOB – is a railway company and network in Switzerland.- Structure :...

(SOB), which is 119 km long.