Seehas

Seehas (S6)
Overview
First service	29 May 1994(1994-05-29)
Current operator(s)	SBB GmbH
Former operator(s)	Mittelthurgaubahn(1994–2004) EuroTHURBO(2004–2005)
Route
Termini	Engen Konstanz
Stops	16
Distance travelled	44 kilometres (27 mi)
Average journey time	50 minutes
Line(s) used	Black Forest Railway High Rhine Railway
Technical
Rolling stock	Stadler FLIRT
Route map time (h) RE 2toImmendingen 0:00 Engen RE 2 0:02 0:03 Welschingen-Neuhausen 0:05 0:06 Mühlhausen (b Engen) 0:10 0:11 Singen-Landesgartenschau IRE 3S62toSchaffhausen 0:13 0:14 Singen (Hohentwiel) IRE 3RE 2S62 Heritage railway and draisines 0:16 0:17 Singen-Industriegebiet 0:19 0:20 Böhringen-Rickelshausen 0:23 0:24 Radolfzell IRE 3RE 2RB 31RB 32 IRE 3RB 31RB 32toStahringen 0:26 0:27 Markelfingen 0:31 Allensbach RE 2 0:33 0:34 Hegne 0:36 0:37 Reichenau (Baden) 0:39 Konstanz-Wollmatingen 0:41 Konstanz-Fürstenberg 0:43 Konstanz-Petershausen RE 2 Seerhein 0:47 Konstanz RE1S14S44RE 2 Germany Switzerland S1S14S44toKreuzlingen RE1S1toKreuzlingen Hafen

Seehasis aregional railservice that operates betweenEngenandKonstanzin thedistrict of Konstanz,inBaden-Württemberg,Germany.It is managed and operated bySBB GmbH,the German subsidiary ofSwiss Federal Railways.It began operation in 1994.

History

Service began on 23 May 1994, with the extension of existing services fromKreuzlingen(inSwitzerland) to Engen. These were operated byMittelthurgaubahn,a Swiss company.On Mittelthurgaubahn's bankruptcy in 2003–2004, operation passed toEuroTHURBO,the German subsidiary ofTHURBO.EuroTHURBO itself merged intoSBB GmbHin 2005. In 2006, SBB introducedStadler FLIRTtrains on the route and increased the service frequency to every 30 minutes.It operates as part of theBodensee S-Bahn.

Name

Seehas(Alemannic) literally means "lake hare" in English. The line got its name as a result of a public competition and the subsequent decision by ajury.The name derives from the workEin VolksbüchleinbyLudwig Aurbacher,written in 1827, in which theSeven Swabiansfight ahare.TheSeehasis 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 onKaiserbrunnenon the market place inKonstanz.InFriedrichshafenthere is also the annual festival calledSeehasenfest.

TheSeehasalso lends its name to theSeehäsle(lit. 'little lake hare'), a named train that operates as S61 betweenRadolfzellandStockach.Similarly, theRhyhas(lit. 'Rhine hare'), the S62 service ofSchaffhausen S-Bahn,is named in reference to theSeehas.

Operation

The service uses theBlack Forest Railwayfrom Engen toSingen (Hohentwiel),and then theHigh Rhine RailwaytoKonstanz.The length of the route is 44 kilometres (27 mi), and an average journey requires 50 minutes.The service is summarized as follows:

• S6:Engen– Mühlhausen (bei Engen) –Singen (Hohentwiel)–Radolfzell–Allensbach–Konstanz

External links

• Media related toSeehasat Wikimedia Commons
• Official website(in German)