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Bussnang, Switzerland, Village Portrait

Bussnang is a small village in canton Thurgau [TG], eastern Switzerland, near the Weinfelden town.

Some statistics on Bussnang

Population 2100 [as of 2006]
Area 19.0 sq km [7.34 sq mi]
Jobs 950 [almost 800 at Stadler Rail, others in 38 small businesses]

Public Transport

The village has a train station on the regional line Weinfelden [TG] - Wil [SG] with one train running per hour and direction from about 5 a.m. until about 11 p.m. In Weinfelden and Wil passengers may change to Intercity trains connecting the Bodensee region in northeastern Switzerland to the Lake Geneva region in southwestern Switzerland. Zurich Airport is reached in 3/4 hour, Zurich city in just one hour.

Industry

FLIRT regional train operated by Switzerland's Federal Railways [Olten main station] FLIRT [Fast Light Innovative Regional Trains] are designed and made in Bussnang by Stadler Rail Inc.

Links

* = Links refer to pages available in German language only
Please excuse that the list is not yet complete (except for A, B, E, K, N, Q, Y, Z). List will be completed by end of 2006.


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