Olten railway station

Olten
Central pass-through railway station
Wide shot of station building in the middle of a half-dozen platforms
The station in 2006
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 22
Olten
Switzerland
Coordinates47°21′6.948″N 7°54′27.659″E / 47.35193000°N 7.90768306°E / 47.35193000; 7.90768306
Elevation396 m (1,299 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance39.2 km (24.4 mi) from Basel SBB[1]
Platforms6
Tracks10
Train operators
ConnectionsBOGG and PostAuto buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone520 (Tarifverbund A-Welle)[3]
History
Opened9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Passengers
202380,900 per weekday[4] (SBB)
Rank9 out 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Basel SBB
Terminus
EuroCity Bern
Basel SBB Lucerne
Liestal Bern
Oensingen
towards Lausanne
IC 5
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Terminus
Solothurn Aarau
towards Rorschach
Basel SBB
Terminus
IC 21 Lucerne
towards Lugano
Liestal
towards Basel SBB
IC 61 Bern
IC 6 Bern
towards Brig
Bern
Terminus
IR 16 Aarau
Basel SBB
Terminus
IR 27 Zofingen
towards Lucerne
Terminus RE6
Limited service
Dulliken
towards Arth-Goldau
RE12 Aarau
towards Wettingen
RE24 Aarburg-Oftringen
towards Lucerne
Olten Hammer S20 Terminus
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Bern ICE 12 Liestal
Bern
One-way operation
ICE 20 Liestal
Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station
Tecknau
towards Porrentruy
S3 Terminus
Trimbach
towards Sissach
S9
Preceding station Aargau S-Bahn Following station
Aarburg-Oftringen
towards Langenthal
S23 Dulliken
towards Baden
Terminus S26 Dulliken
towards Rotkreuz
Aarburg-Oftringen
towards Sursee
S29 Aarau
towards Turgi
Preceding station BLS Following station
Langenthal
towards Bern
IR 17 Terminus
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Basel SBB
Terminus
IR 26 Lucerne
towards Locarno
Langenthal
towards Bern
IR 35 Aare Linth Zürich Altstetten
towards Chur
Location
Map

Olten railway station (German: Bahnhof Olten) is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel.[1] As a result, Olten is a railway town and was also the site of the main workshop of the Swiss Central Railway (German: Schweizerische Centralbahn), which became a major workshop for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). It is the southern terminus of the Basel Regional S-Bahn S3 and S9 lines, the northern terminus of the Lucerne S-Bahn S8 line, and the western terminus of the Aargau S-Bahn S26 line.

Although Olten only has 18,000 inhabitants, the station is used each day by about 80,000 passengers and is one of the 10 busiest in Switzerland, busier than even Geneva. It serves 1,100 trains a day, making it one of the busiest in Switzerland.[5]

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Netzplan Region Olten" (PDF). A-Welle. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Lausanne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ "SBB modernises Olten station" (155). Today's Railways Europe. November 2008: 57. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)