Basel Badischer Bahnhof

Basel Bad Bf

Basel Badischer Bahnhof
Deutsche Bahn

S-Bahn
Bf
General information
LocationSchwarzwaldallee 200
CH-4016 Basel
Basel, Basel-Stadt
Operates as if in Baden-Württemberg
Switzerland / Germany
Coordinates47°34′03″N 7°36′26″E / 47.5674°N 7.6071°E / 47.5674; 7.6071
Owned byBundeseisenbahnvermögen (since 1994); Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (until 1920), Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920-1949), Deutsche Bundesbahn (1949-1993)
Operated byDB Station&Service & DB Netz
Line(s)
Platforms5 side platforms
Tracks10
Train operators
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code-
DS100 codeRB[1]
IBNR8000026
Category-[2]
Fare zone
History
Opened19 February 1855; 169 years ago (1855-02-19)
Electrified13 September 1913; 111 years ago (1913-09-13) when the present edifice opened
Previous names1935-1948 Basel Deutsche Reichsbahn or Basel DRB
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Freiburg Hbf ICE 12 Basel SBB
towards Interlaken Ost or Chur
Freiburg Hbf ICE 20 Basel SBB
towards Zürich HB
Freiburg Hbf ICE 43 Basel SBB
Terminus
Weil am Rhein
towards München Hbf
ICE 60
Freiburg Hbf ECE 85
EuroCity towards Switzerland, EuroCityExpress towards Germany
Basel SBB
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Freiburg Hbf Nightjet Basel SBB
towards Zürich HB
Freiburg Hbf
towards Berlin Hbf
Freiburg Hbf
Freiburg Hbf
towards Praha hl.n.
EuroNight
Preceding station DB Regio Baden-Württemberg Following station
Terminus IRE 3 Rheinfelden (Baden)
towards Ulm Hbf
Weil am Rhein RE 7 Terminus
Weil am Rhein
towards Emmendingen
RB 27
Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station
Basel SBB
Terminus
S6 Riehen Niederholz
Terminus RB30 Grenzach
towards Lauchringen
Location
Basel Bad Bf is located in Switzerland
Basel Bad Bf
Basel Bad Bf
Location within Switzerland

Basel Badischer Bahnhof (Basel Baden Railway station; abbreviated Basel Bad) is a railway station in the Swiss city of Basel 2 km south of the Germany–Switzerland border. Despite its location, its land is an enclave of the EU Customs Union of Germany, with German rules applying to its rail traffic and infrastructure, the latter owned and operated by the respective German entities so that, for example, the station's clocks bear the "DB" logo of Deutsche Bahn.

The station is the city's second-largest, the larger being Basel SBB railway station operated by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). Basel Bad is served by the tri-national Regio S-Bahn Basel and by long-distance trains to and from Freiburg, Offenburg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and other cities, and is listed as a Swiss Heritage Site of national significance.[5]

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. p. 101. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
  2. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Zonen- und Linienplan" (PDF). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. ^ "RVL Tarifzonenplan". Regio Verkehrsverbund Lörrach. December 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 78.