Aarau railway station
Aarau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location |
Bahnhofstrasse 72 5000 Aarau AG Aarau, Aargau Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°ECoordinates: 47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 383.3 m above the sea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SBB-CFF-FFS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SBB-CFF-FFS, WSB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
Olten–Aarau Baden–Aarau Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance |
41.5 km (25.8 mi) from Basel SBB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 (SBB-CFF-FFS) + 3 (WSB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Aargau S-Bahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 9 June 1856 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aarau Location within Switzerland |
Aarau railway station (German: Bahnhof Aarau) serves the municipality of Aarau, capital city of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.
The station forms the junction between the Olten–Aarau railway line and Baden–Aarau railway line. Previously, it was also a terminus of the now closed Aarau–Suhr railway line.
On the southern side of the station yard is a separate station for the metre gauge trains of the Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn.
Location
Aarau railway station is situated in the Bahnhofstrasse, at the south eastern edge of the old town.
Rail traffic
Long distance
The following long distance services call at Aarau:
- InterCity and InterRegio trains to Zürich HB – St. Gallen, Zürich HB – Chur, Basel, Bern, Biel/Bienne – Lausanne and Biel/Bienne – Geneva.
- RegioExpress trains to Olten, Brugg - Wettingen and Zürich.
S-Bahn
Aargau S-Bahn
The station is the focal point of the Aargau S-Bahn network, and is served by the following lines of that network:
- S 23 Langenthal – Olten – Aarau – Lenzburg – Brugg – Baden
- S 26 Aarau / Lenzburg – Wohlen – Muri – Rotkreuz
- S 29 (Langenthal – Olten –) Aarau – Wildegg – Brugg – Turgi
Zürich S-Bahn
There is also a Zürich S-Bahn line that originates and terminates at Aargau:
See also
References
- Stutz, Werner (1983). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz: Von den Anfangen bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg [The Railway Stations of Switzerland: from the beginning to World War I] (in German) (revised ed.). Zürich: Orell Füssli. pp. 112 and 142. ISBN 3-280-01405-0.
External links
- Media related to Aarau railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- SBB-CFF-FFS - official site
This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at February 2013.