Olten railway station
Olten | |
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Central pass-through railway station | |
Olten station | |
Location |
Bahnhofstrasse 22 CH-4600 Olten, SO Switzerland |
Coordinates | 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°ECoordinates: 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E |
Elevation | 396 m (1,299 ft) |
Owned by | SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways) |
Operated by | SBB CFF FFS |
Line(s) |
Olten – Basel SBB Olten – Zürich HB Olten – Bern – Lausanne Olten – Luzern Olten – Biel/Bienne – Genève-Aéroport |
Platforms | 6 |
Tracks | 10 (German: Gleis) |
Connections | A-Welle: Olten Bahnhof (Sektoren A, B und C) |
![]() | BOGG bus lines 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 512, and 571; PostAuto bus lines 126 and 127 |
![]() | About 5 trains (and BVB Bus no. 50) every hour to/from Basel EuroAirport in c. 0:50h, and a direct train every hour to/from Zürich Flughafen 0:50h besides connections with a change |
Construction | |
Structure type | at-grade |
Depth | 0 |
Platform levels | 1 (2 passenger levels) |
Parking | drive-by, short-term (max. 30min., 16), P+R (108) |
Bicycle facilities | openair (3), covered and secured (Velostation Olten West:400+120, Velostation Ost:600+120) |
Other information | |
Fare zone | A-Welle: 520 |
Website | Bahnhof Olten |
History | |
Opened | 9 June 1856 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (2014) | 78,100 per working day |
Rank | 9 of 1735 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Olten Location within Switzerland |
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. 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).
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.[1]
Train services
The station is served by the following services (2013-2014): (List incomplete)
- ICE Berlin - Kassel - Frankfurt (Main) - Basel - Bern - Interlaken
- TGV Paris - Dijon - Mulhouse - Basel - Bern - Interlaken
Preceding station | Deutsche Bahn | Following station | ||
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towards Berlin Ostbahnhof | ICE 12 | towards Interlaken Ost |
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Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | toward Interlaken Ost |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ "SBB modernises Olten station" (155). Today's Railways Europe. November 2008: 57.
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