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Olten
Central pass-through railway station
The station in 2006
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse 22 Olten Switzerland
Coordinates	47°21′6.948″N 7°54′27.659″E / 47.35193000°N 7.90768306°E / 47.35193000; 7.90768306
Elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Hauenstein line Jura Foot line Olten–Aarau line Olten–Bern line Olten–Lucerne line
Distance	39.2 km (24.4 mi) from Basel SBB
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Train operators	BLS AG Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	BOGG and PostAuto buses
Other information
Fare zone	520 (Tarifverbund A-Welle)
History
Opened	9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Passengers
2023	80,900 per weekday (SBB)
Rank	9 out 1'159
Services Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Basel SBBTerminus EuroCity Berntowards Milano Centrale Basel SBBtowards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Lucernetowards Milano Porta Garibaldi Liestaltowards Hamburg-Altona Berntowards Interlaken Ost Oensingentowards Lausanne IC 5Lausanne Zürich Hauptbahnhoftowards Zürich Hauptbahnhof, St. Gallen or Rorschach Solothurntowards Lausanne IC 5Geneva Airport Aarautowards Zürich Hauptbahnhof, St. Gallen or Rorschach Basel SBBTerminus IC 21 Lucernetowards Lugano Liestaltowards Basel SBB IC 61 Berntowards Interlaken Ost IC 6 Berntowards Brig BernTerminus IR 16 Aarautowards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Basel SBBTerminus IR 27 Zofingentowards Lucerne Terminus RE6Limited service Dullikentowards Arth-Goldau RE12 Aarautowards Wettingen RE24 Aarburg-Oftringentowards Lucerne Olten Hammertowards Biel/Bienne or Oberdorf SO S20 Terminus Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Berntowards Interlaken Ost ICE 12 Liestaltowards Berlin Ostbahnhof BernOne-way operation ICE 20 Liestaltowards Hamburg-Altona Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station Tecknautowards Porrentruy S3 Terminus Trimbachtowards Sissach S9 Preceding station Aargau S-Bahn Following station Aarburg-Oftringentowards Langenthal S23 Dullikentowards Baden Terminus S26 Dullikentowards Rotkreuz Aarburg-Oftringentowards Sursee S29 Aarautowards Turgi Preceding station BLS Following station Langenthaltowards Bern IR 17 Terminus Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Basel SBBTerminus IR 26 Lucernetowards Locarno Langenthaltowards Bern IR 35 Aare Linth Zürich Altstettentowards Chur
Location

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. 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.

Services

As a major railway junction, Olten serves numerous through trains. In addition, a number of local services originate at Olten:

• EuroCity / InterCity / Intercity Express (ICE): half-hourly service to Spiez. Most northbound trains terminate in Basel; a single EuroCity continues to Hamburg-Altona, another to Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, and two ICEs continue to Berlin Ostbahnhof. Most southbound trains continue to Interlaken Ost; one train every two hours continues to Brig. Three EuroCity trains continue from Brig to Milano Centrale.
• EuroCity / InterCity / InterRegio: hourly service to Bellinzona and every two hours to Locarno or Lugano; two trains per day continue from Lugano to Milano Centrale.
• InterCity: half-hourly service between Yverdon-les-Bains and Zürich Hauptbahnhof; hourly service to Geneva Airport, Lausanne, and Rorschach.
• InterRegio: three trains per hour to Bern, two trains per hour to Zürich Hauptbahnhof, and one train per hour to Chur.
• RegioExpress:
  • hourly service to Lucerne.
  • hourly service to Wettingen.
• S20: half-hourly service to Solothurn, with trains continuing from Solothurn to Biel/Bienne, Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
• Aargau S-Bahn:
  • S23: hourly service to Baden and half-hourly service to Langenthal.
  • S26: hourly service to Rotkreuz.
  • S29: half-hourly service between Zofingen and Turgi; every other train continues from Zofingen to Sursee.
• Basel trinational S-Bahn:
  • S3: half-hourly service to Laufen and hourly service to Porrentruy.
  • S9: hourly service to Sissach.

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. ^ 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)
6. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Olten" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

External links

• Olten railway station – SBB
• Interactive station plan (Olten)

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