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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.

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
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[1]
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Train operators	BLS AG Südostbahn Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	BOGG and PostAuto buses[2]
Other information
Fare zone	520 (Tarifverbund A-Welle)[3]
History
Opened	9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Passengers
2018	83,000 per working day[4]
Services Preceding station EuroCity Following station Basel SBB Terminus Basel to Milan Bern towards Milano Centrale Basel SBB towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Frankfurt to Milan Lucerne towards Milano Porta Garibaldi Liestal towards Hamburg-Altona Hamburg to Interlaken Bern towards Interlaken Ost Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Oensingen towards Lausanne InterCity IC 5 Zürich Hauptbahnhof Terminus Solothurn towards Geneva Airport Aarau towards Rorschach Basel SBB Terminus InterCity IC 21 Lucerne towards Lugano Liestal towards Basel SBB InterCity IC 61 Bern towards Interlaken Ost Bern Terminus InterRegio IR 16 Aarau towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Basel SBB Terminus InterRegio IR 27 Zofingen towards Lucerne Terminus RegioExpress Aarburg-Oftringen towards Lucerne Aarau towards Wettingen Olten Hammer towards Biel/Bienne or Oberdorf SO S20 Terminus Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Liestal towards Interlaken Ost ICE 12 Bern towards Berlin Ostbahnhof 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 Däniken towards Baden Terminus S26 Dulliken towards Rotkreuz Aarburg-Oftringen towards Sursee S29 Aarau towards Turgi Preceding station BLS Following station Langenthal towards Bern InterRegio IR 17 Terminus Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Basel SBB Terminus InterRegio IR 26 Lucerne towards Locarno Langenthal towards Bern InterRegio IR 35 Aare Linth Zürich Altstetten towards Chur
Location

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]

Services

As a major railway junction, Olten serves numerous through trains. In addition, a number of local services originate at Olten:[6]

• 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

External links

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

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