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Solothurn West railway station (German: Bahnhof Solothurn West) is a railway station in the municipality of Solothurn, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot and Solothurn–Moutier lines and is served by local trains only.

Solothurn West
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Westbahnhofstrasse, Solothurn Solothurn Switzerland
Coordinates	47°12′24.181″N 7°31′55.016″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line Solothurn–Moutier line
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Langendorf towards Oberdorf SO S20 Solothurn towards Olten Solothurn Allmend towards Biel/Bienne Langendorf towards Moutier S21 Solothurn Terminus
Location
Solothurn West Location within Switzerland

The station was the first station in Solothurn. When the current Solothurn railway station was built, it was named Alt-Solothurn (as opposed to the new Neu-Solothurn). Later it became Solothurn West. It is located on Westbahnhofstrasse.

Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Solothurn West:[1][2]

• S20: half-hourly service between Biel/Bienne and Solothurn, with every other train continuing from Solothurn to Olten; limited service to Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
• S21: hourly service between Moutier and Solothurn.

Images

• Time series of station building, track-side
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  1974
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  1982
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  2000
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  2006

References

External links

• Media related to Solothurn West railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Solothurn West railway station – SBB

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