Aarau railway station

Aarau
The station clock
Location	Bahnhofstrasse 72 5000 Aarau AG Aarau, Aargau Switzerland
Coordinates	47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°E / 47.39139; 8.05111Coordinates: 47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°E / 47.39139; 8.05111
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
History
Opened	9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station Zurich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity St. Gallen to Geneva   Olten Zurich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity St. Gallen to Lausanne   Olten Lenzburg   InterRegio Chur to Basel   Sissach Brugg   InterRegio Zurich to Bern   Olten Lenzburg   RegioExpress Zurich to Aarau   Terminus Wildegg   RegioExpress Wettingen to Olten   Olten Lenzburg   Zürich S-Bahn S3 service   Terminus Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S23 service   Schönenwerd Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S26 service   Terminus Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S29 service   Terminus
Location
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:

• S 3 ( Aarau – Lenzburg – ) Dietikon – Zürich HB – Effretikon – Wetzikon

See also

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

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.