Olten railway station
Olten | |
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 Olten station | |
| Location |
Bahnhofstrasse 22 4600 Olten Olten, Solothurn 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 |
| Owned by | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Operated by | SBB-CFF-FFS |
| Line(s) |
Olten – Basel SBB Olten – Zürich HB Olten – Bern – Lausanne Olten – Luzern Olten – Biel/Bienne – Genève-Aéroport |
| Location | |
  Olten Location within Switzerland | |
Olten station 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 Schweizerische Centralbahn (German: Swiss Central Railway), which became a major workshop for the Swiss Federal Railways.
Although Olten only has 18,000 people, the station is used each day by about 80,000 passengers and is one of the 20 busiest in Switzerland. It is served by 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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Liestal towards Berlin Ost | ICE 12 | Bern towards Interlaken Ost |
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| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | toward Interlaken Ost |
References
- ↑ "SBB modernises Olten station" (155). Today's Railways Europe. November 2008: 57.
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