Solothurn railway station
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Solothurn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Dornacherstrasse 50 Solothurn Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°12′15.1″N 7°32′33.7″E / 47.204194°N 7.542694°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 73.6–80.3 kilometres (45.7–49.9 mi) from Basel SBB[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 193 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 511 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 8500207 (SO) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 200 (Libero)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 December 1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Neu-Solothurn, Solothurn-Hauptbahnhof | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 16'900 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB (excluding ASM and RBS)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Solothurn railway station (Alemannic German: Bahnhof Solothurn) serves the municipality of Solothurn, the capital city of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Solothurn is a major railway junction and is served by six railway lines.[1]
Layout
[edit]Solothurn serves four operators from three different areas. The main part of the station has one side and two island platforms, serving tracks 1–3 and 5–6. These are used by BLS and Swiss Federal Railways trains. On the south side of the station, another island platform serves tracks 9–10, used by Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Finally, the narrow-gauge trains of Aare Seeland mobil (asm) stop on Luzernstrasse, on the north side of the station. This is designated track 21.[5]
Services
[edit]As of the December 2023 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Solothurn:[6]
- InterCity:
- hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- hourly service between Geneva Airport and Rorschach.
- RegioExpress: service every fifteen minutes on weekdays to Bern or half-hourly service on weekends.
- Bern S-Bahn:
- S41/S44: half-hourly service to Thun.
- S46: morning rush-hour service on weekdays to Ostermundigen.
- S11: half-hourly service to Langenthal.
- S20: half-hourly service to Olten and to Biel/Bienne; limited service to Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
- S21: hourly service to Oberdorf SO.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 9. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Liniennetz Solothurn und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Solothurn, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
- ^ "Solothurn" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Solothurn" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz [Railway Stations of Switzerland] (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Solothurn railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Solothurn railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Solothurn)