Solothurn railway station
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]
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Location | Dornacherstrasse 50 Solothurn Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°12′15.1″N 7°32′33.7″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 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | Postauto and Busbetrieb Solothurn und Umgebung buses[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 200 (Libero)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 December 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Neu-Solothurn, Solothurn-Hauptbahnhof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Solothurn Location within Switzerland |
Layout
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.[4]
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable change, the following services stop at Solothurn:[5]
- InterCity:
- hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- hourly service between Geneva Airport and Rorschach.
- RegioExpress: half-hourly service to Bern.
- Regio:
- half-hourly service to Langenthal.
- hourly service to Thun.
- S20: half-hourly service to Olten and to Biel/Bienne; limited service to Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
- S21: hourly service to Moutier.
See also
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 9. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "Liniennetz Solothurn und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- "Solothurn" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Solothurn" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz [Railway Stations of Switzerland] (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.
External links
- Media related to Solothurn railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Solothurn railway station – SBB
- Interactive station plan (Solothurn)