Liestal railway station

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Liestal
Liestal station Waldenburg II.jpg
Liestal station, with main line to left and Waldenburg line to right
General information
Location Liestal
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°29′4.060″N7°43′52.921″E / 47.48446111°N 7.73136694°E / 47.48446111; 7.73136694
Elevation327 m (1,073 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance14.4 km (8.9 mi) from Basel SBB [1]
Platforms2
Train operators
Connections PostAuto Schweiz and Autobus AG Liestal  [ de ] bus lines [2]
Construction
ArchitectBurkard Meyer BSA (2019–2025), Alfred Ramseyer
Other information
Fare zone20 (tnw) [3]
Passengers
201820,500 per weekday [4]
Services
Preceding station SBB logo simplified.svg Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Basel SBB EuroCity Olten
Basel SBB
Terminus
IC 61
IR 27 Sissach
towards Lucerne
IR 37 Sissach
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Basel SBB ICE 12 Olten
Basel SBB ICE 20 Olten
One-way operation
Preceding station Logo trireno black.svg Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station
Frenkendorf-Füllinsdorf
towards Porrentruy
S3 Lausen
towards Olten
Preceding station Baselland Transport Following station
Terminus Line 19 Altmarkt
towards Waldenburg
Location
Liestal railway station

Liestal railway station (German : Bahnhof Liestal) is a railway station in Switzerland, in the municipality of Liestal and canton of Basel-Landschaft. [5] [1] The station is on the Swiss Federal Railway's Hauenstein main line, which connects Basel and Olten. It is served by five trains per hour to Basel, four trains per hour to Olten, and hourly trains to Interlaken, Lucerne, and Zürich. Several trains a day operate through to Frankfurt and Berlin. The station is also the junction for, and terminus of, the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway, which operates a train service every ten or twenty minutes to Waldenburg. [1] [6] The Waldenburg line closed in April 2021 until December 2022 for conversion to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge. [7] Since 2019, the Swiss Federal Railways has been undertaking renovation and expansion works at Liestal which were commissioned by the federal government and which are due to be completed in 2025. [8]

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Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Liestal: [9] [10]

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