List of busiest railway stations in Switzerland

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This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Switzerland, loosely based on statistics and data received on the year of 2014. In this list, all stations can be considered as major stations or hubs, as well as stations serving major cities, large towns, or in some occasions, airports. Most of the stations listed below serve many long-distance services, with the busiest of them even serving international train services.

Contents

RankStationAnnual
entries/exits
(millions)
Number of
platforms [1]
CityCantonImage
1 Zürich Hauptbahnhof 153.626 Zürich Canton of Zürich Zuerich Hauptbahnhof-2.jpg
2 Bern railway station 71.717 Bern Canton of Bern Railway Station Bern Bahnhof - old and New - panoramio.jpg
3 Basel SBB railway station 4021 Basel Kanton Basel-Stadt Station Bazel SBB CFF FFS 20060716.jpg
4 Lausanne railway station 37.78 Lausanne Canton de Vaud Lausanne railway station.JPG
5 Winterthur railway station 379 Winterthur Canton of Zürich Winterthur HB.jpg
6 Lucerne railway station 33.514 Lucerne Canton of Lucerne LucerneStation.jpg
7 Zürich Oerlikon railway station 29.48 Zürich Canton of Zürich Zurich - Oerlikon - Bahnhof IMG 3941 ShiftN.jpg
8 Zürich Stadelhofen railway station 28.23 Zürich Canton of Zürich Bahnhof Stadelhofen 2010-09-04 15-10-10 ShiftN.jpg
9 Geneva railway station 25.88 Geneva Canton of Geneva Gare de Cornavin, entree principale.jpg
10 Zürich Hardbrücke railway station 17.24 Zürich Canton of Zürich Hardbrucke.jpg
11 St. Gallen railway station 17.19 St. Gallen Canton of St. Gallen Bahnhof St. Gallen bei Nacht, Juli 2014 (2).JPG
12 Zürich Airport railway station 15.94 Zürich Airport Canton of Zürich Zurich S-Bahn Kloten -2.jpg
13 Biel/Bienne railway station 15.611 Biel/Bienne Canton of Bern Biel-Bienne Bahnhof Gare.jpg
14 Zug railway station 12.97 Zug Canton of Zug Bahnhof Zug.jpg
15 Baden railway station 12.15 Baden Aargau Baden Aufnahmegebaude.jpg
16 Zürich Altstetten railway station 11.75 Zürich Canton of Zürich Bhf-Zurich-Altstetten-nw1.jpg
17 Thun railway station 11.67 Thun Canton of Bern Bahnhof Thun2.jpg
18 Neuchâtel railway station 8.67 Neuchâtel Canton of Neuchâtel Entree de la gare de Neuchatel.jpg
19 Chur railway station 8.612 Chur Grisons Chur Postautostation3.jpg
20 Uster railway station 8.53 Uster Canton of Zürich Uster Bahnhof.jpg
21 Rapperswil railway station 7.96 Rapperswil Canton of St. Gallen Rapperswil - Bahnhof IMG 1313 ShiftN.jpg
22 Fribourg/Freiburg railway station 7.85 Fribourg Canton of Fribourg Gare de Fribourg.jpg
23 Brugg AG railway station 7.35 Brugg Aargau Brugg Bahnhof.jpg
24 Vevey railway station 7.23 Vevey Vaud Vevey station entrance.jpg
25 Stettbach railway station 7.22 Zürich Canton of Zürich Bahnhof Stettbach 2012-10-06 12-16-02.JPG
26 Dietikon railway station 7.17 Dietikon Canton of Zürich Dietikon - Bahnhof 2012-03-10 15-56-43 (P7000).JPG
27 Visp railway station 6.84 Visp Valais Panorama visp-station.jpg
28 Renens CFF station 6.34 Renens Vaud Renens-gare-1a.jpg
29 Thalwil railway station 6.33 Thalwil Canton of Zürich Bhf-Thalwil01.JPG
30 Schaffhausen railway station 6.24 Schaffhausen Canton of Schaffhausen Bahnhof Schaffhausen, Vorderseite.jpg
31 Bülach railway station 6.26 Bülach Canton of Zürich Bahnhof in Bulach 2011-12-01 13-01-29 (SX230).JPG
32 Nyon railway station 6.12 Nyon Vaud FFS BDt 50 85 82-33 982-8 Nyon 210610 RE2936 Ls-Ge.jpg
33 Effretikon railway station 6.03 Effretikon Canton of Zürich Bahnhof Effretikon.JPG
34 Liestal railway station 5.94 Liestal Basel-Landschaft FFS RABe 521 022-4 Liestal 010809.jpg
35 Brig railway station 5.810 Brig Valais 212-Brig-station.jpg
36 Montreux railway station 5.68 Montreaux Vaud Montreux Railway Station Detail.jpg
37 Morges railway station 5.53 Morges Vaud Gare de Morges.jpg
38 Solothurn railway station 5.58 Solothurn Canton of Solothurn Picswiss SO-19-14.jpg
39 Burgdorf railway station5.25 Burgdorf Canton of Bern BurgdorfStation.JPG
40 Lugano railway station 5.14 Lugano Ticino Lugano Bahnhof Ansicht.JPG
41 Geneva Airport railway station 5.04 Le Grand-Saconnex Canton of Geneva Gare de Geneve-Aeroport.jpg
42 Bellinzona railway station 4.85 Bellinzona Ticino BellinzonaBahnhof061020.jpg

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References

  1. "Information on SBB Stations" . Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Railway stations busy on weekends (based on 2018 data, locations of geocoded photos on Wikimedia Commons) Railway stations busy on weekends in Switzerland, locations of geocoded photos on OSM map, Sept 2022.png
Railway stations busy on weekends (based on 2018 data, locations of geocoded photos on Wikimedia Commons)