Solothurn railway station

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Solothurn
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The station building in 2005
General information
LocationDornacherstrasse 50
Solothurn
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°12′15.1″N7°32′33.7″E / 47.204194°N 7.542694°E / 47.204194; 7.542694
Elevation432 m (1,417 ft)
Owned by Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance73.6–80.3 kilometres (45.7–49.9 mi) from Basel SBB [1]
Platforms
Tracks8
Train operators
Connections
[2]
Construction
Parking193
Bicycle facilities511
Other information
Station codeSO
Fare zone200 (Libero) [3]
History
Opened4 December 1876 (1876-12-04)
Previous namesNeu-Solothurn, Solothurn-Hauptbahnhof
Passengers
202215'100 per weekday [4] (BLS, SBB (excluding ASM and RBS))
Services
Preceding station SBB logo simplified.svg Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Grenchen Süd
towards Lausanne
IC 5
Oensingen
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Biel/Bienne
towards Geneva Airport
Olten
towards Rorschach
Solothurn West
towards Biel/Bienne or Oberdorf SO
S20 Luterbach-Attisholz
towards Olten
Solothurn West
towards Moutier
S21Terminus
Preceding station S-Bahn Bern-background.svg Bern S-Bahn Following station
Biberist Ost
towards Thun
S44 Terminus
Preceding station Aare Seeland mobil Following station
Terminus Regio Solothurn Baseltor
towards Langenthal
Preceding station BLS AG logo.svg BLS Following station
Biberist Ost
towards Thun
Regio
Terminus
Preceding station Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn Following station
Biberist RBS
towards Bern
RE5 Terminus
Location
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Red pog.svg
Solothurn
Location within Switzerland

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]

Contents

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. [5]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Solothurn: [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 9. ISBN   978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ↑ "Liniennetz Solothurn und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Passagierfrequenz (2022)". Solothurn, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2024– via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ↑ "Solothurn" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Solothurn" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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