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Aarau railway station

Coordinates: 47°23′28.860″N 8°3′4.504″E / 47.39135000°N 8.05125111°E / 47.39135000; 8.05125111
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Aarau
Multi-story building with all-glass facade
The station building in 2014
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 72
Aarau
Switzerland
Coordinates47°23′28.860″N 8°3′4.504″E / 47.39135000°N 8.05125111°E / 47.39135000; 8.05125111
Elevation384 metres (1,260 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance41.5 km (25.8 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof[1]
Platforms4
Tracks6
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
ConnectionsBBA Bus Aarau and PostAuto bus
Other information
Fare zoneA-Welle: 510
WebsiteBahnhof Aarau
History
Opened9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Passengers
201844,800 per working day[2]
Rank17 of 1735
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Olten IC 5
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
towards Rorschach
Olten
towards Bern
IR 16 Brugg AG
Sissach
towards Basel SBB
IR 37 Lenzburg
Schönenwerd
towards Olten
RE6
Limited service
Lenzburg
towards Arth-Goldau
Olten
Terminus
RE12 Wildegg
towards Wettingen
Terminus RE37 Lenzburg
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S11 Lenzburg
towards Seuzach or Wila
SN1
Limited service
Rupperswil
towards Winterthur
Preceding station Aargau S-Bahn Following station
Binzenhof
towards Schöftland
S14
transfer at Aarau WSB
Aarau Torfeld
towards Menziken
Schönenwerd
towards Langenthal
S23 Rupperswil
towards Baden
Schönenwerd
towards Olten
S26 Lenzburg
towards Rotkreuz
Olten
towards Sursee
S29 Rupperswil
towards Turgi
Location
Map

Aarau railway station (German: Bahnhof Aarau) serves the municipality of Aarau, capital town of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS).

The station forms the junction between the Olten–Aarau railway, the Zurich-Aarau railway and the Baden–Aarau railway. Previously, it was also a terminus of the now closed Aarau–Suhr railway.[1]

On the southern side of the station yard is the separate railway station Aarau WSB for the metre gauge trains of the Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland line of Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA). Its infrastructure (its own station building, 2 platforms serving three tracks, no. 11–13) is directly connected with Aarau railway station.

Location

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Aarau railway station is situated in the Bahnhofstrasse, at the south eastern edge of the old town.

Services

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As of the December 2023 timetable change, the following services stop at Aarau:[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-02 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Aarau" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

References

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  • Stutz, Werner (1983). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz: Von den Anfangen bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg [The Railway Stations of Switzerland: from the beginning to World War I] (in German) (revised ed.). Zürich: Orell Füssli. pp. 112 and 142. ISBN 3-280-01405-0.
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