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Olten railway station

Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778
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Olten
Olten station
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 22
4600 Olten
Olten, Solothurn
Switzerland
Coordinates47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778
Owned bySBB-CFF-FFS
Operated bySBB-CFF-FFS
Line(s)Olten – Basel SBB
Olten – Zürich HB
Olten – Bern – Lausanne
Olten – Luzern
Olten – Biel/Bienne – Genève-Aéroport
Location
Olten is located in Switzerland
Olten
Olten
Location within Switzerland

Olten station is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel. As a result, Olten is a railway town and was also the site of the main workshop of the Schweizerische Centralbahn (German: Swiss Central Railway), which became a major workshop for the Swiss Federal Railways.

Although Olten only has 18,000 people, the station is used each day by about 80,000 passengers and is one of the 20 busiest in Switzerland. It is served by 1,100 trains a day, making it one of the busiest in Switzerland.[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services (2013-2014): (List incomplete)

Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
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Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
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References

  1. ^ "SBB modernises Olten station" (155). Today's Railways Europe. November 2008: 57. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)