Aarau railway station

Aarau
The station clock
Location	Bahnhofstrasse 72 5000 Aarau AG Aarau, Aargau Switzerland
Coordinates	47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°E / 47.39139; 8.05111Coordinates: 47°23′29″N 08°03′04″E / 47.39139°N 8.05111°E / 47.39139; 8.05111
Elevation	383.3 m above the sea
Owned by	SBB-CFF-FFS
Operated by	SBB-CFF-FFS, WSB
Line(s)	Olten–Aarau Baden–Aarau Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
Distance	41.5 km (25.8 mi) from Basel SBB
Platforms	6 (SBB-CFF-FFS) + 3 (WSB)
Connections	Aargau S-Bahn
History
Opened	9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Services
Preceding station   Swiss rail network   Following station Zurich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity St. Gallen to Geneva   Olten Zurich Hauptbahnhof   InterCity St. Gallen to Lausanne   Olten Lenzburg   InterRegio Chur to Basel   Sissach Brugg   InterRegio Zurich to Bern   Olten Lenzburg   RegioExpress Zurich to Aarau   Terminus Wildegg   RegioExpress Wettingen to Olten   Olten Lenzburg   Zürich S-Bahn S3 service   Terminus Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S23 service   Schönenwerd Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S26 service   Terminus Rupperswil   Aargau S-Bahn S29 service   Terminus
Location
Aarau Location within Switzerland

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

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

On the southern side of the station yard is a separate station for the metre gauge trains of the Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn.

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

The following long distance services call at Aarau:

The station is the focal point of the Aargau S-Bahn network, and is served by the following lines of that network:

There is also a Zürich S-Bahn line that originates and terminates at Aargau:

This article is based upon a translation of the as at February 2013.