Basel railway station

Basel SBB
Central pass-through railway station
Main north entrance
Other names	French: Bâle CFF, Bâle SNCF
Location	Centralbahnplatz CH-4002 Basel, BS Switzerland
Coordinates	47°32′51″N 7°35′23″E / 47.54750°N 7.58972°E / 47.54750; 7.58972Coordinates: 47°32′51″N 7°35′23″E / 47.54750°N 7.58972°E / 47.54750; 7.58972
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Owned by	SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by	SBB CFF FFS DB (Deutsche Bahn) SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français)
Line(s)	Hauenstein line Bözberg line Rhine Valley Line Strasbourg–Basel railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	23 (German: Gleise: 16 pass-through (2 non-stop), 3 terminal, 4 SNCF terminal)
Connections	TWN: Bahnhof SBB/SNCF, Bahnhofeingang Gundelfingen
	Regio S-Bahn Basel S 1 S 3 RE S 6
	BVB, BLT
	BVB
	Every 8/15 minutes BVB bus no. 50 to/from EuroAirport in 0:20h
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Depth	0
Platform levels	1 (3 passenger levels)
Parking	underground
Bicycle facilities	openair, covered, secured (Velobahnhof)
Architect	1854/1860: Ludwig Maring 1907: Emil Faesch, Emanuel La Roche 1999: Herzog & de Meuron 2003: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Other information
Fare zone	TNW: 10 RVL: 8 tri-Regio
Website	Bahnhof Basel SBB
History
Opened	19 December 1854 (1854-12-19) (wooden construction)
Rebuilt	4 June 1860 (1860-06-04) (total rebuilt) 24 June 1907 (1907-06-24) (total rebuilt) 1998/99 (1998/99) (railway control center) 2003 (2003) (renovation, Passarelle, underground car/bicycle park)
Previous names	Centralbahnhof (1854–1902), Schweizer Bundesbahnhof (1902bis)
Key dates
1902-03 (1902-03)	Demolition of the first non-wooden station
1902-07 (1902-07)	Provisional railway station in place
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	112,900 per working day
Rank	3 of 1735
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Mulhouse toward Paris-Lyon TGV Zürich Terminus Mulhouse toward Marseille-St-Charles TGV Terminus Mulhouse toward Paris-Lyon TGV Olten toward Interlaken Ost Saint-Louis toward Brussels Hbf EuroCity Rheinfelden AG toward Zürich Hbf Saint-Louis toward Strasbourg TER Alsace 1 Terminus Basel St. Johann toward Mulhouse TER Alsace 15 Terminus
Location
Basel SBB Location within Switzerland

Basel SBB railway station (German: Bahnhof Basel SBB, or in earlier times Centralbahnhof or Schweizer Bahnhof) is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station. As its name suggests, Basel SBB is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). The other major railway station in Basel is Basel Badischer Bahnhof, which is on the north side of the Rhine from the city centre.

Trains operated by SBB CFF FFS use Basel SBB to link Basel with destinations within Switzerland and Italy, as do Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express (ICE) trains to and from Germany, Zürich and Interlaken, most SNCF TGV trains to and from Paris, and some regional trains to and from Alsace. Additionally, the station is served by three lines of the Basel S-Bahn.

The 1907 neo-baroque station building is a heritage site of national significance. It also contains Bâle SNCF (shown in SBB CFF FFS online timetables as Basel SBB Gl. 30-35, and in other online timetables as Basel SNCF), which is located through a border crossing and is used by other trains to and from France. Directly outside the station building is the Centralbahnplatz, which is a major hub of the Basel tramway network, and the Basel terminus of a direct bus service to the EuroAirport.