Bern railway station

Bern
Central underground pass-through railway station
Major hall on level -1
Other names	Hauptbahnhof Bern (not used anymore by SBB/Bernmobil)
Location	Bahnhofplatz, CH-3011 Bern, BE Switzerland
Coordinates	46°56′59″N 07°26′22″E / 46.94972°N 7.43944°E / 46.94972; 7.43944Coordinates: 46°56′59″N 07°26′22″E / 46.94972°N 7.43944°E / 46.94972; 7.43944
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Owned by	SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by	SBB CFF FFS BLS (BLS AG, originally Bern Lötschberg Simplon) RBS (Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn)
Line(s)	Olten–Lausanne line Lötschberg line Bern S-Bahn
Platforms	8 (6 on level 0, and 2 on level -1)
Tracks	17 (German: Gleise: 1–13 on level 0, and 21–24 RBS terminals on level -1)
Connections	libero / BERNMOBIL: Bahnhof Bern, Schanzenstrasse, Hirschengraben, PostAuto-Station (level +2)
	S-Bahn
	BERNMOBIL tram lines 3, 6, 7, 8 , and 9
	BERNMOBIL trolley bus lines 11, 12, and 20; urban bus lines 10/15, 17, 19, 21, and 30; PostAuto bus lines 100–107, Moonliner (weekend night service) bus lines M1–12, M14–18, M20, M88, M97, and M98
	S-Bahn to/from Belp and BERNMOBIL bus to/from Bern Flughafen in 0:37h, or BERNMOBIL AirportBus no. 334, first service to airport only, on Perron L in 0:28h
Construction
Structure type	underground
Depth	0
Platform levels	2 (5 passenger levels)
Parking	no drive-by (!), short-term (level +2, max 24h, 32), car park (level +2, 622)
Bicycle facilities	covered and secured (Velostation Schanzenbrücke:140, Velostation Schanzenpost:1000, Velostation Milchgässli:418, Velostation Bollwerk:200)
Other information
Fare zone	libero: 100
Website	Bahnhof Bern
History
Opened	1858–1860 (1858–1860)
Rebuilt	1891 (1891), 1974 (1974), 1999–2003 (1999–2003)
Previous names	Hauptbahnhof Bern
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	202,600 per working day
Rank	2 of 1735
Location
Bern Location within Switzerland

Bern railway station (German: Bahnhof Bern) serves the municipality of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. Opened progressively between 1858 and 1860, and rebuilt several times since then, it forms part of the Olten–Lausanne line (known as the Mittellandlinie in German) and is near the end of the Lötschberg line.

The station is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). Train services to and from the station are operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway (BLS) and the metre gauge Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Trains calling at the station include TGVs, ICEs, and international trains to Italy.

Bern is the nearest station to the University of Bern in the Länggasse quarter. There is aa rooftop terrace on top of the station, accessed by lift from the subway by Platforms 12 and 13, with views over the city and to the Bernese Alps. Access to Bern Airport from the station is normally via rail to Belp station and then by connecting bus, but the first and last buses each day run directly between Bern station and the airport. It has an IATA Airport Code (ZDJ), as American Airlines codeshares on the Swiss Federal Railways service from Zurich International Airport in Zürich.

Between 1999 and 2003, the station was renovated and partially redesigned. It now contains Rail City, a shopping center open for longer opening hours than the other shops in town, and also on Sundays and public holidays, when most other shops in the city are closed. This is possible as the shop opening laws of the Canton and the city of Bern do not apply to federally owned real estate.