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Olten railway station

Olten
Central pass-through railway station
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Olten station
Location Bahnhofstrasse 22
CH-4600 Olten, SO
Switzerland
Coordinates 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778
Elevation 396 m (1,299 ft)
Owned by SBB CFF FFS (Swiss Federal Railways)
Operated by SBB CFF FFS
Line(s) Olten – Basel SBB
Olten – Zürich HB
Olten – Bern – Lausanne
Olten – Luzern
Olten – Biel/Bienne – Genève-Aéroport
Platforms 7
Tracks 12 (German: Gleis)
Connections A-Welle: Olten Bahnhof (Sektoren A, B und C)
Bus
BOGG bus lines 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 512, and 571; PostAuto bus lines 126 and 127
Airport
About 5 trains (and BVB Bus no. 50) every hour to/from Basel EuroAirport in c. 0:50h, and a direct train every hour to/from Zürich Flughafen 0:50h besides connections with a change
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Depth 0
Platform levels 1 (2 passenger levels)
Parking drive-by, short-term (max. 30min., 16), P+R (108)
Bicycle facilities openair (3), covered and secured (Velostation Olten West:400+120, Velostation Ost:600+120)
Other information
Fare zone A-Welle: 520
Website Bahnhof Olten
History
Opened 9 June 1856 (9 June 1856)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 78,100 per working day
Rank 9 of 1735
Location
Olten is located in Switzerland
Olten
Olten
Location within Switzerland

Olten 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 Swiss Central Railway (German: Schweizerische Centralbahn), which became a major workshop for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS).

Although Olten only counts 18,000 inhabitants, the station is used each day by about 80,000 passengers and is one of the 10 busiest in Switzerland, even before Geneva. It is served by 1,100 trains a day, making it one of the busiest in Switzerland.

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



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