Aarau railway station

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.

Location

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

Rail traffic

Long distance

The following long distance services call at Aarau:

• InterCity and InterRegio trains to Zürich HB – St. Gallen, Zürich HB – Chur, Basel, Bern, Biel/Bienne – Lausanne and Biel/Bienne – Geneva.
• RegioExpress trains to Olten, Brugg - Wettingen and Zürich.

S-Bahn

Aargau S-Bahn

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

• S 23 Langenthal – Olten – Aarau – Lenzburg – Brugg – Baden
• S 26 Aarau / Lenzburg – Wohlen – Muri – Rotkreuz
• S 29 (Langenthal – Olten –) Aarau – Wildegg – Brugg – Turgi

Zürich S-Bahn

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

• S 3 ( Aarau – Lenzburg – ) Dietikon – Zürich HB – Effretikon – Wetzikon

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• SBB-CFF-FFS - official site

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