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Aarau railway station

Railway station in Aargau, Switzerland

Summary

Railway station in Aargau, Switzerland

FieldValue
styleSwiss Federal Railways
nameAarau
image20140606-AarauGare-1.JPG
altMulti-story building with all-glass facade
captionThe station building in 2014
addressBahnhofstrasse 72
boroughAarau
countrySwitzerland
coordinates
elevation384 m
ownedSwiss Federal Railways
line{{Plainlist
distance41.5 km from Zürich HB
platforms4
tracks6
train_operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
connectionsBBA Bus Aarau and PostAuto bus
zoneA-Welle: 510
website
opened
closed
passengers44,800 per working day
pass_year2018
pass_rank17 of 1735
services{{Adjacent stationssystem1=Swiss Federal Railways
line1IC 5left1=Oltenright1=Zürich HB
line2IR 16left2=Oltenright2=Brugg AG
line3IR 37left3=Gelterkindenright3=Lenzburg
line4RE6 (AR)left4=Schönenwerdright4=Lenzburg
line5RE12left5=Oltenright5=Wildegg
line6RE37right6=Lenzburg
system11Zürich S-Bahn
line1111right11=Lenzburg
line12SN1right12=Rupperswil
line13SN11left13=Schönenwerdright13=Rupperswil
system21Aargau S-Bahn
line2114transfer21=Aarau WSBleft21=Binzenhofright21=Aarau Torfeld
line2223left22=Schönenwerdright22=Rupperswil
line2326left23=Schönenwerdright23=Lenzburg
line2429left24=Oltenright24=Rupperswil
map_typeSwitzerland#Canton of Aargau
map_size300
map_captionLocation in Switzerland
mapframeyes
mapframe-custom
  • Heitersberg line
  • Olten–Aarau line
  • Baden–Aarau line | mapframe-custom = Aarau railway station () serves the municipality of Aarau, capital town of the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS).

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

On the southern side of the station yard is the separate railway station Aarau WSB for the metre gauge trains of the Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland line of Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA). Its infrastructure (its own station building, 2 platforms serving three tracks, no. 11–13) is directly connected with Aarau railway station.

Location

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

Services

the following services stop at Aarau, including two nighttime services (SN1, SN11) offered by the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV):

  • Intercity : hourly service between and .
  • InterRegio:
    • : hourly service between Bern and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
    • : hourly service between Basel SBB and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
  • RegioExpress:
    • : hourly service between Olten and Wettingen.
    • : hourly service to Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
    • : three round-trips on weekends between Olten and .
  • Aargau S-Bahn:
    • : hourly service between and .
    • : hourly service to .
    • : hourly service to and half-hourly service to .
  • Zurich S-Bahn
    • : half-hourly service to ; every other train continues to or
    • : on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service to Winterthur via .
    • : on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service between and , via .

Notes

References

References

  1. (7 October 2019). "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". [[SBB CFF FFS]].
  2. {{Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz
  3. Swiss Federal Railways. (14 December 2025). "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Aarau".
  4. (15 December 2024). "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden {{!}} Nighttime network at weekends". [[Zürcher Verkehrsverbund]] (ZVV).
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