Aarau railway station

Railway station in Aargau, Switzerland

Distance41.5 km (25.8 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof^[1]Platforms4Tracks6Train operatorsSwiss Federal RailwaysConnectionsBBA Bus Aarau and PostAuto busOther informationFare zoneA-Welle: 510WebsiteBahnhof AarauHistoryOpened9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)Passengers201844,800 per working day^[2]Rank17 of 1735 Services

Preceding station	Swiss Federal Railways		Following station
Olten towards Geneva Airport		IC 5	Zürich Hauptbahnhof towards Rorschach
Olten towards Bern		IR 16	Brugg AG towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Sissach towards Basel SBB		IR 37	Lenzburg towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Schönenwerd towards Olten		RE6 Limited service	Lenzburg towards Arth-Goldau
Olten Terminus		RE12	Wildegg towards Wettingen
Terminus		RE37	Lenzburg towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Preceding station	Zürich S-Bahn		Following station
Terminus		S11	Lenzburg towards Seuzach or Wila
Terminus		SN1 Limited service	Rupperswil towards Winterthur
Preceding station	Aargau S-Bahn		Following station
Binzenhof towards Schöftland		S14 transfer at Aarau WSB	Aarau Torfeld towards Menziken
Schönenwerd towards Langenthal		S23	Rupperswil towards Baden
Schönenwerd towards Olten		S26	Lenzburg towards Rotkreuz
Olten towards Sursee		S29	Rupperswil towards Turgi

Location

Aarau railway station (German: Bahnhof Aarau) 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.^[1]

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

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Aarau:^[3]

Intercity: hourly service between Geneva Airport and Rorschach.
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 Arth-Goldau.
Aargau S-Bahn:
- S23: hourly service between Langenthal and Baden.
- S26: hourly service to Rotkreuz.
- S29: hourly service to Sursee and half-hourly service to Turgi.
Zürich S-Bahn
- S11: half-hourly service to Winterthur; every other train continues to Seuzach or Wila
- SN1: on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service to Winterthur via Zürich Stadelhofen.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-02 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Aarau" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

References

Stutz, Werner (1983). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz: Von den Anfangen bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg [The Railway Stations of Switzerland: from the beginning to World War I] (in German) (revised ed.). Zürich: Orell Füssli. pp. 112 and 142. ISBN 3-280-01405-0.