Aarau railway station

Aarau
The station building in 2014
General information
LocationBahnhofstrasse 72
Aarau
Switzerland
Coordinates47°23′29″N 8°03′05″E / 47.39135°N 8.051251°E / 47.39135; 8.051251
Elevation384 metres (1,260 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Lines
Distance41.5 km (25.8 mi) from Zürich HB[1]
Platforms4
Tracks6
Train operatorsSwiss Federal Railways
ConnectionsBBA Bus Aarau and PostAuto bus
Other information
Fare zoneA-Welle: 510
WebsiteBahnhof Aarau
History
Opened9 June 1856 (1856-06-09)
Passengers
201844,800 per working day[2]
Rank17 of 1735
Services
Preceding station SBB CFF FFS Following station
Olten
towards Lausanne
IC 5 Zürich HB
Olten
towards Bern
IR 16 Brugg AG
towards Zürich HB
Gelterkinden
towards Basel SBB
IR 37 Lenzburg
towards Zürich HB
Schönenwerd
towards Olten
RE6
Limited service
Lenzburg
towards Arth-Goldau
Olten
Terminus
RE12 Wildegg
towards Wettingen
Terminus RE37 Lenzburg
towards Zürich HB
Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S11 Lenzburg
towards Seuzach or Wila
SN1
Limited service
Rupperswil
towards Winterthur
Schönenwerd
towards Olten
SN11
Limited service
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
Location in Switzerland
Aarau
Aarau (Canton of Aargau)

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 2025 timetable change, the following services stop at Aarau, including two nighttime services (SN1, SN11) offered by the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV):[3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2018)". Berne, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-02 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  3. ^ Swiss Federal Railways (14 December 2025). "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Aarau" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Nachtnetz an Wochenenden | Nighttime network at weekends" (PDF). Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2025.

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.
  • Media related to Aarau railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Aarau railway station – SBB
  • Interactive station plan (Aarau)