Baden railway station

Not to be confused with Baden-Baden station.

Baden railway station (German: Bahnhof Baden) serves the municipality of Baden, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1847, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.

Baden
The station building and the Bahnhofplatz in 2007
General information
Location	Bahnhofstrasse 25 Baden, Aargau Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′34″N 8°18′29″E
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways (since 1902) Schweizerische Nordostbahn (1853–1902) Schweizerische Nordbahn (1847–1853)
Line(s)	Baden–Aarau railway line Bözberg railway line Zürich–Baden railway line
Distance	22.5 km (14.0 mi) from Zürich HB
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Regionale Verkehrsbetriebe Baden-Wettingen
Construction
Architect	Ferdinand Stadler
Other information
Fare zone	570 (Tarifverbund A-Welle)
History
Opened	9 August 1847 (1847-08-09)
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Brugg AG towards Bern IR 16 Zürich Hauptbahnhof Terminus Brugg AG towards Basel SBB IR 36 Dietikon towards Zürich Airport Turgi towards Olten RE12 Wettingen Terminus Preceding station Zurich S-Bahn Following station Terminus S6 Wettingen towards Uetikon Turgi towards Brugg AG S12 Wettingen towards Schaffhausen or Wil Turgi towards Koblenz S19 Wettingen towards Pfäffikon ZH Turgi towards Aarau SN1 Limited service Wettingen towards Winterthur Preceding station Aargau S-Bahn Following station Turgi towards Langenthal S23 Terminus Turgi towards Waldshut or Bad Zurzach S27
Location
Notes [1][2]

The station forms part of the Bözberg railway line, which links Basel with Zürich. It is also on the Zürich–Baden railway and the Baden–Aarau railway, which both form part of the original line connecting Zürich and Olten.

Location

Baden railway station is situated in the Bahnhofstrasse, close to the centre of the town. It has one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks.^[3]

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Baden:^[4]

• InterRegio:
  • : hourly service between Bern and Zürich HB.
  • : two trains per hour between Basel SBB and Zürich HB; every other train continues from Zürich HB to Zürich Airport.
• RegioExpress: hourly service between Olten and Wettingen.
• Zürich S-Bahn:
  • S6: half-hourly service to Uetikon.
  • S12: half-hourly service between Brugg AG and Winterthur; hourly service to Schaffhausen or Wil.
  • S19: peak-hour service between Koblenz and Pfäffikon ZH.
  • SN1: on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service between Aarau and Winterthur via Zürich Stadelhofen.
• Aargau S-Bahn:
  • S23: hourly service to Langenthal.
  • S27: half-hourly service to Koblenz and hourly service to Waldshut or Bad Zurzach.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
2. "Netzplan Region Baden" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
3. Swiss Federal Railways (March 2023). "Baden" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
4. Swiss Federal Railways (10 December 2023). "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Baden" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.

Further reading

• Mittler, Otto (1965). Geschichte der Stadt Baden [History of the City of Baden] (in German). Vol. Band II: Von 1650 bis zur Gegenwart. Aarau: Verlag Sauerländer. pp. 234–245.
• Hoegger, Peter (1976). Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Aargau [The Historical Monuments of the Canton of Aargau] (in German). Vol. Band VI, Bezirk Baden I. Basel: Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte / Birkhäuser Verlag. pp. 260–266. ISBN 3-7643-0782-X.

External links

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