Oensingen railway station

Oensingen railway station (German: Bahnhof Oensingen) is a railway station in the municipality of Oensingen, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. The station is a keilbahnhof. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways and Oensingen–Balsthal line of Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn [de]. It is also a terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Langenthal–Oensingen line of Aare Seeland mobil.^[1]

Oensingen
The station in 2009: the OeBB tracks are to the left; SBB to the right
General information
Location	Oensingen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°17′6.0″N 7°42′35.6″E
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line Langenthal–Oensingen line Oensingen–Balsthal line
Distance	56.6 km (35.2 mi) from Basel SBB[1]
Platforms	5 1 side platform 2 island platforms
Tracks	8
Train operators	Aare Seeland mobil (asm) Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn [de] (OeBB) Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Connections	PostAuto AG buses Busbetrieb Olten Gösgen Gäu [de] bus line[2]
Construction
Parking	147
Bicycle facilities	164
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8500212 (OEN)
Fare zone	527 (A-Welle)[3]
Passengers
2023	5'600 per weekday[4] (SBB (excluding ASM))
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Solothurn towards Lausanne IC 5 Olten towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Niederbipp towards Biel/Bienne or Oberdorf SO S20 Oberbuchsiten towards Olten Terminus S22 Klus towards Balsthal Preceding station Aare Seeland mobil Following station Niederbipp Industrie towards Solothurn S11 Reverses direction Niederbipp Industrie towards Langenthal
Location

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Oensingen:^[5]

• InterCity: hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
• S11: half-hourly service between Solothurn and Langenthal.
• S20: half-hourly service between Olten and Solothurn, with trains continuing from Solothurn to Biel/Bienne, Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
• S22: half-hourly service to Balsthal.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Netzplan Region Thal" (PDF). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
3. "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Oensingen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Oensingen" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

External links

• Media related to Oensingen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Oensingen railway station – SBB