Solothurn railway station

Solothurn railway station (Alemannic German: Bahnhof Solothurn) serves the municipality of Solothurn, the capital city of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Solothurn is a major railway junction and is served by six railway lines.^[1]

Solothurn
The station building in 2012
General information
Location	Dornacherstrasse 50 Solothurn Switzerland
Coordinates	47°12′15.1″N 7°32′33.7″E
Elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line Solothurn–Langnau line Solothurn–Moutier line Solothurn–Niederbipp line Solothurn–Wanzwil line Solothurn–Worblaufen line
Distance	73.6–80.3 kilometres (45.7–49.9 mi) from Basel SBB[1]
Platforms	8 2 side platforms 3 island platforms
Tracks	9
Train operators	Aare Seeland mobil (asm) BLS AG Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS) Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Connections	Autobusbetrieb RBS bus line PostAuto AG bus line Busbetrieb Solothurn und Umgebung [de] buses [2]
Construction
Parking	Yes (193 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (521 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8500207 (SO)
Fare zone	200 (Libero)[3]
History
Opened	4 December 1876 (1876-12-04)
Previous names	Neu-Solothurn, Solothurn-Hauptbahnhof
Passengers
2023	16'900 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB (excluding ASM and RBS))
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Grenchen Süd towards Lausanne IC 5 Oensingen towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof or St. Gallen Biel/Bienne towards Lausanne Olten towards Rorschach Solothurn West towards Biel/Bienne or Oberdorf SO S20 Luterbach-Attisholz towards Olten Solothurn West towards Oberdorf SO S21 Terminus Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Biberist Ost towards Thun S41 Terminus S44 Gerlafingen towards Ostermundigen S46 Rush-hour service Preceding station Aare Seeland mobil Following station Solothurn Baseltor towards Langenthal S11 Terminus Preceding station Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn Following station Biberist RBS towards Bern RE5 Terminus
Location

Layout

Solothurn serves four operators from three different areas. The main part of the station has one side and two island platforms, serving tracks 1–3 and 5–6. These are used by BLS and Swiss Federal Railways trains. On the south side of the station, another island platform serves tracks 9–10, used by Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Finally, the narrow-gauge trains of Aare Seeland mobil (asm) stop on Luzernstrasse, on the north side of the station. This is designated track 21.^[5]

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Solothurn:^[6]

• InterCity: half-hourly service between Lausanne and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, with every other train continuing to Rorschach, rush-hour trains continue from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to St. Gallen.

• RegioExpress: service every fifteen minutes on weekdays to Bern or half-hourly service on weekends.
• Bern S-Bahn:
  • S41/S44: half-hourly service to Thun.
  • S46: morning rush-hour service on weekdays to Ostermundigen.
• S11: half-hourly service to Langenthal.
• S20: half-hourly service to Olten and to Biel/Bienne; limited service to Langendorf, Lommiswil or Oberdorf SO.
• S21: hourly service to Oberdorf SO.

See also

• Rail transport in Switzerland

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 9. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Solothurn und Umgebung" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
3. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Solothurn, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Solothurn" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
6. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Solothurn" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

• Stutz, Werner (1976). Bahnhöfe der Schweiz [Railway Stations of Switzerland] (in German). Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus. p. 162. ISBN 3-85572-018-5.

External links

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

• Trains portal
• Switzerland portal