Zollikofen railway station

Zollikofen railway station (German: Bahnhof Zollikofen) is a railway station in the municipality of Münchenbuchsee, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern and Olten–Bern lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Solothurn–Worblaufen line of Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn.^[1]

Zollikofen
The station building in 2018
General information
Location	Zollikofen Switzerland
Coordinates	46°59′55″N 7°28′7″E
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Biel/Bienne–Bern line Olten–Bern line Solothurn–Worblaufen line
Distance	26.9 km (16.7 mi) from Solothurn 98.8 km (61.4 mi) from Basel SBB [1]
Platforms	5 1 side platform 2 island platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	BLS AG Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
Connections	PostAuto AG buses RBS buses [2]
Construction
Parking	Yes (32 spaces)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (215 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	8504410 (ZOL)
Fare zone	101 and 114 (Libero)[3]
Passengers
2023	4'800 per weekday[4] (BLS, SBB, SOB (excluding RBS))
Services
Preceding station Bern S-Bahn Following station Bern Wankdorf towards Belp S3 Münchenbuchsee towards Biel/Bienne S31 Münchenbuchsee Terminus Bern Wankdorf towards Thun S4 Schönbühl SBB towards Langnau i.E. Ostermundigen Terminus S46 Rush-hour service Schönbühl SBB One-way operation Oberzollikofen towards Bern S8 Moosseedorf towards Jegenstorf or Bätterkinden Preceding station BLS Following station Gümligen One-way operation RE11 Saturdays only Lyss towards Biel/Bienne Ostermundigen towards Brig RE11 Weekends only
Location

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Zollikofen:^[5][6][7]

• Bern S-Bahn:
  • S3: half-hourly service between Biel/Bienne and Belp.
  • S31: rush-hour service between Münchenbuchsee or Biel/Bienne and Belp.
  • S4: hourly service between Thun and Langnau.
  • S46: morning rush-hour service on weekdays to Ostermundigen.
  • S8: service every fifteen minutes between Bern and Jegenstorf and half-hourly service from Jegenstorf to Bätterkinden.
• RegioExpress : daily service on weekends during the high season to Biel/Bienne and Brig.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 66. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Liniennetz Bern" (PDF) (in German). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
3. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
4. "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Zollikofen, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
5. "Biel/Bienne - Lyss - Bern - Belp - Thun (S-Bahn Bern, Linien S3, S31, S4, S44)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
6. "Bern - Solothurn (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S8)" (PDF) (in German). öv-info.ch. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
7. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Zollikofen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

External links

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