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 Autobusbetrieb RBS buses [2]
Construction
Parking	32
Bicycle facilities	215
Other information
Station code	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 Zollikofen Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Zollikofen Zollikofen (Canton of Bern) Show map of Canton of Bern

Services

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 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. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
3. "Zonenplan Plan des Zones" (PDF) (in German and French). Libero. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
6. "Bern - Solothurn (S-Bahn Bern, Linie S8)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
7. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Zollikofen" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

External links

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