- Olten railway station
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Olten Olten station Location Address Bahnhofstrasse 22
4600 OltenMunicipality Olten District Olten Canton Solothurn Country Switzerland Coordinates 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°ECoordinates: 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E Line(s) Olten - Basel SBB
Olten - Zürich HB
Olten - Bern - Lausanne
Olten - Luzern
Olten - Biel/Bienne - Genève-AéroportOther information Owner SBB-CFF-FFS Line ops SBB-CFF-FFS Connections Location map Olten station is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel. As a result, Olten is a railway town and was also the site of the main workshop of the Schweizerische Centralbahn (German: Swiss Central Railway), which became a major workshop for the Swiss Federal Railways.
Although Olten only has 18,000 people, the station is used each day by about 80,000 passengers and is one of the 20 busiest in Switzerland. It is served by 1,100 trains a day, making it one of the busiest in Switzerland.[1]
References
- ^ SBB modernises Olten station. Today's Railways Europe. November 2008. p. 57.
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