Olten railway station

Olten
Olten station
Location
Address	Bahnhofstrasse 22 4600 Olten
Municipality	Olten
District	Olten
Canton	Solothurn
Country	Switzerland
Coordinates	47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 07°54′28″E / 47.35194°N 7.90778°E / 47.35194; 7.90778
Line(s)	Olten - Basel SBB Olten - Zürich HB Olten - Bern - Lausanne Olten - Luzern Olten - Biel/Bienne - Genève-Aéroport
Other information
Owner	SBB-CFF-FFS
Line ops	SBB-CFF-FFS
Connections
Location map
Olten Olten (Switzerland)

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

1. ^ SBB modernises Olten station. Today's Railways Europe. November 2008. p. 57.