Basel SBB railway station

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Basel SBB Bâle CFF
Central pass-through railway station
Main north entrance
General information
Location	Centralbahnplatz Basel Switzerland
Coordinates	47°32′49″N 7°35′24″E / 47.54694°N 7.59000°E / 47.54694; 7.59000
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Basel Connecting Line Hauenstein line Bözberg line Rhine Valley Line Strasbourg–Basel railway Basel–Biel railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	22 (German: Gleise: 12 pass-through (3 non-stop), 7 SBB terminal, 3 SNCF terminal)
Connections	Tram lines 1 2 8 10 11 16 BVB bus lines[1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Architect	1854/1860: Ludwig Maring 1907: Emil Faesch, Emanuel La Roche 1999: Herzog & de Meuron 2003: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Other information
Fare zone	8 (RVL [de])[2] 10 (tnw)[3]
Website	Bahnhof Basel SBB
History
Opened	19 December 1854; 169 years ago (1854-12-19)
Rebuilt	4 June 1860; 164 years ago (1860-06-04) (total rebuilt) 24 June 1907; 117 years ago (1907-06-24) (total rebuilt) 1998/99; 2003 years ago (1998/99) (railway control center) 2003; 21 years ago (2003) (renovation, Passarelle, underground car/bicycle park)
Previous names	Centralbahnhof (1854–1902) Schweizer Bundesbahnhof (1902bis)
Key dates
1902-03 (1902-03)	Demolition of the first non-wooden station
1902-07 (1902-07)	Provisional railway station in place
Passengers
2023	105'900 per weekday[4] (SBB, SBB GmbH, SOB)
Rank	5 out 1'159
Services Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Basel Badischer towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf EuroCity Zürich Hauptbahnhof towards Milano Porta Garibaldi Terminus Olten towards Milano Centrale Basel Badischer towards Hamburg-Altona Liestal towards Interlaken Ost Zürich Hauptbahnhof Terminus Terminus IC 3 Zürich Hauptbahnhof towards Chur IC 6 Olten towards Brig IC 21 Olten towards Lugano Laufen towards Biel/Bienne IC 51 Terminus Terminus IC 61 Liestal towards Interlaken Ost IR 27 Liestal towards Lucerne IR 36 Rheinfelden towards Zürich Airport IR 37 Liestal towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Preceding station Südostbahn Following station Terminus IR 26 Olten towards Locarno Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Reverses direction ICE 12 Basel Badischer towards Berlin Ostbahnhof or Hamburg Hbf Liestal towards Interlaken Ost Zürich HB towards Chur ICE 20 Liestal One-way operation Basel Badischer towards Hamburg-Altona or Kiel Hbf Preceding station TGV Lyria Following station Mulhouse towards Paris-Lyon Paris to Zürich Zürich Hauptbahnhof Terminus Preceding station ÖBB Following station Basel Badischer towards Amsterdam Centraal Nightjet Zürich HB Terminus Basel Badischer towards Berlin Hbf Preceding station TER Grand Est Following station Saint-Louis towards Strasbourg A01 Terminus Basel St. Johann towards Mulhouse A15 Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station Terminus S1 Muttenz towards Laufenburg or Frick Basel Dreispitz towards Porrentruy S3 Muttenz towards Olten Terminus S6 Basel Bad Bf towards Zell (Wiesental)
Location

Basel SBB railway station (German: Bahnhof Basel SBB, or in earlier times Centralbahnhof or Schweizer Bahnhof) is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854, and completely rebuilt in 1900–1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station. Basel SBB is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS). The other major railway station is Basel Badischer Bahnhof, operated by the German railway company Deutsche Bahn, on the north side of the Rhine from the city centre.

Trains operated by SBB CFF FFS use Basel SBB to link Basel with destinations within Switzerland and Italy, as do Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express (ICE) trains to and from Germany, Zürich and Interlaken, most SNCF TGV trains to and from Paris, and some regional trains to and from Alsace. Additionally, the station is served by three lines of the Basel S-Bahn.

The 1907 neo-baroque station building is a heritage site of national significance.^[5] It also contains Bâle SNCF (shown in SBB CFF FFS online timetables as Basel SBB Gl. 30–35, and in other online timetables as Basel SNCF), which is located through a border crossing and is used by other trains to and from France. Directly outside the station building is the Centralbahnplatz, which is a major hub of the Basel tramway network, and the Basel terminus of a direct bus service to the EuroAirport.