Basel SBB railway station

Basel SBB

Bâle CFF
Central pass-through railway station
Wide two-story entrance with towers
Main north entrance
General information
LocationCentralbahnplatz
Basel
Switzerland
Coordinates47°32′49″N 7°35′24″E / 47.54694°N 7.59000°E / 47.54694; 7.59000
Elevation276 m (906 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Platforms9
Tracks22 (German: Gleise: 12 pass-through (3 non-stop), 7 SBB terminal, 3 SNCF terminal)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Architect
Other information
Fare zone
WebsiteBahnhof Basel SBB
History
Opened19 December 1854 (1854-12-19)
Rebuilt
  • 4 June 1860 (1860-06-04)
    (total rebuilt)
  • 24 June 1907 (1907-06-24)
    (total rebuilt)
  • 1998/99 (1998/99)
    (railway control center)
  • 2003 (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
2023105'900 per weekday[4] (SBB, SBB GmbH, SOB)
Rank5 out 1'159
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Basel Badischer EuroCity Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Terminus Olten
Basel Badischer Liestal
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
IR 27 Liestal
towards Lucerne
IR 36 Rheinfelden
IR 37 Liestal
Preceding station Südostbahn Following station
Terminus IR 26 Olten
towards Locarno
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Reverses direction ICE 12 Basel Badischer
Liestal
Zürich HB
towards Chur
ICE 20
Liestal
One-way operation
Basel Badischer
Preceding station TGV Lyria Following station
Mulhouse
towards Paris-Lyon
Paris to Zürich Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Terminus
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Basel Badischer 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
Location
Map

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.

  1. ^ "Liniennetz: Basel und Umgebung" (PDF). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "RVL Tarifzonenplan" (in German). Regio Verkehrsverbund Lörrach. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Zonen- und Linienplan" (PDF) (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Passagierfrequenz (2023)". Basel, Switzerland: SBB CFF FFS. 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via data.sbb.ch – SBB DATA PORTAL.
  5. ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 79.

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