Langenthal train station
| Langenthal train station | |
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 Entrance building of the Langenthal train station
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| Location in the network | Connecting station |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| abbreviation | LTH passenger station LTG freight yard |
| opening | 1857 |
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| City / municipality | Langenthal |
| Canton | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 626 533 / 229431 |
| Height ( SO ) | 564 m |
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| List of train stations in Switzerland | |
The Langenthal station is the largest station in the Swiss town of Langenthal . It is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and is served by trains of the SBB, the BLS and the Aare Seeland for long-distance and regional transport.
history
Langenthal station was opened in 1857 when the Swiss Central Railway started operating its route from Olten to Herzogenbuchsee. Since then, Langenthal station has been part of the east-west axis. Previously there were several unrealized projects, such as a Langenthal-Wauwil railway with a connection to the Olten – Lucerne railway or a Jura-Gotthard railway from Delle via Délemont , Balsthal , Langenthal, Huttwil and Willisau to Lucerne.
In 1892, the Langenthal-Huttwil-Bahn (LHB) was followed by a second line, before the narrow-gauge lines to Oensingen Schulhaus and Melchnau were opened in 1907 and 1917. Langenthal station developed into a railway junction and industrial companies set up around the station, for example the Ammann machine factory. With the nationalization of the SCB in 1902, the station came into the possession of the SBB. The LHB itself is part of the second largest private railway in Switzerland through various mergers - in 1944 with VHB , 1997 with RM and 2006 with BLS AG . The narrow-gauge railways to Oensingen and St. Urban Ziegelei are now part of the Aare Seeland mobile.
With the opening of the new Mattstetten – Rothrist line with the timetable change in 2004, fast long-distance traffic between Zurich or Basel and Bern now passes the outskirts of Langenthal, but long-distance connections remain on the old line, which also stop in Langenthal. Since the same year Langenthal has been the north-western terminus of the Lucerne S-Bahn , a network that extends from Langenthal to Brunnen, from Olten to Giswil or Dallenwil and from Lenzburg to Langnau in the Emmental.
In 2013 the platform edges of tracks 1, 12 and 13 were raised and the signal box will be replaced by 2016. Urban development measures are planned around the station over the next few years.
On Friday, March 8, 2019, SBB opened the converted train station in Langenthal. A modern SBB travel center, an Avec branch, a Caffè Spettacolo, a bike station and a new passage from the bus stop to the platform are now available to travelers.
investment
The station consists of three parts: the two-track, narrow-gauge terminal station of the Aare Seeland Mobil, from which trains run to St. Urban Ziegelei and Oensingen – Solothurn, the SBB station section for through trains on the Olten – Bern line and the two terminal tracks for traffic Direction Huttwil – Lucerne of the BLS. Tracks 1 and 12 share a common side platform, with track 12 branching off from track 1 in the center of the station. The S-Bahn trains in the direction of Baden and Brugg run from track 1 (12), while tracks 13 and 14 are served by BLS trains in the direction of Huttwil. A freight station with two entry and exit tracks and a drainage hill is also connected to the station.
traffic
Long-distance transport
Regional traffic
The station is part of the S-Bahn networks of the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne , but not of the canton of Bern.
- S 23 Langenthal - Olten - Aarau - Lenzburg - Brugg - Baden (every hour to Baden, Mon – Fri every half hour to Olten; SBB)
- S 6 Langenthal – Huttwil – Willisau – Wolhusen – Luzern (every hour, between Wolhusen and Luzern with part of the train from / to Langnau; BLS)
- S 7 (Langenthal – Huttwil–) Willisau – Wolhusen (Mon-Fri, partly also Sat, Sun, only at peak times from / to Langenthal; BLS)
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Langenthal– Aarwangen - Niederbipp - Oensingen –Wiedlisbach– Solothurn (every half hour, every hour on Sunday ; asm) -
Langenthal – St. Urban – St. Urban Ziegelei (every half hour to St. Urban, hourly to St. Urban Ziegelei; asm)
Further train stations in Langenthal
Langenthal train station is the largest train station in the city, there are three other train stations and stops in the municipality:
- Langenthal Süd on the Langenthal – Huttwil railway line , served by the BLS S6 and S7
- Langenthal Industrie Nord on the Langenthal – Melchnau railway line , served by the Langenthal – St. Urban (–St. Urban brickworks) of asm
- Langenthal gasworks on the Langenthal – Melchnau railway line , served by the Langenthal – St. Urban (–St. Urban Ziegelei) and Langenthal – Oensingen – Solothurn of asm
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Langenthal train station - Brief history of the railway in Oberaargau ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Berner Zeitung Online
- ↑ Langenthal: Renewal of platform, signal box and track systems ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Berner Zeitung Online
- ^ Langenthal station completely renewed. In: Bahnonline.ch. March 8, 2019, accessed March 26, 2020 .