Pratteln train station

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Pratteln
Pratteln station, seen from the station forecourt
Pratteln station , seen from the station forecourt
Data
Location in the network Separation station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation PR
opening December 19, 1854
location
City / municipality Pratteln
Canton Basel-Country
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 619 045  /  263 599 coordinates: 47 ° 31 '22 "  N , 7 ° 41' 29"  O ; CH1903:  619,045  /  263,599
Height ( SO ) 289  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Switzerland
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The Pratteln station is a railway junction southeast of Basel and the separation station of the SBB lines Basel - Olten ( Hauenstein line ) and Basel - Zurich ( Bözberg line ). The station is mainly served by the S1 and S3 lines of the Basel S-Bahn .

history

In 1854 construction began on the future main line through the Hauenstein , which was opened across the board in 1858.

As an alternative to the Hauenstein line of the Swiss Central Railway , which opened in 1858 with the detour via Olten , the Bözbergbahn (BöB), a joint venture of the Nordostbahn and the Centralbahn, opened the 49-kilometer route from Pratteln via Rheinfelden through the Fricktal and the 2nd '' 526 meter long Bözberg tunnel to Brugg . Between Basel and Pratteln the trains used the Centralbahn route. The line was initially built with a single track and later expanded to include a second track.

After a long period of preparation, the Basel Regional S-Bahn started operating in 1997 . The first two lines were the S1 ( Mülhausen - Basel SBB - Frick / Laufenburg ) and S3 ( Olten - Basel SBB - Laufen ), which ran via Pratteln, from June 1, 1997 . On May 24, 1998, the train sequence on the S1 was condensed.

In 2004, the Pratteln train station was expanded and modernized to be barrier-free , and the number of lockers increased.

For timetable change 2008/2009 in December 2008 Pratteln received with Pratteln Salina Raurica a second train -Haltestelle, which is located on the Bözberg railway line and is operated exclusively by the S1.

Track systems

Laufenburg / Liestal route
Tracks of the Pratteln train station in the direction of Laufenburg / Liestal seen from the north-west.

Pratteln station has a total of six continuous tracks, five of which have a platform and four of which are used for regular traffic.

The numbering begins on the north side of the reception building .

  • Track 1 is a through track and is the main platform directly in front of the station building. The track serves the S-Bahn trains on line S3 in the direction of Basel SBB .
  • Track 2 shares an island platform with track 4 . Today the trains of the S-Bahn line S3 in the direction of Olten stop here .
  • Track 4 is a through track and is located on the platform next to track 2. Today the S1 S-Bahn trains stop here in the direction of Basel SBB.
  • Track 5 is another through track and shares with track 7 the outermost island platform. This track serves the S-Bahn of the S1 line in the direction of Frick / Laufenburg .
  • Track 7 on the outermost platform is a through track and is now used exclusively as a sideline for trains .
  • Track 8 is the outermost through track. This is the only track without a platform. It is occasionally used as a storage or through track for freight trains.

links

Pratteln is in the tariff area of ​​the Northwestern Switzerland tariff association (TNW).

Around 180 trains run daily via Pratteln station, almost all of which are S-Bahn trains.

Long-distance transport

With just two individual trains in the direction of Basel SBB, Pratteln station is connected to the national long-distance network. These trains come from Zurich via the Bözberg line. In the direction of Zurich, all long-distance trains run through without stopping in Pratteln.

Since the opening of the Eagle Tunnel in 2000, long-distance trains to and from Olten have been able to bypass the station.

S-Bahn traffic

The S-Bahn lines S1 and S3 branch after the Pratteln train station in the direction of Stein-Säckingen or Olten. Since both lines achieve a fairly large number of passengers, both run on sections of the route every half hour (the S1 between Basel SBB and Stein-Säckingen , the S3 between Olten and Laufen ). Since both lines run between Basel SBB and Pratteln, the overlapping of the two lines creates an odd quarter-hour cycle on this branch. Additional trains are used on both routes during rush hour. These then only run between Basel SBB and Stein-Säckingen (S1) or between Olten, Basel and Delémont .

Bus transport

There are two bus stops on the southern forecourt of the station , which are served by two bus routes operated by Autobus AG Liestal (AAGL):

The following two bus lines have been stopping on the northern side of the station since December 9, 2012:

  • Line 79: Pratteln train station - old people's home - Lachmatt - Aquabasilea
  • Line 82: Aquabasilea - Pratteln Bahnhof - Grüssenweg (- Blözen cemetery)

Tram traffic

About 200 meters south of the Pratteln train station is the Pratteln, Bahnhofstrasse stop , which is served by line 14 of the Basel tram and offers a connection to downtown Basel without changing trains.

literature

  • Werner Stutz: Railway Stations in Switzerland: From the Beginnings to the First World War. New edition by Orell Füssli, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-280-01405-0 .

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Pratteln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ abbreviation
  2. ↑ Numbers and facts on Regio-S-Bahn Basel ( Memento from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Timetable of tram line 14 ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bvb.ch