Aarau railway station
- Railway Aarau Suhr
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The Aarau train station is a railway station in the Swiss town of Aarau, Canton Aargau. He is a through station for SBB trains in national traffic. There is a separate station for narrow gauge trains of Wynental and Suhrentalbahn On the south side of the plant.
History
The first station, which was opened along with the track Aarau- Olten on 9 June 1856 by the Swiss Central Railway ( SCB), there was not in the area of present-day railway station on the main street, but the west in the Schachen because the Aarau city tunnel ( 466 m) was put into operation on 1 May 1858. This first station was only a very simple timber construction and was probably a combined goods shed with waiting room ( the sources are quite inaccurate). This was repealed and not replaced after start of the tunnel and the new provisional station.
Since the new station building was not yet completed at the time of opening of the City Tunnel on 1 May 1858 and the Swiss Northeastern Railway (NOB ) 14 days later the route Brugg -Aarau opened, a temporary station building became necessary. It was one of Jakob Friedrich Wanner designed goods shed where the necessary premises were built for passenger and management.
Accident in 1899
On June 4, 1899, the night express train Zurich -Geneva drove the Northeastern Railway (NOB ) beyond the prescribed stopping point and pushed into two standing locomotives of the Central Railway ( SCB). The accident claimed two deaths and three serious last.
First station building (1859 )
The NOB issued on April 10, 1856 the Secretary General of the Swiss and the chief engineer A. Beckham a contract for the interior design. A. Beckham and Jakob Friedrich Wanner worked out the plans sent them on 24 April 1857 SCB Directorate for approval. The Aargau government approved the plans finally on 30 May 1857. Later that summer could be started with the construction of the building on the north side of the tracks. In the entry hall, there was a delay because Beckhs project was not available until the end of December in the final form. The NOB - Direkton Wanner sent abroad to obtain quotes for the entry hall in Beckhs job at different companies. The initially planned bell tower on the central building was omitted, the proposal came on 10 March 1859 by the NOB and was supported by the SCB. The station building was put into operation on 1 October 1859.
It was the second big station building after that in Roman horn that the NOB took into operation. It was a three-part construction with a high central section and two not directly attached, almost as high side wings. The input was in the form of a circular arcade. The porch was opened against the city. The entrance hall was detached and connected by a covered walkway to the reception building. The Einstellhalle 1924 canceled because it was the electrification of the line in the way.
Towards the end of 1909, the building was rebuilt. Between the wings was increased and shifted the open counter area inside the building. The building was demolished in the spring of 2008.
New construction (2008-2010)
In February 2008 the Aargau voters supported the construction of the new station. In summer 2008, the station building was dismantled and created in its place a completely new building. Since the beginning of August 2010, the new station is in operation. In the third basement a showroom has been set up, which explains the story of Meyer's cleats and offers two new additions to this built in secret aqueduct system.
The cost of construction amounted to around CHF 114 million and it offers 18,500 square feet of floor space.
The dial of the built in the course of constructing the station clock has a diameter of nine meters. It is thus greater than the face of the Church of St. Peter in Zurich ( 8:46 m ) and the Big Ben clock tower harboring the Palace of Westminster in London ( 7.01m ). Even greater, the clock is in the station of Cergy -Saint- Christophe in Paris ( 10 m). The Aarau dial is the second- largest in Europe.
Trackage and routes
As a first reached on May 1, 1858, the SCB- route to Olten train station. Already on May 15, 1858 was the real mistress of the house, the NOB, open their route to Brugg. In 1874, the first section of the Southern Railway of Aargau Rupperswil about Lenzburg was taken to Wohlen in operation. On September 6, 1877, the Swiss national railway opened the railway line Aarau Suhr. On November 19, 1901, the Suhrentalbahn reached the station and on 22 February 1906, the Wynentalbahn reached the station square after they had ended the provisional Gais Train Station since March 5, 1904.
The route Aarau- Turgi is since 1862, the route Aarau- Olten since July 16, 1874 and the track (Aarau ) Rupperswil - Lenzburg since February 7, 1947 doppelspurig passable. In the 1990s, a second double track was created between Aarau and Rupperswil, bringing four tracks are available. Westward ends the four-track in Aarau Schachen shortly after the city tunnel.
While the two meter gauge lines were operated from the beginning electrically, was electrified standard gauge lines as follows:
- January 25, 1925 Zurich, Olten ( via Brugg )
- 05 May 1927 Rupperswil - Red Cross ( Southern Railway )
- August 15, 1946 Aarau- Zofingen (via Suhr )
The double track tunnel city received a counterpart in the 1990s by a second double track tunnel was created. Then the old tunnel of 1857 was renewed and adapted to today's realities. Today, usually the trains run east-west through the southern tunnel construction, while the east-west trains use the old tunnel. The standard gauge track Aarau Suhr has been shut down, it is needed for the relocation of the WSB- track beds. The closure and the short length of track 7 was unnecessary and was digested with the start of construction of the realignment of the WSB.
The track systems consist of six drive-through tracks (track 1-6). There are also two head tracks on the east side of the station building, with it only the track 0 is used for the public. On the south side of the rail system existed until 2005, also directed eastward short head track 7 Both head tracks are accessed via the adjacent outer platform of the drive-through tracks, which are carried out in the area as a center platform. The tracks 1 and 6 have an outside platform while the tracks 2 3 and 4 5, are respectively located at a common center platform. The two mid- station platforms are connected on the west side via the tunnel portals on a staircase. Among the railway tracks lead through two underpasses, where the eastern also opens up the WSB Station.
In Zurich direction on the north side of the main lines is the freight station Aarau, which is home to a container handling Hupac AG. There is also the interlocking building. However, this is remotely controlled from the Olten train station.
Passenger numbers and timetable ( SBB)
Approximately 46,000 passengers use the station every day. Intercity and inter-regional trains to Zurich - St. Gallen, Zurich - Chur, Basel, Bern, Biel - Lausanne and Biel - Geneva. Regional express trains to Olten, Brugg - Wettingen and Zurich. Next offers Aarau S -Bahn lines to Zurich - Wetzikon (S3 ), Lenzburg - Baden respectively Olten - Langenthal ( S23), Lenzburg - Wohlen - Red Cross ( S26), and Wildegg - Brugg - Turgi ( S29). Trains run from 5 am to clock in the night at 1:30 clock.
Urban and regional transport
With stops at the station and city bus lines bus operation Aarau ( BBA) and operated by the Swiss Post bus lines are connected to Frick and walking castle. The Wynental and Suhrentalbahn (WSB ) has its own railway station, which is on the south side of the track field. It is separated by the rear Bahnhofstrasse. The station was opened in 1924, as the leading after Menziken Wynentalbahn their terminus moved here from the train station. Since the opening of the tunnel to Entfelderstrasse in 1967, the Aarau- Schöftland - run ends here. Both railways merged on January 1, 1957, are now a part of the company AAR bus bahn which also belongs to the BBA.