Biel/Bienne railway station

  • Jura foot line
  • Juratrain
  • Biel / Bienne, Lyss, Bern
  • Biel- Täuffelen -in - train

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The Biel / Bienne railway station is the station of the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) and the Aare Seeland mobil ( ASM ) of the city of Biel / Bienne in Switzerland.

With a daily passenger volume of 50,000 it is among the ten largest SBB railway stations in Switzerland.

Location

The Biel / Bienne railway station is - unlike in other cities - far from the old town near the shore of Lake Biel. This is because he has been postponed twice at the respective suburbs over time, where there was plenty of open spaces. The elevated position on the mound, he was at the track laying, which was begun in 1919 and was completed in 1923.

History

The SCB, which became operational on 1 June 1857 this was laid on Schüss channel a temporary station on (in the range of SBB workshop ). The east-west railway, which in 1861 bought by the Bernese state railway, laid in 1860 at the opening of the line to La Neuveville (then New City ) to a temporary station in the Nidau ​​mat. With regard to the opening of the line to Bern train station in the Nidau ​​mat 1864 was upgraded to a proper station, where you built a proper station building. This was in the range of today's General-Guisan- square. At that time the railway line running roughly in the location of today's road freight to the main workshop Biel and the goods station. The access tracks to the wire works followed the former route. The marshalling yard next to the main workshop was opened in 1890. Along with the track laying 1923 a new station was opened at its present location. In the distance lay the entire railway line was laid on an embankment to avoid level of level crossings.

In 1975, the underground entrance of the Biel- Täuffelen -in -Bahn (BTI ) was completed to the station.

The initially rather small southeastern output, which was created together with the BTI Station and next to the tracks leading out of the BTI, was revalued at the Expo 02 at a decent output in a southwesterly direction.

Building

About the temporary station of 1857 on Schüss channel is known that he was created by the designs of Karl Etzel and Louis Maring.

Station building in 1864

The station building was designed by J. Jenzer, the former architect of the State Railways Bernese designed. It is a timber-framed building. This is divided into a central main entrance area with triple bow position and bilateral extensions. Similarly, the previously established stations of Thun and Lucerne were designed. The building was erected at the opening of the line to Bern on June 1, 1864 though, the interior work was not yet completed. In addition to receiving building two roundhouses, freight and storage facilities and a residential building officials still were built. In 1888 the station was expanded and installed a lighting system, which was supplied by Sulzer Brothers in Winterthur. It consisted of a power house, in the halblokomobile a steam engine was installed. This drove the two alternators, which worked on the Thury system. The light sources were arc lamps that were built as a division lamp according Schukert system, are used.

Station building in 1923

SBB and the Federal Department of Home Affairs wrote in June 1916 from a national competition. For this competition " to obtain designs for the uniform architectural design of the facades of the new station building and the post office building " were the following persons be recovered as judges: the former general director of the SBB Wilhelm Otto sand, the then mayor of Biel Louis lions mountains, the former Upper Post Master Anton Stäger, the architect E. Baumgartner from Bern, Charles Chamorel from Lausanne, Alphonse Laverière from Lausanne, Martin Risch from Chur, Robert Meyer ride from Winterthur, as well as Oskar Weber, the former adjunct of the Federal Planning Bureau in Bern. The classification was as follows: On the 1st and 2nd place went to a project by Moser & Schürch, in 3rd place the work of Schell and Thévaz from Lausanne to continue the places were still awarded 4-7. The design was awarded to Moser & Schürch.

The neo-classical building is aligned with the axis of the Bahnhofstrasse. The main entrance is designed as a powerful temple front. He looks like a new city gate, which is certainly not entirely wrong, a train station is but a gateway to the world. On both sides of the main entrance two side wings are grown.

Transport connections to the national rail network

The railway station is an important junction on the Jurasüdfussline, and is considered a hub station. The trains are scheduled routes in such a way that they guarantee as possible in all directions connector. The Biel Train Station is a clock node with clock runs every hour to 15 and 45 in Switzerland at the clock node usual is usually every hour 30 and 60

Remote Access:

  • ICN St. Gallen, Zurich and Olten ( NBS) -Biel/Bienne-Lausanne/Genf
  • ICN Basel- Delemont - Grenchen Nord-Biel/Bienne-Lausanne/Genf
  • IR Konstanz-Weinfelden-Winterthur-Zürich-Olten-Oensingen-Biel/Bienne
  • RE Bern-Lyss-Biel/Bienne
  • RE / Bienne- St.Imier -La- Chaux -de-Fonds
  • RE Biel / Bienne - Grenchen Nord - Delemont - Porrentruy - Delle

Regional Transport

  • S 3/2 hourly (Thun) -Belp-Bern-Lyss-Biel/Bienne
  • R / Bienne- Tavannes -Moutier
  • R / Bienne- La Chaux de Fonds
  • R / Bienne- Neuchâtel
  • R Biel/Bienne-Täuffeln- (Ins) ( narrow gauge )

Connection to transport

Already in 1877 a normalspuriges Rösslitram was opened by the Compagnie générale des Suisses tramways in Biel. This possessed a single route, which led through the station. But this Rösslitram never developed because it was not really viable. Therefore, it was in 1901 bought by the city. This built the track around on meter gauge and electrified the route, which from now on Urban tram Biel was said. In 1913 a second line was opened on the Biel- Meinisberg train reached the station Biel. 1916 in Nidau ​​the connection is made to the Lakes Region local railways. Between 1940 and 1948, the tram lines were repealed and replaced by the Bieler trolleybus network. This company was subsequently renamed in transport companies Biel. The Zeeland local railways took over in 1945 the tram tracks between Nidau ​​and the train station and called around in Biel- Täuffelen -in -Bahn. She used the tram tracks until they on the south side was able to open their new station access road under the tracks in 1975. The underground BTI station was put into operation on 22 May 1975.

Present and future

The station was renovated between May 2008 and autumn 2010. The renovated east wing was opened on 30 September 2009. The official inauguration of the newly designed west wing was made in the course of the festivities " Jura Arc: 150 years Railway " on 25-26. September 2010.

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