Oensingen railway station

Oensingen railway station (German: Bahnhof Oensingen) is a railway station in the municipality of Oensingen, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways and Oensingen–Balsthal line of Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn. It is also a terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) gauge Langenthal–Jura line of Aare Seeland mobil.[1]

Oensingen
The station in 2009: the OeBB tracks are to the left; SBB to the right
Location	Oensingen Switzerland
Coordinates	47°17′6.0540″N 7°42′35.4766″E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Jura Foot line Langenthal–Jura line Oensingen–Balsthal line
Distance	56.6 km (35.2 mi) from Basel SBB[1]
Train operators	Aare Seeland mobil (asm) Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn (OeBB) Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz and Busbetrieb Olten Gösgen Gäu buses[2]
Passengers
2018	6,000 per weekday (excluding asm)[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Solothurn towards Lausanne InterCity IC 5 Olten towards St. Gallen Niederbipp towards Oberdorf SO Regio Oberbuchsiten towards Olten Niederbipp towards Biel/Bienne Preceding station Aare Seeland mobil Following station Niederbipp Industrie towards Solothurn Regio Reverses direction Niederbipp Industrie towards Langenthal Preceding station Oensingen-Balsthal-Bahn Following station Terminus Regio Klus towards Balsthal
Location
Oensingen Location within Switzerland Oensingen Oensingen (Canton of Solothurn)

Services

The following services stop at Oensingen:[4][5][6]

• InterCity: hourly service between Lausanne and St. Gallen.
• Regio:
  • hourly service between Olten and Langendorf or Lommiswil, with trains continuing to Oberdorf SO on Sundays.
  • half-hourly service between Olten and Solothurn, with every other train continuing to Biel/Bienne.
  • half-hourly service between Solothurn and Langenthal.
  • half-hourly service to Balsthal.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Netzplan Region Olten" (PDF). A-Welle. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
4. "Biel/Bienne - Solothurn - Olten" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
5. "Balsthal - Oensingen" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
6. "Solothurn - Oensingen - Langenthal" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

External links

• Media related to Oensingen train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Oensingen railway station – SBB