Liestal railway station

Liestal railway station (German: Bahnhof Liestal) is a railway station in Switzerland, in the municipality of Liestal and canton of Basel-Landschaft.[5][1] The station is on the Swiss Federal Railway's Hauenstein main line, which connects Basel and Olten. It is served by five trains per hour to Basel, four trains per hour to Olten, and hourly trains to Interlaken, Lucerne, and Zürich. Several trains a day operate through to Frankfurt and Berlin. The station is also the junction for, and terminus of, the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway, which operates a half-hourly train service to Waldenburg.[1][6] The Waldenburg line will close in April 2021 for conversion to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge.[7] Since 2019, the Swiss Federal Railways has been undertaking renovation and expansion works at Liestal Railway Station which were commissioned by the federal government and which are due to complete in 2025. [8]

Liestal
Liestal station, with main line to left and Waldenburg line to right
LocationLiestal
Switzerland
Coordinates47°29′4.060″N 7°43′52.921″E
Elevation327 m (1,073 ft)
Owned bySwiss Federal Railways
Line(s)
Distance14.4 km (8.9 mi) from Basel SBB[1]
Platforms2
Train operators
ConnectionsPostAuto Schweiz and Autobus AG Liestal bus lines[2]
Other information
Fare zone20 (tnw)[3]
Passengers
201820,500 per weekday[4]
Services
Preceding station EuroCity Following station
Basel SBB
towards Hamburg-Altona
 Hamburg to Interlaken Olten
towards Interlaken Ost
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station
Basel SBB
Terminus
 InterCity
IC 61
 Olten
towards Interlaken Ost
InterRegio
IR 27
 Sissach
towards Lucerne
InterRegio
IR 37
 Sissach
towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn Following station
Basel SBB
towards Berlin Ostbahnhof
 Olten
towards Interlaken Ost
Preceding station Basel trinational S-Bahn Following station
Frenkendorf-Füllinsdorf
towards Porrentruy
 S3 Lausen
towards Olten
Preceding station Baselland Transport Following station
Terminus Line 19 Altmarkt
towards Waldenburg
Location

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following services stop at Liestal:[9][10]

References
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Liniennetz: Pratteln/Liestal /Oberes Baselbiet" (PDF). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "Zonen- und Linienplan" (PDF) (in German). Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
  6. "Abfahrt Bahnhof Liestal" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
  7. "Das Projekt". Baselland Transport (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. "Ausbau Bahnknoten Liestal | SBB". company.sbb.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  9. "Basel - Olten" (PDF) (in German). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  10. "Waldenburg - Liestal (Linie 19)" (PDF). Bundesamt für Verkehr. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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