Bern railway station

Bern
Bern station
Location	Bahnhofplatz, 3011 Bern, Bern Switzerland
Coordinates	46°56′59″N 07°26′22″E / 46.94972°N 7.43944°ECoordinates: 46°56′59″N 07°26′22″E / 46.94972°N 7.43944°E
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Operated by	Swiss Federal Railways BLS AG Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
Line(s)	Olten–Lausanne line Lötschberg line Bern S-Bahn
Platforms	16 (1–10, 12, 13 and 21–24)
Connections	Bern trams bus to Bern Airport
Other information
IATA code	ZDJ
History
Opened	1858–1860
Rebuilt	1891, 1974, 1999–2003
Location
Bern Location within Switzerland

Bern railway station (German: Bahnhof Bern) serves the municipality of Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. Opened progressively between 1858 and 1860, and rebuilt several times since then, it forms part of the Olten–Lausanne line (known as the Mittellandlinie in German) and is near the end of the Lötschberg line.

The station is owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS). Train services to and from the station are operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway (BLS) and the metre gauge Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn (RBS). Trains calling at the station include TGVs, ICEs, and international trains to Italy.

Bern is the nearest station to the University of Bern in the Länggasse quarter. There is a shuttle bus to Bern Airport from the station. It has an IATA Airport Code (ZDJ), as American Airlines codeshares on the Swiss Federal Railways service from Zurich International Airport in Zürich.

Between 1999 and 2003, the station was renovated and partially redesigned. It now contains Rail City, a shopping center open longer than the other shops in town, and over the weekend. This is possible as the shop opening laws of the city of Bern do not apply on Swiss Federal Railway property.

Services

Long-distance trains

The main long-distance routes served by trains to or from Bern railway station are as follows:

• EC Basel – Olten – Bern – Visp – Brig – Domodossola – Milano
• ICE Interlaken Ost – Bern – Olten – Basel – Frankfurt am Main – Berlin
• TGV Interlaken Ost - Bern – Olten - Basel - Mulhouse – Dijon – Paris
• IC Genève Aéroport – Lausanne – Bern – Zürich – St. Gallen
• IC Brig – Visp – / Interlaken Ost – Bern – Olten – Basel
• IC Brig – Visp – Bern – Zürich – Romanshorn
• IR Genève Aéroport – Lausanne – Bern – Sursee – Luzern
• IR Bern – Langenthal – Olten – Zürich – Schaffhausen
• IR Bern – Olten – Aarau – Brugg – Baden – Zürich
• IR Bern – Langenthal – Olten
• RE Bern – Lyss – Biel/Bienne
• RE Bern – Münsingen – Spiez – Zweisimmen / – Kandersteg – Brig
• RE Bern – Konolfingen – Wolhusen – Luzern
• RE Bern – Kerzers – Neuchâtel
• RE Bern – Jegenstorf – Solothurn (narrow gauge)

Bern S-Bahn trains

As of 2012, the station was also served by the following Bern S-Bahn routes:

• S 1 Fribourg–Flamatt–Bern–Münsingen–Thun
• S 2 Laupen–Flamatt–Bern–Konolfingen–Langnau
• S 3 Biel/Bienne–Bern–Belp (from 21:00, replaces the S4/S44 as far as Thun)
• S 31 Supplements the S3 on Mondays to Fridays in the Biel/Bienne-Münchenbuchsee–Belp section (since 11 December 2011)
• S 4 Langnau–Burgdorf–Zollikofen–Bern–Belp–Thun
• S 44 Sumiswald-Grünen–Ramsei–/(Solothurn–) Wiler–* Burgdorf–Bern Wankdorf–Bern–Belp–Thun
• S 5 Bern–Kerzers–Neuchâtel/Murten (–Avenches–Payerne)
• S 51 Bern–Bümpliz Nord–Brünnen
• S 52 Bern–Rosshäussern–Kerzers (–Ins–Neuchâtel)
• S 6 Bern–Schwarzenburg
• S 7 Bern–Worblaufen–Bolligen–Worb Dorf
• S 8 Bern–Zollikofen–Jegenstorf (from 21:30, replaces the RE as far as Solothurn)
• S 9 Bern–Worblaufen–Unterzollikofen

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Olten towards Berlin Ost		ICE 12		Thun towards Interlaken Ost
Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Olten toward Paris-Lyon		TGV		Interlaken West toward Interlaken Ost

References

• Boss, Paul (1997). Das war der alte Bahnhof [That was the old Station] (in German). Bern: Benteli Verlag. OCLC 603800392.
• Giger, Bernhard; Trachsel, Hansueli (2007). Ankommen in Bern: der Bahnhofplatz - 150 Jahre Geschichte und Geschichten [Arrival in Bern: the Bahnhofplatz - 150 Years of History and Stories] (in German). Bern: Stämpfli Verlag. ISBN 9783727211942.
• Huber, Werner (2010). Bahnhof Bern 1860 - 2010: Planungsgeschichte, Architektur, Kontroversen [Bern Railway Station 1860 - 2010: Planning History, Architecture, Controversies] (in German). Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess. ISBN 9783858813169.