Brugg AG railway station

Brugg AG railway station (German: Bahnhof Brugg AG) serves the municipality of Brugg, in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. Opened in 1856, it is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways.

Brugg AG
The station building in 2006
Location	Brugg Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′51.060″N 8°12′31.745″E
Elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways
Line(s)	Baden–Aarau line Bözberg line Brugg–Hendschiken line
Distance	31.3 km (19.4 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof[1]
Platforms	5
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz buses[2]
Construction
Architect	Jakob Friedrich Wanner
History
Opened	29 September 1856 (1856-09-29)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	24,500 per weekday[3]
Services
Preceding station Swiss Federal Railways Following station Aarau towards Bern InterRegio IR 16 Baden towards Zürich Hauptbahnhof Frick towards Basel SBB InterRegio IR 36 Baden towards Zürich Airport Wildegg towards Olten RegioExpress Turgi towards Wettingen Preceding station Zürich S-Bahn Following station Terminus S12 Turgi towards Schaffhausen or Wil Preceding station Aargau S-Bahn Following station Lupfig towards Langenthal S23 Turgi towards Baden Lupfig towards Muri AG S25 Terminus Schinznach Bad towards Sursee S29 Turgi Terminus
Location
Brugg AG Location within Switzerland Show map of Switzerland Brugg AG Brugg AG (Canton of Aargau) Show map of Canton of Aargau

The station forms the junction between the Baden–Aarau railway, part of the original line between Zurich and Olten, the Bözberg railway line (German: Bözbergstrecke), which links Basel SBB with Brugg, and the Brugg–Hendschiken line, which links Brugg with Rotkreuz.[1]

Location

Brugg railway station is situated at the intersection between the Aarauerstrasse and the Bahnhofstrasse, at the south eastern edge of the town centre.

Services

The following services stop at Brugg AG:[4]

• InterRegio: half-hourly service to Basel SBB and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, hourly service to Bern and Zürich Airport.
• RegioExpress: hourly service between Olten and Wettingen.
• Zürich S-Bahn S12: half-hourly service to Winterthur; trains continue from Winterthur to Schaffhausen or Wil.
• Aargau S-Bahn:
  • S23: hourly service between Langenthal and Baden.
  • S25: hourly service to Muri AG.
  • S29: half-hourly service between Aarau and Turgi, with every other train continuing from Aarau to Sursee.

See also

• History of rail transport in Switzerland
• Rail transport in Switzerland

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "Netzplan Region Brugg" (PDF). A-Welle. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
4. "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Brugg AG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

References

• Baldinger Fuchs, Astrid; Banholzer, Max; Baumann, Max; Müller, Felix; Siegenthaler, Silvia; Steigmeier, Andreas (2005). Brugg erleben [Experience Brugg]. 2. Baden: Verlag hier+jetzt. ISBN 3-03919-007-5.

External links

• Media related to Brugg railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Brugg AG railway station – SBB