Olten–Lucerne railway

The Olten–Lucerne railway line is one of the major railway lines of Switzerland, running between Olten and Lucerne. It was built by the Schweizerische Centralbahn and opened to Lucerne in 1856. The Schweizerische Centralbahn was taken over by the Swiss Federal Railways in 1902. The line is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge and electrified at 15 kV 16.7 Hz and has two tracks.

Olten–Lucerne
Lucerne station
Overview
TerminiOlten
Lucerne
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map
km
elev
from Basel
from Aarau and Zürich
39.39
 Olten
to Biel
40.45
to HSL and Bern
 Aarburg tunnel
(87 m)
43.01
 Aarburg-Oftringen
412 m
to Bern
44.00
 Aarburg Süd
to Lenzburg
47.46
 Zofingen
50.48
 Brittnau-Wikon
52.99
 Reiden
55.80
 Dagmersellen
58.74
 Nebikon
 Egolzwil
(17 m)
62.52
 Wauwil
66.80
 St. Erhard-Knutwil
Sursee–Treinegen railway
(goods only)
69.04
 Sursee
71.17
 Oberkirch
73.78
 Nottwil
78.99
 Sempach-Neuenkirch
84.55
 Rothenburg
87.00
 Rothenburg Dorf
 to Lenzburg
88.45
 Hübeli
89.16
 Emmenbrücke Gersag
90.19
 Emmenbrücke
Former route of
Seetal railway line
from Zürich
91.82
from Bern via Langnau
91.82
 Fluhmühle
from Immensee
92.73
 Gütsch
Gütsch Tunnel
326 m
93.33
 Heimbach
Schönheim Tunnel
199 m
from Interlaken Ost
95.05
 Lucerne
Source: Swiss railway atlas[1]

Passenger services consist of a mixture of intercity, inter-regional and regional express services between Basel and Lucerne, some to or from Chiasso. There are also half-hour S-Bahn services between Lucern and Sursee (S18) and hourly services between Sursee and Olten (S22).[2]

Notes
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz (Swiss railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2012. pp. 10–11, 21–22, 63. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
  2. "Time table". Swiss Federal Railways. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
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References
  • Railatlas Switzerland. Schweers+Wall. 2004. ISBN 3-89494-122-7.


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