Liestal railway station
Railway station in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
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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 train service every ten or twenty minutes to Waldenburg.[1][6] The Waldenburg line closed in April 2021 until December 2022 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 which were commissioned by the federal government and which are due to be completed in 2025. [8]
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Liestal station in 2006, prior to the rebuild, with main line to left and Waldenburg line to right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Liestal Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°29′04″N 7°43′53″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Swiss Federal Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 14.4 km (8.9 mi) from Basel SBB[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Connections | PostAuto Schweiz and Autobus AG Liestal bus lines[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Burkard Meyer BSA (2019–2025), Alfred Ramseyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 20 (tnw)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 20,500 per weekday[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Layout
Following the 2025 rebuild, Liestal has three platforms. On the east side of the station is a side platform which faces track 1; physically adjoining this platform is a bay platform serving track 40.[a]. In the middle of the station is an island platform serving tracks 2 and 3. On the west side of the station is a second island platform serving tracks 4 and 5. Track 5 serves the tram line to Waldenburg.[9]
Services
As of the December 2025 timetable change,[update] the following services stop at Liestal:[10][11]
- EuroCity / InterCity / Intercity Express (ICE): half-hourly service between Basel SBB and Spiez; trains continue from Spiez to Interlaken Ost or Brig. Five trains per day serve Berlin Ostbahnhof, Hamburg-Altona, or Dortmund.
- InterRegio:
- hourly service between Basel SBB and Lucerne.
- hourly service between Basel SBB and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.
- Basel trinational S-Bahn
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: service every fifteen minutes to Basel SBB; every half-hour to Laufen and Olten with additional peak hour service to Sissach; and two trains per day to Delémont. - Baselland Transport Waldenburg line 19: service every 15 minutes to Waldenburg.
Notes
- SBB considers this a single side platform serving tracks 1 and 40
