Brugg AG railway station

Brugg AG
Brugg AG
	The station building in 2006
General information
Location	Brugg (since 1863), Windisch (1856-1863); Switzerland
Coordinates	47°28′51.060″N 8°12′31.745″E / 47.48085000°N 8.20881806°E
Elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
Owned by	Swiss Federal Railways (since 1902); Schweizerische Nordostbahn (1856-1902)
Line(s)	Baden–Aarau line; Bözberg line; Brugg–Hendschiken line;
Distance	31.3 km (19.4 mi) from Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Train operators	Swiss Federal Railways
Connections	PostAuto Schweiz
Construction
Architect	Jakob Friedrich Wanner
Other information
Fare zone	560 (Tarifverbund A-Welle)
History
Opened	29 September 1856
Passengers
2018	24,500 per weekday
Services
Location
Location
Notes
Notes

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.

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.^[4]

Location

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

On construction, the site of the station was part of the neighboring municipality Windisch and was only sold to Brugg in 1863.

The station has three platforms serving five tracks.^[5]

As of the December 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Brugg AG:^[6]

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.
- SN1: on Friday and Saturday night, hourly service between Aarau and Winterthur via Zürich Stadelhofen.
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.

^ "Zonenplan" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Netzplan Region Brugg" (PDF) (in German). A-Welle. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
^ Swiss Federal Railways (October 2023). "Brugg AG" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Abfahrt: Bahnhof Brugg AG" (PDF). Swiss Federal Railways (in German). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

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